General Information
Thank You: Each grade level, Curriculum Support, and Specialist have done a fantastic job getting ready for Leap into Literacy! We are looking forward to a great week of reading and watching the minutes increase each day so we can wear our PJs! Please refer to Kathy's email about for specifics and details about the week and night.
FYI: At our last PTA Board meeting, several parents stated they were not receiving the link for the Clipper. Please make certain you include it in your newsletter the week you receive the link. The PTA Board decided to begin printing the Clipper again since many families were not receiving their information due to the link not being sent home by the teachers. Now parents will receive it both ways.
Boosterthon: Some of you may have heard the buzz from PTA Board members about Boosterthon. More information will be coming on this event. When we have all the dates, times, etc. I will make certain you have them quickly. Watch for our school to become a jungle on March 1.
CapriSun pouches: Please remind our students to recycle their pouches. Our PTA is keeping track of how many pouches are coming in and how much money this is generating for our school. This is "easy" money for us since so many of our students drink "pouched" juice. The money will go toward the technology budget!
Blooms Taxonomy – What kind of questions are we asking
our students on a daily basis?
http://marynabadenhorst.global2.vic.edu.au/files/2009/05/bloomsdigitaltaxonomymap1.gif - this is a great visual of question
stems when asking students question or when you are creating learning
activities for all students.
http://cmapp.wcpss.net/resources/index/page/1/sort/Course/order/asc/searchValue/toolbox%20for%20rigorous/filterSubject//filterCourse//filterGrade/ - Toolbox for Planning Rigorous Instruction (112 page handout) you will need to be logged in to CMAPP to access this document.
Response to
Intervention
What about our students who are struggling with English? What do we do?
How do we progress monitor them? These are all legitimate questions. WCPSS
developed then revised The Manual for Educational Enhancement of the
Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students and their Families.
Being a part of the first writing of the manual and working on the revision,
until I left my position as SST Program Coordinator, gave me an awareness of the
needs of our students who LEP or have had limited verbal interactions in their
homes. Yes, I do believe the entire manual is a great resource. (When you help
research and write something you usually think it is worthwhile.) That said,
reviewing the charts or page 29 will be helpful when thinking about some of our
students. Providing a language rich environment is important for all students.
Tips and Techniques, Pg. 35-52, provide best practices that many of you use but
are essential to our LEP students or struggling students.
Again, just another resource as we continue our professional development
journey in understanding RtI and meeting the needs of our students.
Professional
Learning Network
How do you
continue to grow as a professional educator? What is your passion (personal)?
www.twitter.com – it is a great way to follow people
that can share great information and collaborate with other educators like you. Some people to follow
@plugusin (Bill Ferrieter - Salem Middle School teacher that tweets about technology integration, @OliveChapelElem. You can also search "hashtags" on topics to get more information - #blooms, #commoncore, etc.
School Improvement
Plan
Please be sure to have students
complete the SIP survey https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEJtMkxxamRsXzE3SkgxcmFfWlk4OUE6MQ
Behavior
Support Team / Climate Goal will be discussing staff, students, and parent
survey to create a goal with action steps.
Next team meeting will be Monday February 27th, this is due to March 2nd
being a SIP meeting and February 24th is the academic team meeting.
Teacher Resources of the week
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb12/vol69/num05/Writing-to-Learn.aspx
- “Writing to learn focuses on deepening
understanding and improving retention of content.”.
http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2012/02/08/engaging-learners-through-digital-storytelling-40-resources-tips/
-digital storytelling
Teacher Link of the week
http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/cbaManual.pdf
- Curriculum-Based Measurement: A Manual
for Teachers
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