Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
December 21st, 2023
Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
December 21st, 2023
Happy Holidays, enjoy the time. See you in 2024!
PRINT Day Planning for Kinder (1:55-2:35 Geitz's Room)
Grade 2 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (ELA with Shelley)
NO Planning Meetings this week. Please let your coaches know if you would like to meet to plan.
Tentative MOY Testing Calendar: Tentative Schedule
Progress Monitoring point due Friday 1/5 Progress Monitoring 2023-2024
Grades 4-5 PM Materials https://dibels.uoregon.edu/materials/dibels
Grade 3 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (ELA with Shelley)
NO Planning Meetings this week. Please let your coaches know if you would like to meet to plan.
Grade 4 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (Math with Lisa)
5th-grade science planning 12-3:15
Tentative MOY Testing Calendar: Tentative Schedule
NO Planning Meetings this week. Please let your coaches know if you would like to meet to plan.
Progress Monitoring point due today 1/5 Progress Monitoring 2023-2024
Tentative MOY Testing Calendar: Tentative Schedule
Grades 4-5 PM Materials https://dibels.uoregon.edu/materials/dibels
Grade 5 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219 (Math with Lisa)
NO Planning Meetings this week. Please let your coaches know if you would like to meet to plan.
JANUARY DRILL: SECURE ON 1/25/24
Practice these drills with your students and have them become familiar with the language
2023 District Safety Slides Slides 34-36 have videos and information about this drill
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
Classroom teachers have your NWEA Accommodations inputted into NWEA by Monday 1/8/24
"Improvement teachers will be helping out in classrooms during NWEA, so they might be off-schedule. Thank you for your understanding." Thank you!
LAS LINKS TESTING: Begins January 3rd
NWEA Testing: 1/9-1/24
DIBELS Testing: 1/8-1/24 (Note Change)
MOY Testing Calendar: MOY Testing Schedule
Support Staff will be pushing into classrooms to support grades 2-5 please schedule Support for Testing
Welcome back! Goes without saying! Review those classwide, schoolwide and PRINT expectstions, the PRINT Matrix Is a great place to have this review! Talking about PRINT In action and what this looks and sounds like!
January PRINT Theme:
Problem Solving/Perseverance
Character Strong Lesson:
Perseverance
Character Education Theme:
Class and student goal setting
Community Meetings:
1/11 STORM Visits from the Islanders - he will be back to show us PRINT In action again! perhaps PRINTY will visit, too!
1/25 OPEN - Please volunteer and see me for some support/planning!
CUB CONNECTION 1/29
Hot spots - transitions back from lunch, special and recess. Take 2-3 minutes each day for some mindfulness. If you are already doing this, here are some new Ideas. We know these times cause lots of big emotions!
Character Strong as a super EASY way to do this:
LOG INTO CHARACTER STRONG
(Shout out to Cait Lauro for giving this a try and Kate Morin for the mindful countdown! I am SURE this Is happening In other rooms - I just happened to pop In and see these take shape! ) <3 Share your tricks! PLEASE!!! <3
Click Entry Task on the left
Click 3-5
Then pick one each day!
I like the “create” slide deck – where they can draw an image from the shape on the slide. Students draw the shape on the slide and then they create a picture around the shape. There are two other options (Create and Check In)
Take a look, It might help create a routine and settle some of those after recess, lunch, special feelings. You can use stickies, writing or SEL journals. See me If you would like a class set of SEL journals.
ELA
Unit 2 Timeline from November 20th-January 19th
I'm looking for examples of Quality Student Work from our Summative Writing Task. If you have any please upload them here.
WIN Cycle Dates
Cycle 1: 9/6-10/17
Cycle 2: 10/18- 12/10
Cycle 3: 12/18-3/1 Cycle 3
Cycle 4: 3/4- 5/24
Cycle 5: 5/27- End of the Year
WIN Plan B
Please remember that students should have a Plan B from their assigned WIN teacher to complete if WIN groups are going to be canceled.
Progress Monitoring
You will find a copy of the data meeting decision report with the students who need progress monitoring in your mailbox based on our Continuum meeting. We need 3 data points completed for the measures that need to be progress monitored bi-weekly. Remember, the CORE phonics survey only needs to be done once before our next meeting. Below, you will find the next data meeting and a suggested timeline of when to progress monitor. Progress monitoring scores go into this spreadsheet. Progress Monitoring 2023-2024
Please use this link for materials for progress monitoring for grades 4-5 https://dibels.uoregon.edu/materials/dibels
Progress Monitoring Data Points Schedule
Point 1- 12/15
Point 2- 1/5
Point 3- 2/2
Next Meeting 2/5
Important Notice:
Science Supply Closet: The materials in the science closet are all organized by grade level. They should only be accessed by classroom teachers and the STEM coach. They are to be used to support the Science Units of Study.
Pacing
Kindergarten - Is currently wrapping up their Unit and getting ready to move into Unit 2 - Waiting For Weather.
First Grade - Currently wrapping up its Unit 1 on Play Ground Shadows and should be ready to start Unit 2, Film Animation.
Second Grade - Just finished their Unit on the 4th Little pIg (Matter) and will begin Unit 2, Koa Tree, after the Holiday break.
Third Grade- Should give the Summative Assessment for Unit 1 Playground Engineers on Inner Orbits before the break. Please make sure to review the content before providing the Summative. Once the Summative is complete, 3rd Grade will move into Unit 2 Harper's Fossils Find.
Fourth Grade - Should be wrapping up Unit 1 National Parks, and once complete, administer the Summative Assessment for the Unit on Inner Orbits. 4th Grade will move into Unit 2, Mimicking The Natural World.
Fifth Grade - 5th Grade should be wrapping up their Unit 1 Spectacular Sights in the Sky and administering the Summative Assessment on Inner Orbits directly after a review. Students can work on their Narration in a partnership with Communications. In the new year, grade 5 should be ready to move into Unit 2, Golden Jellies!
Focus for Next Mad Science
Mad Science - Friday, January 26th!
InnerOrbits
Grade 3-5 Teachers, please take the time to jump on InnerOrbits in your classlink. It only takes a moment to make your roster. We will be using this in grades 3-5 for some formative and summative assessments. If you need help, just ask!
"Improvement teachers will be helping out in classrooms during NWEA, so they might be off-schedule. Thank you for your understanding." Thank you!