Cat Tracks
Spring Shadows Elementary Wildcats Staff Newsletter
March 19-25, 2018
Blessing in a Backpack Luncheon- We Thank YOU!
Our Vision
Our Mission
Core Beliefs
- Each student has unique intellectual, emotional, social, and physical qualities.
- We embrace a child’s individual values, interests, and personalities.
- Parents are confident in their child’s social and intellectual educational growth.
- Educators lead their craft by preparing learners in our fast changing world
Principal's Message
Dear Wildcats,
I anticipate that you all had some much recharging time before our last haul of the school year! Push back your sleeves- it's go time again! I believe in you, I believe in what our kids can accomplish, and how to make the most of every instructional minute!
This week's announcements are here for you.
- PLC: Objective for this week: PLC Thursday: Teachers will closely look at their units in the curriculum, based on recent mastery connect data/PSTAAR data revisit their roadmaps & refresh targeted workstations to personalize for SSE student's need.
- Faculty PLC: This Wednesday, report to your vertical teams to look at the 4th 9 week units of instruction. How can you push the bubbles to green and the green to blue (advanced). What authentic learning opportunities are your students engaged in? Each vertical team member prepare to share with your team.
Whole Brain Teaching: 1st Grade Math
Station Rotation: Differentiation for ALL students
Writing Every Single Day in 7 minutes
- K-2nd Grade: Action required- ensure that weekly your math & science checkpoints are in for mastery connect. Continue to report your weekly guided reading lesson plans in your lesson plan folder.
- 3-5th Grade: Action required for reporting to Weaver. Gardner will be supporting you in the data management. Your job: Enter data into mastery connect and export your excel sheet to Gardner on Thursdays. All teachers must do the following:
- Use Mastery Connect with Daily Warm-Ups or Exit Tickets.
- Use Mastery Connect with one weekly checkpoint (testing multiple readiness TEKS aligned to STAAR), scan no later than Thursday at 4:00 p.m.and email exported information to Gardner by 4:00 p.m.
- Look at data weekly (Fridays) and plan whole/ small group lessons based on data for the following week.
Again, thank you for all you do! You make me so proud!
Wildcat Love,
Rachel Martinez
Deadlines/Priorities
- Bulletin Boards and Student Work- Please have up new Spring Bulletin boards and display student work by Wednesday, March 21st. Judging will commence for prizes that will be announced on Friday!
#1 & #2 Bulletin Board- Grade Level: 30 minutes duty free time.
#1 & #2: Best Spring Door & Student Work Prize: Lunch from Admin.
2 Honorable Mentions will receive 2 duty free tickets to be used in March, April, or May.
- Where are you on the GPC timeline? Have you identified your students? Have you submitted your GPC list to your appraiser and scheduled a conference with them to discuss students that may not meet passing criteria? GPC TIMELINE
- If you have decided to do Saturday Camps or Saturday Planning- here are the dates:
March 24, March 31, April 21, May 5
9:00-12:00
$25/Hour
Each team organizes and submits a proposal on google docs. Copy and add with a new title your proposal. SATURDAY ACADEMIC OR PLANNING CAMPS
Calendar
- 7:00-7:20 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Team Leaders Mtg (Conference room)
- 9:15-9:45 School Connectedness Meeting
- 1:00-2:00 ILT Meeting (Conference Room)
- Dismissal 2:30
Tuesday, March 20, 2018: 3rd Grade Extended Planning (Day 6), Day 5
- Dismissal 2:30
- Nurse Meeting (3:00-4:30)
Wednesday, March 21, 2018: 4th Grade Extended Planning(Day 5), Day 6
- Spiral Day
- Dismissal @ 2:30
- Faculty PLC @ 2:45
- 3:30-5:30 Baller Academy
Thursday, March 22, 2018: 5th Grade Extended Planning (Day 5). Day 1
- Registrar Meeting (8:00-1:00)
- 5th Grade Track Meet
- TELPAS - All Folders Rated and Turned In
- 2nd Grade Nutrition Class (10:00-10:45)
- Dismissal @ 2:30
- March Meet & Greet (DCC) (4:30-6:00)
- Admin. Meeting (1:30-2:00)
- Dismissal @ 2:30
Staff Shout-Outs
- Shout out to our specials team for making cross connections, great projects, and tapping into our student's top talent during specials classes!
- Many thanks to everyone participating in the heart pledge!
- Congrats to the 5th grade team for leading a discovery session at HMNS with our scholars!
- Thanks to Ann for coordinating the remainder of our read aloud guest readers from Centerpoint!
- Many thanks to Bea for coordinating the Spring Photos!
- Hats off to Ms. Doss for decorating our office bulletin board!
I know there are many unsung heroes out there that I did not get to mention. If you see someone out there going above and beyond and want me to recognize them on cat tracks, please send me an email.
PBIS and Project Class
Project Class: I am hearing lots of wonderful things from Mrs. Futch and Mrs. Donnally about the great things they are seeing and hearing in your rooms. The way you have embraced Project Class has been a joy to see! Keep up the good work!
PBIS:
Reach Out Pledge begins. Meet with your students and discuss the importance of having someone that they feel comfortable reaching out to when they see or hear something that is concerning or just need someone to talk to. I'll be coming by on Monday to deliver your Reach Out hearts, for those who didn't pick them up on Wednesday. Hearts for each grade level need to be displayed by March 23rd. I will come and take a picture to showcase each grade levels creativity on where and how they displayed their hearts.
Library Notes
Library Schedule is back to Normal!
I do have a sub on Monday in the library - she will be great!
Congrats to all our SSE readers... they have 490,158 minutes.. but possibly more as Ms Perez's class bring in logs signed by parents of their 11,000 minutes signed in the Friday before break. Also the volunteer had a couple classes to put in and then I had a class delivered after she came so hopefully by the end of this week they will all be in!
Rank and Minutes by Grade level
1st - 2nd grade -120,888 minutes (Urruita-42,554, Alvarez 34,827 Siddiqi- 16,111, Gutierrez- 11,277, Hudman-9,080, Gomez- 7,039)
2nd - 4th grade- 92,549 (Campana-56,196, Mendoza -27,866, Tarver- 4,023, Shanker-2,773, Lopez-Davila-1691)
3rd -1st Grade- 79,320 (Barron-37,307. Salinas-31,917, Garcia-4,287, Espejo-3,360, Brown- 2105, Skinner- 344)
4th- Kinder – 73,159 (Almaguer-33,335, Moreno-24,960, Guykens- 7,640, Cabrera-3,654, Campos-3,570)
5th--3rd Grade- 61,742 (Klauer-28,900, Pachuca-18,274, Luna- 8,434, Menefee- 6,825, Lee- 4,176)
6th -5th Grade- 57,737 ( Perez -25,122, Hernandez-13,737, Richardson-10,853, Keyim -9,393, Lopez-2,542)
Thanks for your support!
Ann
Spring Shadows Elementary
Email: rachel.martinez@springbranchisd.com
Website: https://cms.springbranchisd.com/sse2/
Location: 9725 Kempwood Drive, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: (713) 251-7100
Twitter: @twitter_rachelmartinez4