Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
April 4th, 2024
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Week Overview
Week Overview
Monday - 4/8 A Week D Day
Monday - 4/8 A Week D Day
Grade 3 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219
Grade 2 planning at 9:05- 9:45 (optional)
Our 3rd PM Point was due on 4/5, please make sure to have the data in the progress monitoring spreadsheet Progress Monitoring
Ms. Rivera, from Hill for Literacy, will be joining us today. Please see the schedule.
This will be a 15 minute observation of small group instruction followed by a debrief. See this link for the observation form. Small Group Instruction Observation Form I will be reaching out to the rest of the SOR staff to setup a time to provide feedback.
9:30-10:00 Small Group 5th Ms. Best
10:00- 10:30 Small Group K Ms. Kivits
11:00-11:30 Small Group 1st Ms. Neave
12:00-12:30 Small Group 2nd Ms. Clausen
1:00-1:30 Small Group 4th Ms. Hall
1:45-2:15 Small Group 3rd Ms. Lauro
Staff Meeting 3:45 in the Cafeteria K-2 and Specials -Character Education
Grades 3-5/MLL/SPED/Coaches/Improvement Teachers in the Science Lab Bring a device! -SBAC Preparation
Tuesday - 4/9 A Week A Day
Tuesday - 4/9 A Week A Day
EOY DIBELS testing window 4/24-5/3
Grade 4 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219
Grade 3 Planning at 9:50-10:30 (optional)
Panera night 4-8
Wednesday -4/10 NO SCHOOL
Wednesday -4/10 NO SCHOOL
Thursday - 4/11 A Week B day
Thursday - 4/11 A Week B day
District Learning Walks:
Grade 4 Planning 10:35-11:15 (optional)
Grade 5 Teacher Teams 2:35 in Room 219
Grade 1 Science Planning 12:30 - 3:15 in Science Lab
Friday - 4/12 A Week C Day
Friday - 4/12 A Week C Day
Grade 1 in house PD 11:30-3:15
Grade 5 Planning 11:55-12:35 (optional)
Grade 1 Teacher Teams 2:35 in Room 219
Grade 2 Science Planning 12:30 - 3:15 in Science Lab
Emergency Drills
Emergency Drills
APRIL DRILL-EVACUATE/FIRE DRILL 4/24/24
TIME 9:45
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
NWEA INFORMATION
NWEA INFORMATION
NWEA Updates- Slides -Please take time to review updates to NWEA on this slide deck
Classroom teachers, please take time to input accommodations before April 1st.
EOY NWEA Schedule and support staff -Please take time to look over the schedule. There will be support staff available to support your grade level during testing, so please stay on the schedule. Resource teachers will try their best to take students with a separate setting during their testing block/time.
Accommodations - MLL and SPED teachers marked off accommodations.
****Please check your headphones, if you are in need of any more headphones please let Mr. Sincerbeaux know ASAP****
Field Trips/Nurse
Field Trips/Nurse
Classroom teachers please inform our school nurse one week prior to a fieldtrip
This ensures that she will have all your student's meds prepared for the morning of the trip
Panorama Survey
Panorama Survey
Panorama Survey-all non-certified staff please fill it out too Panorama Student and Staff Survey Directions
The Panorama survey will remain open until the end of the day Monday, April 8. Participation is now lower compared to 2023, particularly staff participation. Staff participation is currently at 71%, students at 77%, and families at 25%.
From PENTA :
From PENTA :
Tis that time! Many of us are looking forward to a nice, refreshing break. So are some students, many are not. Emotions are high all around.
We are a team, we are all Character Educators, we are all here to engage In the work together.
I am happy to support you and your students In any way possible, please do not hesitate to reach out. I have had some great problem solving sessions with teachers lately. We can do this and you are not alone In doing this very difficult work!
Have a great week <3
Upcoming Community Meetings (Please reach out If you need to make changes or support)
4/11 - 1st Grade - Earth Week Celebration tie in with - Taking Responsibility PRINT overall
4/25 - Kim B - Spring Awakening! Women and Poetry Celebration - Taking Responsibility
4/29 - EARLY DISMISSAL - CUB CONNECTION
Monthly PRINT theme - Responsibility and Courage
Character Ed Theme - Reaffirming our classroom community. What do we need to succeed for the remainder of the year. What can I (the student) add to the success of our classroom community?
From Shelley
From Shelley
ELA
Important Dates:
Ms. Rivera, from Hill for Literacy, will be coming to Tracey on 4/8- Small Group Schedule
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
From Lisa-Math
From Lisa-Math
Vocabulary development is a key piece as we develop oracy. The key vocabulary we are focusing on must be displayed and presented to the students in context, by using a variety of ways including TPR, visuals, realia.
During one of my conferences at NABE, the presenter spoke about the importance of vocbulary development in Math by integrating language with content. Using visuals and creating TPR movement will allow access for students to make meaning to content vocabulary. I am reattaching a resource from Granite School District, which provides us with Math vocabulary cards that includes the vocabulary word, visual and definition. These cards are also available in multiple languages to support our MLL students. This would be great to incorporate into your math units and add to a math word wall to support the language around math.
**Click Dual Immersion cards to change the language.
Vocabulary Cards by Grade Level
Please see me if you'd like to discuss further and plan on how to incorporate this into your classroom!
From John - STEM
From John - STEM
Solar Glasses for ALL STUDENTS are in your mailboxes in preparation for Monday. Students should wear these glasses when viewing the eclipse, which will peak at 3:26 and last until 4:30.
Staff Glasses for ALL Staff will be available in the Main Office; initial your name in the office so we know you received a pair!
SAVE THE DATES
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 Geitz
Tuesday
12:50 - 1:50 - Marcuccilli
2:10 - 3:15 - Brown LS5 - Oil Spill
Wednesday
NO SCHOOL
Thursday
12:30 - 3:15 - Grade 1 Science Planning
Friday
12:00 - 3:15 Grade 2 Science Planning
K-5 Pacing
Kindergarten - Unit 2 - Waiting For Weather.
First Grade - Finishing Unit 2, Film Animation.
Second Grade - Starting 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
2024 Tracey Magnet STEM EXPO Logo Contest.mp4
We had many students enter the contest for the 2024 STEM Logo Contest with the help of Ms.Lambert. We had numerous entries, and our cubs worked hard on their submissions. All entries will be displayed at our STEM Nights!
This year's winner is Emmanuel V. from Mrs. Hall's room! Emmanuel's Logo will be used for all official K-2 and 3-5 Tracey STEM Nights communications. Congratulations, Emmanuel; we are so proud of you!
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