Whitley Road Elementary School
Week 22, February 8 - 12, 2016
Samsung Cords/Adapters
Molded Guided Reading Library Books
Headphones
Week 22 ~
Tuesday, 2/9
- Janie out
Wednesday, 2/10
- Yes, there is E-PD. Check out the master calendar for details.
Thursday, 2/11
- Amy @ Eric Jensen training
- Last Day for Jump Rope for Heart envelopes to be turned in
- Faculty Meeting (Charlie & Nancy will run)
Friday, 2/12
- Spring Book Fair Begins
- Title I Meeting @ WRES in Data Room
- Instructional Rounds Pre Data (Bloom's Questions in LP) due to Amy. Please send via email.
Next Week
Monday, 2/15 - Professional Development
News from your Principal:
- Eight Expectations & 17 Classroom Practices - Review and Enforce
- GE Methodology Institute
- Early Resignation Notification Incentitive Program
- KU 2016
- 100's Day Writing Samples
- 33 Questions w/Dr. Reid
- Teacher of the Year
Eight Expectations & 17 Classroom Practices
As a reminder, the WRES common approach is through the implementation of the Eight Expectations and 17 Classroom Practices.
Summer Great Expectations Methodology Courses
If you have not attended the 4 day Methodology Courses, see me on Monday, so that we can get you registered.
Our GOAL: All WRES teachers will be GE certified.
- June 6 - 9 - Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD
OR
- June 23 - 26 - Coppell ISD
Early Resignation/Retirement Incentive Program ($750/$250)
Effective Immediately:
The first 100 professional instructional staff members – including teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, and diagnosticians, etc. – to submit a resignation/retirement letter effective the end of their contract year to their principal no later than March 21, 2016 will receive an incentive stipend of $750 dollars in their final paycheck.
Those contract instructional staff members who submit their end of year resignation letter no later than March 21st will also receive an additional stipend of $250 in their final paycheck for perfect attendance beginning April 1 through the end of the school year.
KU 2016
Keller University 2016 will be held July 18-21 at Central High School, and now through February 12, you can apply to present at a learning session for your peers.
Do you have helpful tips to pass along to your coworkers? Innovative classroom techniques you would like to share with fellow teachers? Apply today to be a Keller University Presenter!
Applications will be accepted through Friday, February 12. Email keller.university@kellerisd.netwith any questions.
Click here to apply to be a Keller University Presenter!
(Note: If you use Internet Explorer and encounter issues with the application form, please copy the URL into Google Chrome. Some using IE9 may not be able access the form.)
1 Example of 100 Day Writing
Writing for 100th Day of School
Have students make their own books based on one of the following themes (or make up your own):
- I wish I had 100 __.
- What would you do with 100 brothers and sisters?
- What would you do with 100 kisses?
- What would you do with 100 pennies?
- What would you do with 100 dollars?
- What would you do with 100 slimy slugs?
- You have been in school for 100 days. What has been your favorite thing?
- What will you do when you are 100 years old?
- What was it like to be a student your age 100 years ago?
- What will it be like to be a student your age 100 years from now?
- Things our moms and dads have told us 100 times!
- Or, try making a poem or story with exactly 100 words in it.
News from your Assistant Principal -
SITs
· As we wrap up MOY SITs, our February SITs are right around the corner. Please see SIT timeline and dates below.
· Last day for referral, Tuesday, February 16th. Janie will be working on this month’s schedule. Please make sure to leave the referral form in her box. Any students submitted after this date, will be placed on the SIT schedule for March.
· Parent conferences by Thursday, February 18th .
· Email intervention logs and/summaries (Specialists) to Charlie by Weds. February 24th .
· SIT meeting, Friday, February 26th.
Faculty Meeting
· Please make sure to bring your laptop to Thursday’s faculty meeting. New campus website coming soon; therefore, you will need your laptops to prepare your teacher profile for this Friday’s launch.
Discipline Concerns:
· Please make sure to closely monitor your students behaviors. We received seven discipline referrals within two days. These disciplines referrals don’t include the support that we provided for situations that occurred in the classrooms, hallways, recess and common areas. We had many students in the office last week and lots of instructional time was lost for these students, due to investigations. I encourage all of you to work with your students and review our expectations.
Library Lingo from your Librarian
Please refer to the email I sent out last Monday 2/1 with the book check-out/”wish list” days and times assigned to each class. If you need to switch anything, please come and see the master schedule on my desk.
Library classes are cancelled for the week of February 15-19 due to the book fair.
The official book fair dates are as follows
Feb. 12th-19th: Open Daily 7:30-3:15, but closing early on the last day at 11am
All WRES faculty have a one-time $5 credit to use at the book fair. Please tell your cashier that you would like to use your credit. Use it or lose it by Feb. 19th at 11am.
All WRES Faculty are invited to guess how many eggs are in my container for a chance to win a $25 credit to spend at the book fair. Most of you have voted, but if you have not and want a chance, please come to the library and guess before the end of the day on Monday, Feb. 8.
February 25th is the last day for students to turn in a Six Flags Read to Succeed paper. Please turn the papers that you collect into my box or directly to the library as you get them. Any that are collected on Feb. 25 must be turned in to my box or the library no later than 3:30.
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