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NEXT DRILL FEB. 13TH FIRE/EVACUATE

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

• 2023 District Safety Slides 

• 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

• Please let Cherie know if you will be interested in teaching or being a para for Summer Academy

• We will be located at and combined with Cranbury Elementary School (Hours-TBA)

    Dates:

Mon.-Wed. July 1-3

Mon.-Fri. July 8-12

Mon.-Thur. July 15-18

Mon.-Thurs. July 22-25

Mon.-Thurs. July 29-Aug. 1

• MOY meetings will take place with either Cherie or Lindsay on Thursday 2/8/24-- Please check the schedule for your time: MOY Meeting Schedule

• "Teacher Mid-year Self-assessment" form on Frontline (there are 4 questions) should be completed before the meeting on 2/8/24 so that SLO progress can be discussed at the MOY meetings  (This form is found under "Teacher Mid-Year Check-in" on Frontline)

• The MOY DESSA window opens on Monday Jan.29th.

• Classroom teachers will be given time at our staff meeting on Monday Jan. 29th at 3:45 to complete DESSA, if you are not at the meeting it will be expected for you to complete DESSA for your students by Friday 2/2/24

• Thank you to all staff for supporting with the completion of MOY testing

• We were almost at 100 percent completion

• School-wide MOY data, patterns, and trends will be shared at a future staff meeting

• Use your MOY data to plan for the individual needs of your students and also to support you in completing your MOY "Teacher Mid-year Self-assessment" on Frontline

Please join me in welcoming our newest Tracey staff members: Ms. Decker, Mr. Dash, and Ms. Sawyer...Welcome to Tracey!

• Cub Connection 1/29 

** Make sure to reach out to your partners to engage our Cubs in relationship building. 

• • Menu of Ideas 

  • Ideas collected by Sheila! 

Sound Waters IN SCHOOL visit

• January 30th 9:30 - 11:30 1st

Community Meetings 

• 2/1 - Grade 3 Black History/Black Excellence Celebration and tie In with PRINT

• 2/8 - Grade 1 Mrs. Cerra Black History/Black Excellence Celebration and tie In with PRINT

• 2/15 - Ms. Brown and Mrs. Best Black History/Black Excellence Celebration and tie In with PRINT

• 2/29 - OBOS Kick Off - Mr. Riddell

ELA

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 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

Here are some resources that were mentioned at our PD Monday during the Faculty Meeting on 5 Practices. We will be continuing this work on January 22nd with a planning session using the 5 Practices. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out!

Accountable Talk-Math Talk Bookmark

5 Practices Monitoring Template

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!