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Week of November 6 - 10, 2017
This Week
Literacy Professional Development Opportunity!
Balanced Literacy & Guided Reading (The Heart and Muscle of the Literacy Block)
Come and join us for a Balanced Literacy Review and a focus on the Guided Reading Component!
- Delivered by Karen Ogline
- K-2 Teachers: Tuesday 11/7 from 3:30-4:30 in Ms. Marshall/Pearson’s room
- 3-5 Teachers: Thursday 11/9 from 3:30-4:30 in the Multi-Purpose room
Tornado Drill on Wednesday, 11/8
Faculty Meeting
Fall Beautification Day
Come one come all to our first fall beautification day of this year!
- First Baptist Cumming Church will be coming to Sawnee to help clean up the outside of our school!
- We want to begin clearing an area for another outside classroom around Building 2, sprucing up the gazebo by the parking lot, and helping to make the school look beautiful!
- Saturday November 11th from 1:00-3:00
- Everyone is invited! Staff, parents, and students!
- If you have any questions please let Kristen Bates or Becky Chatham know !
Reminders
Sub Procedures
Remember that Becky will be the Sub Administrator for the Fall/Winter months:
- School Phone: 470-464-4136
- Personal Phone: 770-367-4593
Please text me so that I have your name and number in my phones.
Learner Profile
Block off Wednesday in your Calendar
- Remember that Wednesday, whether there is a scheduled meeting or not, should be treated as "sacred time".
- If we need to have a meeting, this is when it would be scheduled. Please do not schedule other meetings or events on Wednesday.
Cahill's New Book and Lending Library
- Becky made her weekly run to Barnes and Noble and has a new book, A Loud Winter's Nap, please let her know if you would like to borrow it.
- Also, Becky has a small lending library in her office (mostly for grades 3-5) and although there are not enough books to open the library up to all students, PLEASE feel free to use this as an incentive to any student you feel might be interested.
Coming Soon
Power Planning
We’re so excited to offer Power Planning again this year!
Here’s the schedule:
- Thursday November 30th – KK (7:30-11:15) and 2nd (11:45-3:30)
- Friday, December 1st – 4th (7:30-11:15) and 5th (11:45-3:30)
- Monday, December 4th – 3rd (7:30-11:15) and 1st (11:45-3:30)
- Tuesday, December 5th – EIP/EL/Gifted (8:30-12:30) and Specials (12:00-3:00)
- Wednesday, December 6th – Autism (8:30-12:30) and PreK (11:30-3:30)
- Thursday, December 14th – CoT Teams
We sent out invites last Thursday so that you could go ahead and block off your schedule. Please make every effort to be at Sawnee on that day so you can collaborate with your team.
Grade Level Power Planning – We will secure a sub for you on those days. Our support staff will have planning sessions on Tuesday, December 5th, Wednesday, December 6th, and Thursday, December 14th, so we’re asking you to eat lunch with your students on those days.
Support Staff Power Planning – Please do NOT block off your schedule to attend Power Planning with the grade levels you support. EIP/EL/Gifted will have their own PP on December 5th and IRR will have CoT Planning on December 14th. IF your planning falls during the PP segment, feel free to push in during that time.
EIP/EL/Gifted Power Planning – Please block off your entire day on December 5th. You’ll have your own PP time in the morning and then will help cover specials rotations in the afternoon.
Specials Power Planning – Your PP will wrap up in time for you to help with afternoon duties.
PreK & Autism Power Planning – We will provide coverage for you with our IRR teachers.
CoTaught Duos – After the grade level PP sessions, co-taught duos will have a CoT Planning rotation on December 14th. This will give you time to discuss what took place at PP and plan ahead for Q3. (Separate schedule was sent to CoT teams.)
As we get closer to our Power Planning dates, we will send out an agenda.
Enjoy the time with your team!