Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
April 25th, 2024
Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
April 25th, 2024
“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” – Lilly Pulitzer
Friendly Reminders from Ms. Esposito
Please make sure you are at your arrival post greeting students as they enter the building and/or your classroom.
End of the Year SLO meetings must be completed by administration no later than May 15th - schedule to follow.
DIBELS TESTING 4/24-5/3
Two-hour early dismissal 2 Hour Early Dismissal Schedule
Grade 2 Teacher Teams at 9:15- 9:55 Room 219- Needs Coverage (ELA NWEA)
Grade 1 planning at 11:20- 11:45 (Optional)
Cub Connections
Science of Reading PD 1:40-3:40- Please check your email for the ZOOM link from noreply@hillforliteracy.org- Ms. Rivera will be coming to visit small groups on May 7th.
DIBELS TESTING 4/24-5/3
Mad Science Workshops
Grade 3 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (ELA NWEA)
Grade 2 planning at 9:05- 9:45 (Optional)
3-5 Stem Night 6:00-7:45
DIBELS TESTING 4/24-5/3
SBAC Schedule: SBAC 2024
May 1-3 plan for time in your schedule to guide your students through the training/practice test
Grade 4 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (ELA NWEA)
Grade 3 planning at 9:50- 10:30 (Optional)
EOY DIBELS testing window 4/24-5/3
SBAC Schedule: SBAC 2024
May 1-3 plan for time in your schedule to guide your students through the training/practice test
Grade 4 planning at 10:35- 11:15 (Optional)
Grade 5 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (ELA NWEA)
Recess games during outdoor recess (this is an award from the Coin Cub Challenge)
6:00-8:00 Excellence in Education Awards
EOY DIBELS CLOSES TODAY testing window 4/24-5/3
SBAC Schedule: SBAC 2024
May 1-3 plan for time in your schedule to guide your students through the training/practice test
Grade 5 planning at 11:55- 12:35 (Optional)
Grade K Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (MATH NWEA)
MAY DRILL-EVACUATE/FIRE DRILL 5/22/24
TIME 2:35 (K teachers meet students at their Special and Evacuate from there)
2023 District Safety Slides Lockdown-Slides 45-51. The video for students is on Slide 51
All specialist teachers, MLL, SPED, Improvement teachers, SEL, WIN groups... practice drills with your groups of students so that in the event of a real emergency or drill during your time-students will know what to do
The testing window is very short, please be mindful of the dates April 24th-May 3rd
Reach out to Cherie, Lindsay, our Coaches, and our Improvement Teachers if you need support to complete testing
Be mindful of the new subtests:
Below are quick videos and instructions to support these subtests.
Vocabulary Subtest grades K-3
RAN Subtest grades 2-3
mCLASS RAN Help article linked here
mCLASS YouTube Tutorial
SBAC Schedule: SBAC 2024
May 1-3 plan for time in your schedule to guide your students through the training/practice test
Fitch Grant
Proposals for the Fitch Grant are now available. Please share this with your teachers. The deadline is May 31. All applications must be submitted online using this link. Awards are up to $10,000 and will be decided within thirty days of the application deadline.
Community Meeting Schedule and Cub Connection Schedule for May and June. These were signed up for in the BOY - If you need to change/move let me know. 5/9 Is now 5/16 due to the Spelling Bee.
ELA
Important Dates
Ms. Rivera will be visiting on May 7th. Module 5 for SOR will be on May 13th. Ms. Rivera's last visit will be on June 5th.
PM Dates:
PM 1: 3/1
PM 2: 3/15
PM 3: 4/5
DIBELS Testing window 4/24-5/3
Updated CORE: 4/12
Next Data Meeting: 5/6
WIN Cycle Dates
Cycle 1: 9/6-10/17
Cycle 2: 10/18- 12/10
Cycle 3: 12/18-3/1
Cycle 4: 3/4- 5/24 Cycle 4
Cycle 5: 5/27- End of the Year
STEM Night K-2 April 25th 6:00 - 7:45
STEM Night 3-5 April 30th 6:00 - 7:45
Lab Schedule
Monday
12:50 - 1:50 - Marcuccilli
Tuesday
9:50-10:30- Neave
12:30-1:10- Chiappetta
1:50-2:30- Cerra
2:30- 3:10- Knight
Wednesday
Thursday
STEM NIGHT PREP
Friday
11:15 - 12:15 Bonaddio - Small Groups
12:30 - 3:15 - Second Grade Science Planning
K-5 Pacing
Kindergarten - Unit 2 - Waiting For Weather.
First Grade - Unit 3, Senses In Nature.
Second Grade - Unit 3, Beavers Change to the Land
Third Grade- Unit 3, Monarch Unit
Fourth Grade - Unit 2, Mimicking The Natural World
Fifth Grade - Unit 2, Golden Jellies LS5
STAFF: Sign up to support or even just attend one of our STEM Nights! We can use all the help we can get to make these nights amazing for our Cubs!
SHOUT OUT to Mrs. Cerra and Ms. Chiappetta for signing up to help out with STEM Night for K -2