Week 9

                                              

  Great Things From the Week!

Thank you teachers for your support during inclement weather. I know it is not ideal and we will only call if it is absolutely necessary. As always you are the professionals, if you want to take your class out for a quick break you are always allowed, please just minimize strenuous activity during these times.

Thank you Carlos for always being available

Thank you office staff for keeping things up and running

Thank  you to the SLT who worked hard to develop common commitments around writing

Thank you to everyone who kept Harrison in good shape while 14 of us were out

Thank you for flexibility during Hearing and Vision Screening (all staff)

Common Commitments from SLT- More information on Wednesday at Collaboration and Team Meeting.


Norm grading together as a team
10/25/19 writing scores into Illuminate
Talk about writing shifts
Grade level standards and rubric
Anchor papers
Informative writing to drive instruction
How do we use this to adjust instruction
Baseline - this is our first one
Conversations about process writing - less of them
More quick writes - free to write to many opportunities
2nd grade team - how to write to different genres
Adhere to academic language
Model Paraphrasing

Teaching Evidence Based Responses

• R.A.C.E.
• Oral response using evidence when responding
• CLOSE reading - find details to support their answer
• Note taking examples - AVID type
• Listening skills:
• Listen to the passage - 1 time

Second listen - take notes

Group talk about notes to add or delete info

3rd listen - Change or add to notes (optional)

Construction Update: There will be some construction in the grass in the circle for a few weeks. Should have very little impact. The portables are slated to be moved into the first few weeks of November, exact date is still to be determined. Construction will start on room 4 as soon as everyone is moved. This will be very invasive and we will all need to be patience and grace. It will be noisy and we will lose access to the entire kindergarten playground for the rest of the school year. 

Instructional Rounds Communication:

Currently it appears that we will only have 2 round, instead of 3. Which means you will be out four days instead of six.

This is the first set of Instructional Rounds-

Final dates through December:

10/31 - Instructional Design - Both 

11/12 - Instructional Rounds - Harrison (ONLY)

11/22 - Instructional Rounds - Hawthorne (ONLY)

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. 

Footballs and flags
Bases, bats, rackets, tennis balls, (Kick ball or baseball)
Rackets and birdies
Volleyballs
Scoops and balls
Soccer balls

                                         

Video Example of MTSS 

SST schedule for November

(Tentative)

Tuesday, November 5

                2:15                        Marvin Ortiz                       Voss

                2:45                        Mateo Gonzalez               Voss

Thursday, November 7

                2:15                        Aaron Garcia                      McConnell

                2:45                        Nathan Garabay               McConnell

Thursday, November 14

                2:15                        Miriam Beardemphl       Hawthorne

                2:45

Tuesday, November 19

                2:15                        Tamara Garcia                   Fortin

                2:45                        Barluku Hoff                       Egana    

Upcoming Event:

THIS WEEK:

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

10/14- Brown and Roe offsite all day (Sanci and Anne Peterson Admin Designee)
10/15-Brown offsite all day
10/15-Roe offsite until 12:00 pm
10/16- Brown onsite 2:30-3:30
10/16-Classified Meeting 1:15-2:15
10/16- Team Meetings (45 min. following collaboration to work based on SLT)
10/17- Brown offsite from 9-2 pm
10/17- State Wide Disaster Drill - Drop and Cover
10/17-Brown in Principal meeting after 3:00 pm

NEXT WEEK:

10/21- 2:00-3:00 - STEP Staff Meeting
10/22- Lunch with a Loved One
10/23- HILT- Bring your HW (Your top 5 strengths and how they impact your professional and personal life)
10/23- Brown offsite after 2:30pm
10/24- Brown and Roe offsite from 11-2pm (State of the District)
10/25- Eureka Training for Harris and Kinder (except Farrar)


3-6 ELA IAB enter by Nov. 6
TK-2 Eureka enter by Nov. 6
Grade 3 Math IAB enter by Oct. 25
GALLUP Survey Grades 5th and 6th - Complete by November 15th. 

Happy Birthday!!

10/18 John Pofahl