“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching kids what counts is best.” — Bob Talbert

           November Drills

• ----Evacuate Drill- (relocate to St. Philip church) 

WEDNESDAY 11/29/23 at 10:00 

A hard copy of the Evacuation/Relocation drill will be put in all mailboxes and explained at Monday's staff meeting

• 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

• Staff, please be mindful of your dismissal duties:

1. Do not send students to their dismissal location without an adult

2. Be on time to your dismissal location

3. Actively monitor the students in your dismissal location (adult conversations should not interfere with actively monitoring student behavior during dismissal time)

• ****Make sure to  clearly add your dismissal duties to your sub plans*****

• 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. 

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

Community Meetings In December:

• 12/7 Five Fingaz will lead the Community Meeting - our PTA has brought him in, per Ms. Esposito's request to repaint our 4th grade hallway.  He will feature the work In his book as well as Interact with the student about Ideas for the mural painting.

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

Here Is my yearly seasonal/holiday gentle reminder.  Behaviors in our students at Tracey and across the world are at an all time high.  Emotional regulation is on the decline, anxiousness, confidence in self/skills and high levels of emotionality are on the rise.  This is WITHOUT the stress, fear, chaos, unkown of the holidays.  It can also bring excitement, butterflies and a feeling of "get me out of here for a bit."  These are not excuses just gentle reminders, we all feel these feelings.  Please do not hesitate to reach out If you would like to co-facilitate some SEL lessons, have restorative circles or just have a "back up" voice for what our expectations are and what potential strategies can be for this lead up to the holiday season.  I hope it brings all of you, whatever it is you need or desire.  ...Much love <3 Penta 

ELA

Unit 2 Timeline from November 20th-January 19th

Pre-Assessment for Unit 2 due before November 20th

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: 12/11-2/9

Cycle 4: 2/12- 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

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