O3s

We are back to our regular scheduled O3s this week!

Achievement Boards

 

Achievement boards due November 13th!

DSQ Visit

Cathy will be here Tuesday, November 4^th. She wants to observe classrooms with the deans.

Reading Street News

Constructed Responses

·       Please bring constructed response samples to your grade-level meeting the week of November 10^th.

·       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

Employee Satisfaction Feedback

Don’t forget to turn in the Employee Satisfaction Feedback form to Sandy on Monday before you leave. Thanks again for taking the time to complete this. I do appreciate it.

Employee Satisfaction Feedback

This Week

Monday, November 3^rd:

·       College shirt day

·       Penny War-Nov 3^rd - 7^th

Tuesday, November 4^th:

·       IAT meeting

Thursday, November 6^th:

·        Swygert’s flag bearers

 

Curb-side-Ryan

 

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.       

O3s and Observations

 

No O3s this week due to the short week. I will still be observing, so please schedule your observation.

Reading Street News

Assessment:

·       No assessment this week

·       Please make sure your students are exposed to the main selection and the tested skills and strategies.  

·       Scanning Unit 2, Week 2 assessments: Swygert, Wagner, Ryan

Small Groups:

Please note the required small group stations:

1.  Sleuth-teacher

2.  Read for Meaning-leveled readers

3.  Words to Know-vocabulary

4.  Let’s Write-Writing to Sources, review graded constructed responses, etc

5.  IDR

Important Dates

Please view the right side of the blog for important dates in

This Week

Monday, October 27^th:

·       Get Movin’ Crew Fun Run

o   5^th grade 9:00-9:40

o   3^rd grade 10:30-11:10

o   4^th grade 2:15-2:55

 

·       Kinsley’s flag bearers

Tuesday, October 28^th:

·       School Council meeting

Wednesday, October 29^th:

·       Hero-ween

·       Brown’s Core Democratic Value presentation

Thursday, October 30^th:

·        No School-PD at South Arbor  8:00 am-3:00 pm

Friday, October 31^st :

·        No School-Regional PD at South Canton  8:00 am-3:00 pm

 

Curb-side-Gyulveszi

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.       

Special Education Logs

Please bring your Special Education Accommodations logs to your O3s this week.

 

Reading Street News

I’ve placed the Unit 2 writing schedule in your mailboxes. Please see below if you misplace it and need to refer to it.

Unit 2 Writing Schedule

Out of the Building

Jen, Megan, and I will be out of the building on Wednesday. We will be traveling to Lansing for Dean Training. Please see your team lead or Kim if you need anything.

This Week

Tuesday, October 21^st:

·       No meeting

·       Science Fair meeting-3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grade team leads

Wednesday, October 22^nd:

·       Jorvonna out of the building-dean training

Thursday, October 23^rd:

·        Specials Moral Focus Awards

Friday, October 24^th :

·        Free Jean Day in honor of U of M & MSU

 

Curb-side-Brown

 

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.

Hall Meeting

We have a hall meeting this Tuesday, October 14^th in Dena's room. During the meeting, one of the items on the agenda is Reading Street.

Please bring any lingering questions or great ideas for whole group, small group, and language arts (spelling, conventions, and writing). I look forward to you sharing some of the great things I've seen in your classrooms. I know your colleagues will appreciate it!

Don't forget to pick up a snack from the staff lounge before coming.

O3s

We will have O3s this week! I am looking forward to meeting with you.

 

We will discuss last week's observation (Oct. 6-10) and this week's observation (Oct. 13-17).

 

If you haven't scheduled your observation for this week, please do so.

Reading Street News

Writing:

o   Prove-It (Performance Task) writing starts this week. This will be modeled as a whole group and NOT entered into grade book.

 

o   During grade-level meetings this week, we will discuss Unit 2’s writing schedule. During that discussion, we will determine the amount of time needed to complete each writing piece and what should be added into gradebook.

Common Core Standards and Unit Writing:

o   As discussed during your grade-level meeting, there are certain standards that the unit writing rubrics don’t address and you will be responsible for making sure you enter a score for those standards. I’ve listed those standards below as a reminder.

·       3^rd grade:

§  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3)

§  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6
With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

·       4^th grade:

§  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 4)

§  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.6
With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.

§  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

·       5^th grade:

§  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 5)

§  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.6
With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

Achievement Boards

The first achievement board is due November 14^th! As you begin to plan what you will put on your board, please read the FERPA guidelines below:

What Teachers CAN DO:
• Display work with a student’s name and grades before grades have been entered into a grade book.
• Display anonymous student work showing a grade, corrections, or other markings. You may use student identification numbers so long as you make reasonable efforts to maintain anonymity.

What Teachers CANNOT DO:
• CANNOT disclose education records (including student addresses and/or telephone numbers) to other students.
• CANNOT post students’ final grades or grade point averages, including giving access to the teacher’s grade book.

Basically, if the student work has a score on it, take off the student's name before displaying it. If the student work does not have a score on it, it is acceptable to post the student's name.

Don’t forget that there are examples of achievement boards on the U-drive. Let me know if you have any questions.

This Week

Tuesday, September 7^th:

·       Hall meeting in Dena’s room

Curb-side-Wagner

 

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Boe

4^th- Heires

5^th- Brown

*Don’t forget that the bolded name should verify that we have 3 parent volunteers before leaving the gym. They are responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers.          

Reading Street News

·              Don’t forget that you need to change all of your writing rubric headings to:

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.0

 

·                   Weekly Writing:

o   Don’t forget to score the entire rubric, but only conventions and one other trait should be entered into grade book.

 

o   Some form of communication needs to go out informing your parents about the grading.

o   To identify the standard for the trait that you are grading look on the “Focus on Common Core State Standards” page in your TE.

·                   Unit Writing:

o   Unit writing should be completed this week!

o   You will score the entire rubric and enter the scores for all of the traits (focus/ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentences, and conventions) into grade book.

o   As I stated at your last grade-level meeting, I will provide you with all of the standards for each of the unit writing rubrics. I completed unit 1 and will bring the new  rubric to our grade-level meeting this week. The new rubric has the C.C. standard underneath each trait. You are not required to use this rubric; it’s more for you to know which standards should be entered into grade book.

o   We will start Prove-It (Performance Task) writing the week of October 13^th. I will go over the details during your grade-level meeting.

·                Unit 1 Review

o   Everyone will do Unit 1 Review this week!

o   You won’t assess spelling because there are no new spelling words being introduced. More details will be provided during your grade-level meeting.

 

·       Level 2 Assessment:

o   Students will take both part A & B of their Unit 1, level 2 assessment. More details will be provided during your grade-level meeting.

Fire drill/Lunch Instructions

Over the next few months, we will have fire drills that will occur during lunch. Please read the instructions below.

Fire drill During Lunch

O3s

 

·       There are NO O3s again this week, due to our regular scheduled grade level team meeting and the curriculum team visit. However, I am available to meet if you need me.

·       I will continue observations.

This Week

Monday, October 6^th:

·       College shirt day

o   With dress code bottoms and shoes

·       NED Show Assembly @ 9-9:45

Tuesday, September 7^th:

·       IAT meeting

Wednesday, October 8^th:

·       Swygert’s Core Democratic Value presentation

Thursday, October 9^th:

·       Curriculum team visit

Friday, October 10^th:

·       Progress reports go home

·       Picture retakes

Curb-side-McGinn

 

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Swgert

4^th- Wagner

5^th- Ryan

*Don’t forget that the bolded name should verify that we have 3 parent volunteers before leaving the gym. They are responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers.