Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
November 9th , 2023
Tracey Magnet School Weekly Newsletter
November 9th , 2023
"The words we speak to ourselves matter..." Dr. Quentin Lee
4th Grade Teacher Teams 2:35
Gratitude on the Green (8 Park St) 6:00pm to 7:00pm featuring our 2nd graders speaking about gratitude!
5th Grade Teacher Teams 2:35
1st Grade Teacher Teams 2:35
Pie and Cookie Dough Pick Up (Be sure to pick up your items at the portico area as you leave!!) YUM!
First Community Partner Lunch of the year - Cub Cafe - all lunch waves!
Kindergarten Teacher Teams 9:05 (time change due to early dismissal)
90-minute early dismissal: Early Dismissal Schedule
Cub Connections
2nd Grade Teacher Teams 2:35
FROM THE COACHES:
Please see below for the link to the Slide Deck and the Stick-It-Together template from our Professional Development on 11/6 during our Staff meeting. Also linked is the Learning Target Framework highlighted in 11/7 Instructional Planning Sessions.
Stick-It- Together Link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14Yjai0UxPM4icCXmZMDKUcilAp9tPcVzoq51-BsAHYY/edit?usp=sharing
Slide Deck- Student Discourse:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ArjQCjV_IPYHRx7qVDi0PQ2E1HK7meLI63b4a-ADwZs/edit?usp=sharing
Learning Target Framework:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13X_3Nd-a6DzPQwkuyThu6RjTQ6BN6Wt7wxk7mAn1K7c/edit?usp=sharing
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 2:30 (K will be in specials, so make sure this is practiced before the 2:30 drill).
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
Parent Teacher Conferences
ES Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled from November 8 through November 30. They are not scheduled for Mondays during this period so Faculty Meetings can take place.
11/9 is a 90-minute early dismissal for students. Staff stays until the normal dismissal time
11/16 is a 90-minute early dismissal for students. Staff may leave 15 minutes after students dismiss. Staff return 6-8 pm
Parent-Teacher Sign-up - English
Parent-Teacher Sign-up -Spanish
Interpreters for Elementary Parent Conferences
Please see the link below for the Memo regarding updates to scheduling interpreters for Elementary Parent Conferences for the 2023-24 school year:
Mark your calendars for the 2-hour sessions with The Hill on the Science of Reading.
The remaining dates are:
January 29
March 25
April 29
May 13
Friendly reminder about the PRINT Compact and sharing It at conferences. It Is up to you If you want to keep the signed copies with you or send home. These documents are additional tools to talk about student/parent accountability and our shared responsibility In educating our students
Stay tuned, there will be an Inspo Board popping up with some Ideas learned from the Character.org Forum that will show smalllllll snippets of our learning. In the near future, we hope to share more of our learning with you all!
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
LABS
Monday
Bloom- LS4 Magnet Lab 10:30 -11:30
Morin - LS4 Magnet Lab 11:30 - 12:30
Lauro - LS4 Magnet Lab 1:40 - 2:40
Tuesday
Brown - LS4 Explore 3 10:30 -11:30
Whalen - LS4 Explore 3 11:30 - 12:30
Wednesday
Thomas - LS3 Hershey Water 9:45 -10:30
Clausen - LS3 Hershey Water 11:00 -11:45
Barroso - LS3 Hershey Water 11:50 -12:30
Chiappardi - LS4 Explore 3 12:35 -1:30
Mick - LS3 Hershey Water 2:15 -3:00
Thursday
Best - LS4 Explore 3 2:00 -2:45
Thank you for planning with me on the 7th! Most grades were able to plan the next two weeks! I look forward to coteaching in the Lab with you and pushing into your classrooms during science!
If you need to schedule a time with me to plan or would like some friendly feedback through a specific lense, let me know!
Current Pacing
Kindergarten: Mystery Class Pet
Grade 1: Playground Shadows
Grade 2: 4th Little Pig (Matter)
Grade 3: Playground Engineers
Grade 4: National Parks
Grade 5: Spectacular Sights in the Sky
InnerOrbits
Grade 3-5 Teachers, please take the time to jump on InnerOrbits in your classlink. It only takes a moment to make your roster. We will be using this in grades 3-5 for some formative and summative assessments. If you need help, just ask!