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           December Drill

Thank you to all staff for making our evacuation/relocate drill successful!  

• Evacuate/Fire Drill: December 19th (Time TBA)

• Practice these drills with your students and have them become familiar with the language

• 2023 District Safety Slides  Slide 30 has videos of these drills 

• 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 attached link contains the slides from last Monday's staff meeting: Staff Meeting Monday 12/4/23

• Learner Engagement "Calibrated by Tracey Staff": Engagement Rubric

• Attached you will find a link to the "Box-it Template"  You are welcome to make a copy of the template to use with your students: Box-It

• • New groups will begin the week of the 18th (You can use this week for new routines, relationship building, learning the group's instructional focus)

    • All certified staff are expected to have backup "Plan B" Win plans for absences or coverage issues

    • All non-certified staff will receive a "Plan B" from Shelley

    • Please make sure these are either given to your students or put in a location that your students are aware of in your absence 

• • Make sure to swipe in and/or out when coming in late or leaving for personal or sick time 

• • The mission of the Mary L. Fitch Trust is to provide tax-exempt schools and related 501(c)3 educational organizations located in Fairfield County with resources for on-site or off-site programs for teachers or groups of teachers who would benefit from opportunities for professional development and personal growth.  You can find more information here. 

Tracey Cares Donations:

Some Items we are In need of If you feel so moved to donate. These are In addition to the list that went home. Items/cash can go to Penta or Mick by 12/18 <3 

• Cash

  • (Multiple are needed of all items)

    • Boys Tops and Bottoms - Medium and Large 

    • Girls Top and Bottom - 16

    • Girls Top and Bottom - 12

    • Girls Jackets - Medium

• TOYS

  • • (Multiple are needed of all items)

    • Drawing/sketch pads

    • Cool Markers

    • Plushies (those squishmellow things)

    • Stickers (the ones that can go on water bottles)

    • Books (Grades 4/5)

PTA Newsletter - If you see a member of our PTA or Parent Volunteers - please thank them!  They have been working so hard to create amazing experiences for us and our Cubs. 

NEEDED - PICS!  Please share anything that you would like highlighted on our Social Media.  We get a lot of awesome feedback!

Community Meetings In December:

• 12/21 Mrs. Hall's class - Holidays/Winter Celebrations around the world 

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. 

 Quality Student Work  

WIN Cycle Dates 

Cycle 1: 9/6-10/17

Cycle 2: 10/18- 12/10 Cycle 2 

Cycle 3: 12/18-2/9

Cycle 4: 2/19- 5/10

Cycle 5: 5/13- 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