Monday, September 30, 2013

Lockdown and Room Clear Drills



We will have a lockdown drill on Tuesday around 8:25. Don’t forget the procedure for the lockdown drill is to lock the door and cover all windows.

Immediately following the all clear for the lockdown drill, we will begin our room clear drill. I will follow the order below. Here is how this will work:
I will come into a classroom and announce "room clear" and then tell the students which classroom to go to. The classroom teacher will remain in the room (just like in a real emergency, the teacher would remain with the injured student) while the students line up quickly and quietly and file into the other classroom. The students should remain standing along the cubbies of the classroom until I tell them to return to their original classroom. Once everyone is back in class, I will go to the next classroom and repeat the process. Hopefully we will be able to move quickly and get through all of the classrooms without causing too much disruption. Here is the list of "buddy" rooms:
·        Stevens-Swygert
·        Swygert-Boe
·        Boe-Stevens
·        Wagner-Heires
·        Heires-McGinn
·        McGinn-Wagner
·        Van Sickle-Gyulveszi
·        Gyulveszi-Brown
·        Brown-Van Sickle
·        Kinsley-Burchman
·        Burchman-Kinsley

This is our first time doing this type of drill, so please take the time to explain it to students in advance so that they know what to do and what is expected of them.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Differentiated Instruction-Workshop

Since MAP testing has finished, I know a lot of you will start to utilize the data to set up workshop. Please view the graphic organizer below to review the "dos and don’ts" of differentiation instruction as it pertains to workshop.

Reading Buddies

If you have Reading Buddies with another class, they should only take place every other week (twice a month).

New Lunch Room Procedures

Starting Monday, September 30th, please bring your entire class to the lunch room. Do not allow students to line up for hot lunch. I will dismiss them from the gym, one grade level at time to line up for hot lunch. Thank you for your assistance with this.

Emergency Sub Plans

Please make sure that you have an updated substitute folder with student medical needs, emergency procedures and updated class lists. Don't forget to include emergency sub plans for those days when you have an unexpected emergency or are too ill to write lesson plans from home. Last but not least, make sure that you have updated your Fab Five list with current substitutes. Thank you for preparing in advance so that students have positive experiences if you need to be away.

O3s & Observations

Full observations continue this week. There won’t be any regular scheduled O3s, instead only scheduled Goal Setting O3s. Please see the schedule below.
 
Date
Time
Teacher
 
Tuesday, October 1st
9:45-10:30
Jarrell’s Goal O3
1:30-2:15
Gyulveszi’s Full Observation
2:30-3:15
Brown’s Full Observation
 
 
Wednesday, October 2nd
9:00-9:45
Boe’s Full Observation
9:45-10:30
Swygert’s Full Observation
10:30-11:15
Kinsley’s Full Observation
12:45-1:30
Heires’ Full Observation
2:30-3:15
Wagner’s Goal O3
 
 
Thursday, October 3rd
9:00-9:45
Gyulveszi’s Goal O3
10:30-11:15
Boe’s Goal O3
11:15-11:45
Stevens’ Full Observation
12:45-1:30
Kinsley’s Goal O3
2:30-3:15
Heires’ Goal O3
 
Friday, October 4th
9:00-9:45
Brown’s Goal O3
10:30-11:15
Stevens’ Goal O3
2:30-3:15
Swygert’s Goal O3

This Week


Tuesday, October 1st:
·       Fall Picture Retake day
·       PLC meeting
·       Lockdown and Room Clear drills
 

Wednesday, October 2nd:
·       Count day

Thursday, October 3rd:
·       Fire Drill @ 1:45

Week of September 30th Schedules


Curb-side
Monday: Kinsley
Tuesday: Boe
Wednesday: Wagner
Thursday: Gyulveszi
Friday: Kinsley

Lunch Duty
3rd: Stevens
4th: McGinn
5th: Gyulveszi

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Full Observations/Goal Setting O3s

Full observations start this week!
There won’t be any regular scheduled O3s, instead only scheduled Goal Setting O3s. Please see the schedule below.

Date
Time
Teacher
Tuesday, September 24th
12:45-1:30
Lloyd’s Full Observation
 
Wednesday, September 25th
9:00-9:45
Stevens’ Full Observation
12:45-1:30
McGinn’s Full Observation
2:30-3:15
McGinn’s Goal O3
 
Thursday, September 26th
10:30-11:15
Wagner’s Full Observation
11:15-11:45
Lloyd’s Goal O3
2:30-3:15
Jarrell’s Full Observation
 
Friday, September 27th
10:30-11:15
Stevens’ Goal O3
2:30-3:15
Jarrell’s Goal O3

This Week

Tuesday, September 24th:
·        MEAP meeting @ 3:45 in Burchman’s room for all 3rd-8th grade teachers, special teachers, and special ed. teachers.
Wednesday, September 25th:
·        Fire Drill @ 10:40
Thursday, September 26th:
·        The Ned Show @ 9:00 in the gym

Week of September 23rd Schedules

Curb-side
Monday: Kinsley
Tuesday: Boe
Wednesday: Wagner
Thursday: Gyulveszi
Friday: Kinsley

Lunch Duty
3rd: Boe
4th: Heires
5th: Brown

Important Dates


 
View the right side of the blog for October’s Important Dates

Sunday, September 15, 2013

O3s


Don’t forget to bring the following to your O3 this week:

1)  The two categories (colors) that you would like me to observe during your full observation

2)  2-3 different dates and times for your full observation

Please note:

·       Full observations are September 23rd-October 25th

·       I cannot observe any mornings (8:00-11:00 am) on October 8th-25th because of MEAP. If you would like to schedule your full observation for the morning, please make sure the date is from September 23rd-October 4th!

Start Up Skills


This is the last week that I will observe the following “Start Up Walk-through” skills:
  • Class Contracting
  • Greeting
  • Routines & Transitions
  • Wait to Start
  • Redirect
  • Do Now
  • I Can

Hall Meeting



I am the Champion for this week's hall meeting, so I will take care of the snack, icebreaker, and launch. The hall meeting is located in Alicia’s room.

Newsletter


Don’t forget to email me a copy of your weekly newsletters. Thanks!

Happy Birthday

 
Megan Lloyd: September 16th

Week of September 16th Schedules

Curb-side
Monday: Kinsley

Tuesday: Boe

Wednesday: Wagner

Thursday: Gyulveszi

Friday: Kinsley

 
Lunch Duty Schedule
3rd: Swygert

4th: Wagner

5th: Van Sickle

 

Sunday, September 8, 2013

O3s and Grade-Level Meetings


O3s and grade level team meetings start this week.  

I look forward to talking with you!


For the next two weeks, I will be coming to observe the following “Start Up Walk-through skills:

  • Class Contracting
  • Greeting
  • Routines & Transitions
  • Wait to Start
  • Redirect
  • Do Now
  • I Can

Please see the attached sheet for a written description of the expectation for each skill.
 

Social Contracts


Please make sure to have your Social Contracts posted in your room by this Friday, September 13th!


Happy Birthday



Kristin: September 9th

Week of September 9th Schedules

Curb-side

Monday: Kinsley

Tuesday: Boe

Wednesday: Wagner

Thursday: Gyulveszi

Friday: Kinsley

 

Lunch Duty Schedule

3rd: Stevens

4th: McGinn

5th: Gyulveszi