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1/14/19
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Lisa McRae (6th)
Tess DeRoy (7th)
Amy Mulkerin (10th)
Nicole Druzbicki (14th)
Sara Brazell (15th)
Michele Klein (25th)
Hannah Fine (30th)
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We are working with Vikki Irvin Kent on providing some additional training around restorative practices at Dunning.
Donors Choose
We can no longer use Donors Choose and comparable programs. If you have any questions please see Michele.
BAS on X2
For every student you tested, please put their instructional BAS score in X2.
If you happen to also find a student’s independent score, please enter that in X2 as well.
If a student moves from independent to hard (e.g. Level C is independent but Level D is hard), please put the independent level, accuracy, and comprehension score in both the independent and instructional columns.
brain pop
Just a reminder if you are not using Brain Pop!
BrainPOP licenses have been purchased for all elementary schools to provide an additional way to engage students, interact with standards-based content, and assess learning outcomes.
"BrainPOP offers curriculum-based animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, and a breadth of additional resources for students in grades 3+. Its topics span Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Engineering & Tech, Health, and Arts & Music. BrainPOP is also home to GameUp, an educational games portal for the classroom; Make-a-Map, our a concept mapping tool; and the “My BrainPOP” suite of features, which lets teachers keep track of learning, customize assessment, incorporate gaming into instruction, and provide feedback on learning artifacts." -https://educators.brainpop.com/explore-brainpop/
Link to BrainPOP Site- login is in the top right corner or the center of the page
Teacher login: Accounts have been created for ALL classroom teachers, K-8.
Classroom teachers will login using their FPS email as their username If you do not have an account, please request one through the office of technology by submitting a help desk ticket.
Here is how classroom teachers login for the first time: 1 minute video explanation
Employee Assistance Program
The winter months can be rough! The Employee Assistance Program number is 844-263-1982. Any conversations are fully confidential.
playground/spinami usage
Please monitor students closely when they are using the playground equipment, especially the Spinami with our older students. We have had 4 more students go to see Tara this week. Three students went to see Tara due to nausea. They reported that students that are pushing the spinami go very very fast and won't stop because they think its funny. They also reported that they had to jump off the spinami because others won't stop the spinning when requested to do so. Two of the three students were sent back to class but were then sent back by their teacher because of continued nausea. Thank you for your help with this.
Updates from the PBIS Team
- Since we have just returned from an extended vacation, please take time to reteach the PBIS lesson plans for common areas. Following is the suggested schedule from the PBIS Team
Cafeteria / Bathroom / Bus - week of 1/14/19
Playground / Hallway - week of 1/22/19
Classrooms - as needed per classroom teacher
The shared lessons can be found in the Dunning PBIS folder in the Team Drive. If you have any questions, please ask you grade level (or special area) PBIS rep.
- At our next meeting, we will be focusing on improving cafeteria behavior, especially on indoor recess days. Please consider sending "easy to clean- up" activities for students to use in the caf on those days. Also, please be punctual when picking your classes up.
- If you have any questions with the online referral system, please let Amy know. Please remember to log majors by the end of the school day in which they occur.
access testing
- All of our ELs will be tested. ELD teachers, please let teachers know when you will be taking their students for testing (for students on your caseload).
- We will be testing in many areas of the building. Please note the signage and be respectful in the halls. Please don’t go into the cafeteria if the doors are closed.
- We will need to borrow some chromebooks from classrooms for testing. We hope to minimize the disruption to your instruction when doing this. We will notify teachers if we are borrowing your chromebooks.
- If you are a classroom with 1-1 chrome books, please have your students take those for testing, that way we can minimize the use of borrowing from other places.
- Any and all students that have headphones should take their headphones with them. We only have 14 headphones with microphones that we use for speaking, and we will need to keep their use restricted to the speaking test.
- With regard to using the library for testing, Jaimie is working working on schedule. If we do end up needing it, it will be in the once or twice in the afternoon toward the end of January.
MCAS Practice Tests Updates
Blank CBT Response Boxes Now Updated
Blank CBT response boxes, which allow students to practice answering constructed-response questions using TestNav, have been updated. For ELA and STE, students can answer the constructed-response question and use the blue arrow at the top of the screen to submit a final answer. Educators can then view the student response and print the screen to review students’ work (this is the same functionality as in the practice tests).
Calculators are embedded in the Mathematics and STE response boxes for the grade levels where a calculator is required during MCAS testing.
WINTER ASSESSMENT WINDOW
Kindergarten:
Literacy Assessments: 12/10 - 1/25
iReady: 11/13 - 12/14
Grades 1-5
Literacy Assessments: 12/10 - 1/25
iReady: 1/7 - 1/18
Some of you have been asking about ceilings for BAS testing. Based on district direction for the rest of this year is "do not go beyond the end-of-year level for the next grade level".
For Example: In grade 1, you should not exceed level "M" (last level in Grade 2).
If you have any question, please ask Brett.
REPORT CARDS
Report cards will go home on Friday, January, 25th. Please be sure to give yourself enough time to print out and check what you have entered. You will be provided with labeled envelopes in advance. There will be a sign-off form to be included.
Please remember that any families who receive translations for school documents are required to receive report cards and comments in the requested language. The report cards will print out in the designated language, however, comments will need to be sent for translations. Pleases use this "Bank" of frequently used comments to write report card comments (or part of them) in Spanish or Portuguese.
CARE & SHARE
Please remind your students to bring in items for Care & Share. Our monthly food collection makes a huge difference in our community, while teaching our students the importance of giving. As an added incentive, the class that brings in the most each month will earn 15 minutes of extra recess on the new playground!
- January: Canned Fruit
- February: Rice
- March: Crackers
- April: Spaghetti
- May: Juice Boxes
- June: Cans of Tuna Fish
DATES FOR THIS WEEK
Monday 1/14:
Tuesday 1/15:
Wednesday 1/16:
Thursday 1/17:
- PLC Meetings All Grades
Friday 1/18:
- Family Movie Night, 6:30 - 8:30
panda paw cash-in dates
COMMUNITY MEETING DATES
Thursday, 2/7 at 9:30, Kindergarten
Thursday, 3/28 at 1:45, Grade 2
Wednesday, 5/15 at 9:30, Grade 4
Thursday, 6/13 at 9:30, Grade 5
STAFF BREAKFASTS
01/25/19 - Principals/Office Staff/Tara
02/08/19 - Grade 2/Sharon/Lauren W. /Krystn (Valentine’s Day)
03/08/19 - Grade 4/Michelle M./Leigh(St. Patrick’s Day)
03/22/19 - Grade 1/ Suzanne/ Kevin/Jen O.
04/05/19 - Grade 3/ Claire/Brett/Deb P.
05/03/19 - Rooms 6, 7,16, & 18
05/17/19 - Grade 5 Cara/Tess
05/31/19 - Kindergarten/Hannah/Daphna
06/14/19 - Specialists/Gary/Michele Klein