Montclair Memo
January 24
Weekly Events
1.27.20
- PTO Meeting @ 7:00pm
1.28.20
- Data Digs continue
1.29.20
- I LOVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS day! Jeans with your public schools shirt! Take teams pics and send them to Alicia!
- Report card window closes!
- SPED PLC @ 1:15
1.30.20
- Data Digs continue
1.31.20
- Jeans with a Montclair shirt - Happy Friday!
2.3.20
- School Improvement Team Meeting @ 4:00 in Library
2.4.20
- Alicia gone (AM) - General Admin
2.5.20
- Behavior Coaching Meeting 12:00-3:00
- SAP Meeting @ 12:15
- Action Team to Meet - check in @3:45
2.6.20
- Alicia gone
- Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:15-8:15
- Book Fair
2.7.20
- Alicia gone
- Jeans with Montclair shirt
January Birthdays
6 Kathy Stork
15 Tracy Brokaw
16 Kristin Mitchell
23 Julie Breese
27 Aliyah Lasky
29 Danae Albers
30 Jaki Moody
Need to Know!
- NRIA information - PLEASE READ if you are a K-3 teacher:
- Review MAP scores and update NRIA plans.
- If new students are below the threshold, you MUST give the assessments and develop their plan (plans can be shared at conferences). Please link to your data sheet (like we did in the Fall). The initial NRIA letter will need to be mailed home by Jan. 24th.
- If students are dismissed, there is a letter that will need to be mailed by Jan. 24th.
- If students continue needing a plan, there is a separate letter that needs to be mailed by Jan. 24th.
- ALL LETTERS can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ha6ysVYfN0IIpPGhtTqVFctRbWZ7mzfNDFWvg5vuRh8/edit?usp=sharing
- If you have any questions, please see Kim or Alicia. - Report card window closes JANUARY 29th. Report cards go home Friday, Feb. 7th. Alicia & Jason would like to write a positive note on those students who you think have worked extremely hard this quarter. Please place those on our desks. Thank you!
- Please update your Student Data sheet with current text levels, MAP data, etc. This will come in handy in January for Data Digs!
- Data Dig Schedule - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lKRo99lxBjwuQcEgJPQoE6oE6XWydz2I9TxXEgNTzx8/edit?usp=sharing
- Just a reminder - second semester will bring "Round 2" of the District Writing Assessment and OSCAR Classroom for Grades 3-5. Teachers should wrap up the Narrative writing unit by the end of February. All uploads (student papers AND scores) for Grade 3-5 are due by March 13th before teachers leave for Spring Break.
Tech Tidbit: Finger Chooser app
Chwazi Finger Chooser is a free app for iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire. Using this app is a playful way to randomly choose a student. Here’s how: Each member of a small group puts a finger on the screen. After a short pause, the app pops up a circle around one finger. The app’s settings also allows for you to choose multiple people (instead of just one). And, Chwazi also can be set to sort students into teams or pairs by color coding the circles around everyone’s fingers.
From: Tony Vincent: Learning in Hand