Raccoon Review
A Weekly Communication Tool for Rice Elementary Staff
Campus Goals
- Ensuring ALL students are in attendance.
- Cultivating a climate that welcomes students and parents.
- Creating opportunities for students to use and increase critical thinking and decision-making skills.
- Moving from Parent Involvement to Parent Engagement.
Staff Shout Outs
To the 4th grade team, the Moore family, and all others who helped in many ways when Katie Haugen's family was flooded...we are blessed to be a blessing to others. Katie's house was flooded and needed carpet removed, bases boards ripped off, dry wall cut out, and so many other things to help get it livable for her family again. So many of you stepped in and helped. It is not finished and more work will be done. Please join together and support the Haugen family as you are able.
Walk through Focus for September
Math Review & Fact Fluency
ELA:
Reading and Writing Workshop Structures
Week at a Glance: September 23rd-27th
Monday-Red Day
Kinder PLC
2:30-Color Run Pep Rally
3:30-Academic Conference Meeting in Library
Tuesday-White Day
3rd/4th ELA PLC
Melissa at AP Institute in Am
3:30-Content Leaders Meeting
4:00-3rd Math in Action
Wednesday-Black Day
3rd/4th Math PLC
Teresa Carroll on campus
***4th and K switch specials
8:15-Academic Conference in Library (classroom visits begin at 8:30-9:00)
11:00-1:00-Flu shots in clinic during lunches
3:30-Raccoon Tracks (see below of sessions)
Thursday-Red Day
1st/2nd Math PLC
Mayra Torres on campus
5:30-Open House
Friday-White Day
K/1st/2nd ELA PLC
4th Math CA #1-Place Value
Math Review Quiz
***BOY Literacy Data Due ***
2:00-Rice Way Pep Rally PK-2
2:30-Rice Way Pep Rally 3-4
Wow...What a Pledge!!!
Staff Updates
Review Expectations
With the break, it will be a good time to review expectations with your HR classes on Monday.
Please review the following:
- Hallway expectations (level zero has not been consistently enforced)
- Cafeteria expectations (with recess after lunch water bottles are being left as trash on the playgrounds. Please have students throw away water bottles before leaving the cafeteria).
Color Run Pep Rally
The Pep Rally will begin at 2:30 in the gym on Monday. This will kick off our fundraiser. Please have students seated by 2:30 in grade order. PK at the front, 4th at the back.
Academic Conference
- 9/25/19-8:15-9:15
- Classroom Visits 8:30-9:00
- Please have your classrooms, hallways,etc. cleaned.
- Grade Level Teams, check your bulletin boards and make sure they are up to date.
Raccoon TRACKS
Please meet at 3:30 in the Library for a Birthday Treat snack and some staff information.
**Kinder may attend the Kinder ELA Meeting
3:45 Sessions: choose one
- Counselor's Tidbits: Self-care in the Library
- Small Group Lessons (K-1) from Jennifer Servallo in the PLC Room
- Ron Clark Team Share: Classroom Environment in the Stem Lab
Raccoon Den
Raccoon Den is a new incentive that will be implemented for the 2019-2020 school year.
The cost for the Raccoon Den is 150 tickets.
The location for the Raccoon Den will be room 400.
To have a student go to the Raccoon Den on a Friday (for ticket time) you must sign up on the calendar that is located on the door of the room.
The Raccoon Den will be open on Friday of each week from 12:00-1:00. There will be 10 slots open each week
Once a month the Grade Content Leader will lead an SEL celebration during lunch/recess choosing 10 students from the grade level who have exemplified the skill being taught.