"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." –Oprah Winfrey

           November Drills

• Change of date----Evacuate Drill- (relocate to St. Philip church) Friday 11/17/23 

WEDNESDAY 11/29/23 at 10:00 (More details as the date gets closer)

• Lockdown 11/21/23 at  10:45 AM (During K-2 WIN)

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

• 2023 District Safety Slides  Slides 30 and 51 have videos of these drills for you to share with your students

• 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 district is considering changing our primary science curriculum resource. 

Please take this survey to support as they collect information on science needs in the district.  

All teachers who teach a science course are welcome to give input.

At this time, they are gathering feedback to inform next steps.  There is no immediate change to the science curriculum.

• General Education Teachers and Nurses will all have access to view the IEP at a Glance for every child with an IEP through PowerSchool. 

• By clicking on the CT SEDS Icon (shape of the State,) the document will appear.  Jean Starkman is providing access to everyone by hand so if a member of your team indicates that their access is denied, let them know it will be available soon. 

Hi!! Please make sure your Character Education Report Cards are all updated in the digital folders so we can get our first trimester average. Please let me know if you need any support with that!

Community Meeting Next Tuesday 2:30 :) 

December Themes:

PRINT: Respect

Character Strong: Respect and Empathy

Character Education Theme: Respecting yourself, the ideas and beliefs of others

SEL Connection: Responsible Decision Self and Social Awareness

ELA

Unit 2 Timeline from November 20th-January 19th

Post-Assessment for Unit 1 due by November 17th

Pre-Assessment for Unit 2 due before November 20th

WIN Cycle Dates 

Cycle 1: 9/6-10/17

Cycle 2: 10/18- 12/10 Cycle 2 

Cycle 3: 12/11-2/9

Cycle 4: 2/12- 5/10

Cycle 5: 5/13- End of the Year

WIN Letters

All students for cycle 2 will receive WIN letters.  This can be communicated via email (ParentSquare) or printed.  Here is the letter for all students to receive. 

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

Important Dates:

Next Data Meeting: December 4th

Suggested Timeline for Bi-Weekly Measures

Progress Monitoring Point 1- 11/3

Progress Monitoring Point 2- 11/17

Progress Monitoring Point 3- 12/1

CORE Phonics Survey- one time before December 4th