How We Organize Ourselves

April 2019

Important Dates:

April 9 5th Grade Math STAAR
April 9 4th Grade Writing STAAR
April 10 5th Grade Reading STAAR
April 10-18 2nd Grade Math Unit 7 Assessment (All Students)
April 24 3rd Grade Optional Science Window OPENS
April 29 K-1 Optional Math Check Up 4 Window Opens
April 30 PACE Math Screening 5th to 6th Grade 8:00 AM

Looking Ahead:

May 1-17 Istation ISIP Assessment EOY (All Students)
May 16-24 PACE Math Screening Grades 1-4
May 17 K-1 Optional Math Check Up 4 Window CLOSES
May 24 3-5 Optional Science Window CLOSES

Other Dates:

April 1 Staff Meeting
April 15 Focus Groups
April 16 Tier 3 Meeting
April 19 Holiday
April 22 Bad Weather Make-Up Day
April 23 1st Grade Field Trip
April 23 Tier 3 Meeting
April 29 Leadership Meeting
April 30 4th Grade Field Trip
April 30 3rd Grade Field Trip

Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

The world's greatest super theif has struck again! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Google have created an interactive quiz that takes your students across the globe to find clues and solve the mystery of the Crown Jewels caper.

Welcome to the SOS Top Ten series. In this edition, some ways to use Spotlight on Strategies for promoting global citizenship are highlighted.

According to the Center for Global Education, globally competent students have the knowledge and skills to investigate the world, recognize perspectives, communicate ideas, and take action. The idea of global competence articulates the knowledge and skills students need in the 21st century.

Many of the instructional ideas presented in the SOS series provide students with opportunities to explore these domains. Some of our favorites are listed below.

(Thank you Stephanie Beasley for sharing SOS Strategies before spring break!)

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More Spotlight on Strategies (SOS) that Stephanie Shared during her session on our Mason Breakout Day!

Inspirational Resources for PYP Teachers

A collaborative effort to develop a one-stop place that showcases best practice and clear explanations of some of the big ideas and subject areas in the PYP!

Spotted on Twitter

This amazing sculpture is made from thousands of recycled straws

Canadian artist Von Wong has created a huge plastic sculpture made from reclaimed plastic, including 168,037 straws.

The sculpture was used to raise awareness about single-use plastic pollution and the impact it’s having on the world’s oceans, with scientists predicting there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050.