soar sanford
jan 8
upcoming events
Jan 14 Lead Team meeting 710am
Jan 16 Saturday NNPS Wake Up and Read event at Crittenden
Jan 18 School Closed
Jan 20 Essay Contest Entries due to Brian
Jan 20 MP2 grade entry opens in Synergy
Jan 20 Bunco game presented by Social Committee 330
Jan 28 Teacher workday E-commute
Jan 29 PD Day (AM Sanford; PM Various locations)
Action Items
Emphasize the concrete and representational during math instruction (this will be a focus of classroom walkthroughs next week)
Register for the NNPS PD events on Jan 29 in PDMS
Complete the NNPS Technology AUP form online (see email from Jack Bowden for link)
Look For's during walk-throughs next week: Learning targets match instruction and activities; Concrete Representational evident in math instruction (manipulatives, illustrations); Posted student work is current
Student created product in Melene Skeeter's class
Student created product in third grade
K students work product where their classmates have to determine the main idea
CRA evident in first grade with number line and cube to work on adding and subtracting story problems
Math Lab students using cubes to solve a problem
Using Big Books for reading in Ginny Chaffee's K class
Essay Contest: Community...Making Unity Common Again
Due to office on January 20
Grades 3-5 250 words written or typed
Grades K-2 100 words written or typed
The title must be the topic of the paper: Community...Making Unity Common Again
Entries must include the essay and the entry form (signed by parent)
Sanford goal: at least one entry per class, more are certainly welcome