What Is Expected of Me This Week

• PLTs:  Kinder, 2nd and 4th on Tuesday. No extended PLC this week.  Since the PLC room is being used for Interim, plan on meeting in a team leader's room.  Make sure your agendas are updated! 

• Due to interims and Reading WIN starting next week, we are going to switch Reading and Math planning days for Kinder, 2nd, 4th and 5th.  Reading will plan on Monday, February 10th and Math will plan on Wednesday, February 12th. 

• Reading WIN time starts on Feb 10th. Please update your WIN time goals, baseline data, and Reading WIN- Round 3 (on the ELAR WIN tab).

• Math Interim Testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.  See the specials schedule change on Savannah's Master Schedule or see below.  Please note that there is one schedule for 3rd grade (Tuesday) and a different schedule for 4th/5th grade (Wednesday). If you have a schedule change, please make sure your team is following the same schedule. 

• Data Showcase is coming on February 13th. Here is the new Slideshow.

• Read the information below regarding small group walkthroughs for 3rd nine weeks. 

• Celebrate Savannah will be in person for PK-2nd grade on Friday and online for 3rd-5th. 

• Attendance Challenge!!! Starting Monday, February 10th, any staff member with perfect attendance between now and Spring Break will be entered into a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card. 

• February 14th Half Day Everyone Meet in Library at 1:00. We will split from 1:00-2:00 (Locations TBD): 

  • • 3rd-5th Grade Interim/STAAR Data Dig with Boor/Hawkins, 

    • K-2nd Data Reflection with Agnew

    • SPED with Norris

    • Specials with Holt 

    • Everyone from 2:00-3:30 Planning with Team.

Upcoming Events:

February 3rd-14th 4th Grade ELAR Standards Mastery Window (With ECR!!!)

February 3rd-14th--3rd Math Standards Mastery Window 

February 10th-21st--5th ELAR & Math Standards Mastery Window (With ECR!!!) 

February 10th-21st --4th Grade ELAR Standards Mastery Window 

February 10th-21st --3rd Grade ELAR Standards Mastery Window

February 11th--3rd & AFS Math Interim

February 12th--4th & 5th, PABS--Math Interim

February 12th-- Reading Academy at Hill (AM only)

February 12th-- Mandatory 3rd-5th ELAR Test Prep via Zoom REGISTER HERE (We will join together in a classroom TBD)

February 13th-- WIN Time/CFA SMART Goal Progress Showcase

February 14th-- Student Half Day (Simple, short "parties" acceptable for this day.)

February 14th -- Half Day PLC/Planning Day 1:00-3:30

February 17th--School Holiday

February 18th-March 6th--2nd-5th TELPAS Window

February 18th--5th Grade Math PD at Bell 3:45-4:30 REGISTER HERE

February 20th -- Boosterthon Kickoff/Staff Meeting: Committees

February 24th--3rd Grade Math PD at Providence 3:45-4:30 REGISTER HERE

February 26th -- Mentor/Mentee Meet- Up

February 28th -- Boosterthon Fun Run

Still Important:

• Intent Form 2025-26 School Year -- It is planning season again! Please fill out this form as soon as possible to inform Hawkins and Norris of your plans for next year. Please fill out this form even if you plan to stay in your current spot. 

What is a sidekick? Your sidekick is simply a buddy at work outside your traditional team. This is meant to be a fun way to connect with someone outside of your usual path. Below is a calendar for sidekick dress up days through the month of February.  Jeans are acceptable for anyone participating in the dress up days. 

ELAR STAAR TEST PREP INFO for 3rd-5th Grade

Good morning! It is about time to begin to look at test prep. We are working on updating the Language Arts Test Prep Unit in both English and Spanish and putting the student passages into Edugence. This will provide students with additional practice with the online testing format. The adjustments have been made based on the last two years of STAAR testing and reflect highly tested TEKS. You will still have access to the previous units and resources to choose from based on your students' needs. 

The unit and video instructions will be sent out and added to the BEVs on Feb. 10th. We will have virtual office hours on Feb. 12th from 3:30-4:15 to answer any questions you might have. Please register in Edugence for the Zoom link. (Link to register.) I know you are going to love the updates!

Also, a revision standard mastery is coming up in February.  This assessment should help you choose which Grammar Extensions are needed for your whole class and which to do in small groups. You can access the 5–7-minute Grammar Extension Lessons on the Bird's Eye View along with slides that go with them.  There are 30 lessons along with slides.  You could start these lessons before test prep.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Katie Payne