Kimbrell's Korner
September 3, 2019
LITERACY
NEW ITEM: Literacy Instructional Models
- The Literacy Instructional Models document has been updated to include Interactive Read Aloud in the Reading Block for K-5. Please let me know how I can support you with this.
- K-5 Writing Snapshot 1: 9/3-9/13. Please see your assessment calendar on GPS for specifics for your grade level. Let me know if you have any questions.
- Beginning this year, only Grades K-2 will participate in ISIP testing, as indicated on the Literacy Assessment Overviews, which are located on the Assessment tab of GPS. Grades 3-5 will no longer be using ISIP.
- CALLING ALL “TWEETERS”Please use Twitter as a way to share the learning students are doing related to the Units of Study. Please use @ci_elem, #FISDLiteracy, #ourFISDstory, and #TCRWP when tweeting! FISD Literacy Twitter Cards
SCIENCE
NEW Science Collaboratives 3:30-5:00
All trainings are held at Acker unless otherwise noted.See below...
Last opportunity to receive ADI training for the 2019-2020 school year:
4th and 5th grade teachers of science, Super Saturday (9/28) Link
MATH
IMAGINE MATH ALL campuses will have access to Imagine Math this school year. All students enrolled on the campus as of the first day of school should be ready to begin. Please see link for additional information about what is included in an Imagine Math Lesson. We will provide more guidance throughout the school year in how best to utilize this resource.
SNAPSHOT DATES Please note the snapshot dates in some grade levels do not align to the end of the cluster since snapshots are not intended to be an end of cluster exam. Please use common formative assessments and common summative assessments to measure progress throughout the cluster.