Mid-Year Evaluation, O3s, and Observations

You will sign and receive a copy of your finalized mid-year evaluation this week. I will send you an email letting you know when to come down. 

No observations or grade-level team meetings this week!

Monday

Don’t forget that I won’t be here on Monday, December 15^th. If you should need anything, please contact your team lead or someone from the admin team.

Important Dates

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This Week

Tuesday, December 16^th:

·       Staff/hall meeting-Don’t forget to wear your ugly holiday sweater with jeans

·       Kim’s b-day-make sure to send some birthday love/wishes her way! J

Wednesday, December 17^th:

·       School Spelling Bee

o   Middle School-8:15-9:00

o   Intermediate-9:00-9:45

 

Thursday, December 18^th:

·       Science Fair meeting at 3:45

·       Wagner-morning assembly flag bearers

Friday, December 19^th:

·       Free Jean day

·       ½ day of school

·       Holiday Assembly

·       Kinsley-morning assembly flag bearers

 

Curb-side-Wagner

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Swygert

4^th-Wagner

5^th-Ryan

*Don’t forget that the bolded name should verify that we have three parent volunteers before leaving the gym. They are responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers.

O3s

We will be going over mid-year evaluations rubrics during O3s this week. Thank you for taking the time to complete them.

Please do not forget to schedule your observation. Thanks!

Curriculum and Instruction Observations

3^rd-5^th:
Karen from our Curriculum and Instruction department will be here Tuesday, December 9^th from 12:15-4:00 observing Reading Street instruction. It is her intentions to observe all teachers, and the first three teachers from our hall have been selected and informed. I just wanted to keep everyone in the loop about visitors in our school.

ALP:

Heather will be here Wednesday to observe Big Ideas Math

Out of the office

I will out of the building for a half-day in the afternoon on Friday, December 12^th and a full day on Monday, December 15^th. If you should need anything, please contact your team lead or someone from the admin. team.

Reading Street News

Assessment:

·       You are only required to assess the constructed response on weeks 2 and 4.

·       No assessment the week of December 15^th-19^th

 

Mock Assessments

 

 Mock Testing will begin in January.

·       January 13^th-14^th: ELA

·       January 20^th-21^st: Math

The 4^th grade Science mock test will be given some time in February.

This Week

Tuesday, December 9^th:

·       PLC meeting

·       Swygert’s Moral Focus presentation

·       ELA Curriculum & Instruction visit, 12:15-4:00

Wednesday, December 10^th:

·       Groover’s Core Democratic Value presentation

·       Math Curriculum & Instruction visit

·       Cathy’s visit

Thursday, December 11^th:

·       Intermediate hall award

·       McGinn-flag bearers

Friday, December 12^th:

·       Class Spelling Bee

Curb-side-McGinn

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Groover

4^th-McGinn

5^th-Gyulveszi

 

*Don’t forget that the bolded name should verify that we have three parent volunteers before leaving the gym. They are responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers.

Mid-Year Evaluations

During the month of December, we will be working on mid-year evaluations. Don’t forget that mid-year self-evaluation rubrics are due this Friday, December 5^th!

O3s

Our SIP states that we will have a meeting every trimester between RTI teachers, classroom teachers and the dean. With the end of the trimester behind us, we would like to schedule the RtI meetings during your O3s this week (Dec 1-5). We are anticipating that the meeting should last about 10 minutes.

Also, please bring your accommodation logs to your O3s this week.

Important Dates

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This Week

 Monday, December 1^st:

·       College Shirt day

Tuesday, December 2^nd:

·       IAT meeting

Wednesday, December 3^rd:

·       Ryan’s Core Democratic Value presentation

Thursday, December 4^th:

·       Accommodation logs due

·       Boe-morning assembly flag bearers

Curb-side-Heires

 

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Boe

4^th-Heires

5^th-Brown

*Don’t forget that the bolded name should verify that we have three parent volunteers before leaving the gym. They are responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers.

Reading Street News

Assessment:

·       Unit 2, Level 2 assessment will be given this short week!

·       Kristin, Susan, and Kayla are scanning this assessment.

·       No story, writing, spelling, etc.

Writing:

·       You will be doing Unit 2 Performance Task next week, even though you are beginning Unit 3, Week 1 for all of the other components.

·       Please view the documents below for Unit 3’s Writing schedule.

Unit 3 Writing Schedule

Mid-year Evaluations

During the month of December, we will be working on mid-year evaluations. I want to give you a quick snapshot of what you can expect in the upcoming weeks:

December 5: Mid-year evaluation rubrics due

December 8-12: Go over mid-year evaluation rubrics during O3s

December 15-19: Finalize evaluations during O3s

 

O3s & Observations

No O3s or observations this week!

This Week

Monday, November 24^th:

·       Report Cards issued

·       Parent-teacher conferences

Tuesday, November 25^th:

·       ½ day of school, dismissal at 11:30

·       Parent-teacher conferences

·       NJHS Blood Drive

Wednesday, November 26^th:

·       Thanksgiving Break-No School

Thursday, November 27^th:

·       Thanksgiving Break-No School

Friday, November 28^th:

·        Thanksgiving Break-No School

Curb-side-Swygert

Lunch Duty- I will cover lunch this week, since its only 1 day!  

Observations & O3s

As you complete your first two skills, you will need to select a new skill during your O3 that pertains to our PLC goals. Some to consider:

Academic Communication:

·       Academic Discussion

·       Academic Vocabulary

Higher Order and Essential Questions:

·       Open Ended

·       High-level questioning

Real-world problems:

·       Relevance

·       Use Deep

·       Extend: Conceptual

Also, please do not forget to schedule your observation! J

Reading Street News

·       You will begin Writing to Sources this week. Don’t forget that it will be entered into gradebook.  

·       Unit 2, Level 2 Assessments dates:

o   Part A-Monday, November 24^th

o   Part B-Tuesday, November 25^th

This Week

Monday, November 17^th:

·       American Education Week(AEW): Nov. 17^th- 21^st

o   Students dress as the future profession

Tuesday, November 18^th:

·       Staff meeting

·       Kinsley-Moral Focus presentation

·       AEW-Parents are invited to spend the day in the life of a student.

 

Wednesday, November 19^th:

·       AEW-Recognizing our education support professionals

 

Thursday, November 20^th:

·       AEW-Recognizing our substitute educators

·       Book Fair starts

 

Friday, November 21^st:

·        Spirit day-students and staff can wear SA apparel with jeans.

·        End of Trimester 1

·        AEW-Recognizing our teachers with breakfast

Curb-side-Groover

 

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Swygert

4^th- Wagner

5^th-Ryan

*Don’t forget that the bolded name should verify that we have three parent volunteers before leaving the gym. They are responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers.

Reading Street

Constructed Responses

·       Please bring constructed response samples to your grade-level meeting this week.  

·       You will need one student’s constructed response for each score (4, 3, 2, 1, and 0) to discuss.

o   3^rd grade: bring five different constructed responses for the story, Tops and Bottoms

o   4^th grade: bring five different constructed responses for the story, Scene Two

o   5^th grade: bring five different constructed responses for the story, A Summer’s Trade