Week 7

                                              

Great Things From the Week!

CST Data Day with 3-6- Thank you for coming prepared and ready to talk about kids. You are doing great work!!!!

Thank you Sanci and Tiffany for getting rotations up and running. Serving students by name and by need.

Measure O Picture with the school board. Thank you staff for your support as we work to showcase the awesomeness of Harrison. Thank you STEP team for helping with kids.

Great job on MyOn Reading - Fortin class won a pizza party for class with the most minutes read over the summer.

Third grade won for the most minutes read by a grade level.

PTA is planning the Fall Festival - This year it will have some changes as the blacktop is off limits so please be flexible and bear with us as we work to adapt for the community.

Thank you to the Family Night Committee - The Coding Family Night was a success. The next night is Art night and it is limited to the first 150 respondents.... we will have a Spanish Translator available at future family nights.

Thank you to the team that took 3-6 to the Ontario Reign Game. Thank you Shelley for setting that experience up for kids.

Thank you to the teachers who got Progress Reports in and signed.....They were suppose to go home Friday. If you have not done that they need to be turned in and signed by Roe or I first thing Monday so we can send home. 

Instructional Rounds Communication:

This is the first set of Instructional Rounds-

Final dates through December:

10/31 - Instructional Design - Both 

11/12 - Instructional Rounds - Harrison

11/22 - Instructional Rounds - Hawthorne 

12/16 - Principal Cohort Meeting (am or pm) - Both, Principals Only 

*I know 10/31 is not ideal, but truly it was the only day that worked...we tried hard to find an alternative but it really was the only day. Sorry for any challenges that presents to you and your classroom. 

PE:-

If you need to change your PE times due to rotations/interventions, etc. Just go to the Hub and change on Google Doc. The purpose of the document is simply to keep track of your schedule when we are tying to find you or your students. 

 
                                         

As we move closer to a student centered classroom, remember it is important for students to problem solve and Productive Struggle is good. The person in the classroom learning is the person doing the work..... 

Think about a coach, where do they stand during a game? 

The students, the kids are the ones in the game, they need to do the work, we trust that they can take our guidance and go out and dominate. We give them the plays, we require them to practice, we shout and scream at them encouraging words to keep them motivated until they believe they can do it. We want them all to give 100% so they can win!!! We believe they are talented and are capable of victory. 

The success of a coach is as good as the players they coach. WE need to cheer from the sidelines and stop carrying  the ball. 

As we connect this work to the guide and Danielson, student learning show be evident by the work the students are dong.

As a first step, try to move closer to a 50% teacher talk/ 50% student talk model. (We need to increase intentional student talk/collaboration time)

As a staff we will commit to Intentional Collaborative Conversations.

Give kids the tools and let them learn!!!

Math Manipulatives: Click Here

We will be walking around looking for math manipulative. Please invite us as you have a cool lesson!

Rotation/center ideas for independent activities while you work in a small group(sample, not exhaustive list):

Dreambox

Lexia

Reading Plus

Zearn

AR

Read Works (at level)

Brain Pop 

Writing 

Independent Reading (at level)

Math centers

Audio Book station

MyOn Reading

Student collaboration opportunities

Math Fluency skills (with/without timers)

Reading Fluency skills (with/without timers)

Sight word practice

Math games

Phonics games

Art projects

Research projects 

Video Example of MTSS 

Upcoming Event:

THIS WEEK:

Writing Compete by October 4th
PTA Money Drive Starts

9/30-FOSS Science Training (Half day per grade level K-3)10/1- Bus Evacuation Drill
10/1- Fire Drill (Changed to 10/7)
10/1-FOSS Science Training Grade 4-5
10/2- RUSD Title 1 meeting Sanci, Roe offsite after 3:15
10/3- Brown meeting offsite until 12:30
10/3- Fire Inspeection

10/3- SSC &ELAC Meeting 2:15-3:15

NEXT WEEK:

Grade 6 IAB 1 enter by 10/11

10/7- Fire Drill 8:15 am
10/8- Brown offsite for meeting until 11:00 am
10/8- SART Meetings for those who need them 2:15-3:00 pm
10/8-PTA Meeting 2:20-3:00 pm
10/8-Roe offsite after 3:00 pm
10/9-Staff Photo 2:00pm
10/9- Staff Meeting 2:05-3:15
10/10-Roe and Brown offsite after 3:00 pm
10/11- SLT all leadership plus offsite all day- Sanci, Brown offsite

10/11 and 10/14 - Roe Non-Duty Days

10/12- Saturday School 8:00-12:15 - PLEASE ADVERTISE!!! We get back a lot of money that goes right back to students. Please make sure you advertise and send home fliers. Last time we had only about 20 kids. We need 50!!!

Happy Birthday!!

10/2 Shelley Miller
10/2 Leah Harris
10/10 Denisse Lupercio