Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
March 28th, 2024
Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
March 28th, 2024
3rd Goal: Recess Music and Games Day---Friday, April 12th
4th Goal: Sky Dome Planetarium Visit---Thursday, April 4th
Sneak Preview to share with students:
NWEA PRACTICE TEST
Grade 4 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219
Grade 3 planning at 9:50-10:30
Staff Meeting 3:45 in the Cafeteria: Review of Character Education Application
5th grade trip to Ridgefield Playhouse
Lindsay is at a Principal meeting all-day
Grade 5 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219
Grade 4 Planning at 10:35- 11:15
Cherie is at an AP meeting all-day
Grade 1 Teacher Teams at 2:35 in Room 219
Grade 5 Planning at 11:55- 12:35
SCHEDULE FOR SKY DOME https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1saThuPjX7SStvU8VNpNHL_qfbj27I17uy8xSaRxPegM/edit#gid=0
Grade 1 Planning at 1:10-1:50
Grade K Teacher Teams 2:35 in Room 108
GRADE TWO PRINT DAY 8:35-10:35
Music group of 5th graders trip to Hartford
Grade K Planning 1:55- 2:35
Grade 2 Teacher Teams 2:35 in Room 219
APRIL DRILL-EVACUATE/FIRE DRILL 4/2424
TIME TBA
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 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****
Jump Rope for Heart Kicks Off Today! Please share the followng two Items In your parent square please!!
Please copy and paste the link to join us In leaving our PRINT for Heart Health! Take on a challenge or donate to raise awareness and earn cool swag!
http://www2.heart.org/goto/Tracey_Magnet_Leaves_their_PRINT_for_Heart_Health - Sign up here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g49B8cRh_u8 - Kick Off Video! Meet the Heart Heroes!
You will have Items In your mailboxes to send home from Coach AJ and the Heart Association. Looking forward to another great event!
There are also some cool Heart Health crossword puzzles, word searches and bingo that I will put In your boxes throughout the month for Indoor recess! Or let me know if you want any Heart Health games/activities for SEL lessons - GREAT tie in!
Shout-out to Ms. Barroso for always welcoming teachers into her classroom! 🎉You rock! Check out her differentiated reading jobs during small group instruction.
During small group instruction, students in Ms. Kivits' class are excited to practice their new fundations center. Well done, Ms. Kivits, for trying this new skill practice! 😁
Shout-out to Ms. Brown for adding a new protocol in her vocabulary instruction! 📝
ELA
Important Dates:
Ms. Rivera, from Hill for Literacy, will be coming to Tracey on 4/8- Schedule to come!
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
Shout-out 2nd Grade for getting Math Intervention started at your grade level. Students were engaged in their groups. We can't wait to see the progress they make!
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
Tuesday
12:50 - 1:50 - Kivits
Wednesday
12:50 - 1:50 - Noss
Thursday
9:40 - 10:30 - SPED Meeting
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- Finishing Unit 3, Monarch Unit
Fourth Grade - Unit 2, Mimicking The Natural World
Fifth Grade - Unit 2, Golden Jellies
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! Click Here to Sign-Up
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!