Workshop

I absolutely loved observing all of your workshops these past two weeks. Every workshop was set up differently, but one thing that was the same in each of the classrooms was the differentiation provided to students. Each of you were intentional with meeting your students at their current learning level to guide them to the achievement of their own individual academic success. I can’t express how great it was to observe this! Keep up the great work! 

 

Observations

All of you received your personal goals sheet last week. I’m excited to see your goals in action, so please schedule your observation for this week.

Important Dates

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Missing Attendance-Teacher Policy

Taking timely and accurate attendance is very important both for student safety and for state auditing purposes. When student attendance is not entered correctly it can impact our state funding as well.  As discussed during your grade level meetings, any teacher who has incomplete weekly attendance three times within a trimester will be required to submit a Weekly Attendance Grid to their dean for the remainder of that trimester. The printing of the weekly grid will help the teacher and dean to more closely monitor attendance taking with the goal of 100% accurate attendance from all teachers.

Planning and Assessing

Don’t forget that this week, November 2-6, I will be focusing on the competency of Planning. If you have any evidence to support any of the four indicators, please bring it to your O3. We will discuss and rate all four indicators at that time.

In addition, please make sure that you have all Reading Street weekly assessments integrated into the gradebook. The week of November 9-13, we will begin to analyze various Common Assessments reports during grade level meetings, which address the competency of Assessing focusing on the indicators of Implementing Assessment Strategy and Analyze Data. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

This Week

Monday, November 2:

·       College Shirt day

·       Interim testing: Grade 5 ALP-Math

 Tuesday, November 3:

·       Interim testing-Grades 3, 4, 5-ELA and 5^th grade ALP-Math

·       Staff hall meeting-comfy sweater or fall colored shirt with jeans

Wednesday, November 4:

·       Moody’s Core Democratic Value presentation

Thursday, November 5:

·       Interim testing: Grades 3 and 5-Math

Friday, November 6:

·       Interim testing: Grade 4-Math

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Lunch Duty

3^rd-Moody

4^th- Wagner

5^th- Ryan

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

Classroom Framework-Planning and Assessing

I am in the process of providing ratings for competencies that do not have any ratings on the Classroom Framework (Planning and Assessing).

During the week of November 2-6, I will be focusing on the competency of Planning. If you have evidence to support any of the four indicators, please bring it to your O3. We will discuss and rate all four indicators at that time.

In addition, please make sure that you have all Reading Street weekly assessments integrated into the gradebook. The week of November 9-13, we will begin to analyze various Common Assessments reports during grade level meetings, which address the competency of Assessing focusing on the indicators of Implementing Assessment Strategy and Analyze Data. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

 

Welcome, Kathy!

I would like to welcome Kathy Conniff to South Arbor as our new World Languages teacher! She has already put in a lot of work and long hours to get our new program up and running in just three days! She is a great addition to our team!

Out of the Building

Megan, Jen, and I will be out of the building on Wednesday for Dean Training in Lansing.

Please see your team lead or Kim if you need anything.

Grade Level Meeting Agenda

See below for this week’s grade level meeting agenda. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to add anything prior to the meeting.

Agenda

1.   Grade level Planning

a.  Determine where everyone is currently at in all subject areas

b.  Does everyone have everything that they need to be successful this week for instruction and teaching?

c.   Any remaining needs?

2.   Classroom Framework

a.  Discuss Planning and Assessing Competencies

3.   Interim Analysis

a.  Provide copies of the completed analysis 

Additional Items to Discuss for specific grade levels:

Grade 4:

·        Finish analyzing Reading Interim 1

·        Discuss possible math observation

This Week

Wednesday, October 28:

·       Davis’ Core Democratic presentation

·       $1.00 Pink Shirt Day

 Thursday, October 29:

·     No school-Staff PD-don’t forget to complete your CPI training videos

Friday, October 30:

·       No school-Regional PD

 

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Lunch Duty

3^rd-Groover

4^th- McGinn

5^th- Gyulveszi

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

Curriculum and Instruction Observation

As we discussed previously in each of your grade level meetings, Heather from Curriculum and Instruction, will be visiting to observe math instruction. We listened to your request to make sure her visit was on a “normal” school day. J She will be here on Wednesday, October 21. I will email out a detailed schedule on Monday once it has been finalized.  

Workshop

I will begin to observe workshop this week, October 19, to provide each of you with ratings in the indicators of Differentiated Planning and Personalized Instruction. We will discuss the observation and ratings during your O3.

Achievement Boards

The first achievement board is due November 13! 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.

Grade Level Meetings

See below for this week’s grade level meeting agenda. Please bring your Math Expressions TE (4^th grade) or Reading Street TE (5^th grade). Let me know if you have any questions prior to the meeting.

Agenda

Grade 3

1.   Performance Task

a.  Determine which PT (MDE or Auburn) to during writing instruction

2.   Keystone Observation

a.  Discuss key take-ways from Thursday’s observations-possible implementation

Grade 4

1.   Reading Street workshop

a.  Discuss Monday’s observation and determine scheduling of workshop

2.   Interim 1 analysis

a.  Continue analyzing Math Interim 1

3.   Keystone Observation

a.  Discuss key take-ways from Thursday’s observations-possible implementation

4.   Lunch

a.  Congestion when students lining up to enter the gym for lunch

 

Grade 5

1.   Interim 1 analysis

a.  Begin to analyze Reading Interim 1

2.   Workshop

a.  Discuss technology component

This Week

Monday, October 19:

·       Groover’s Flag Bearers-Morning Assembly

Tuesday, October 20:

·       PLC meeting

Wednesday, October 21:

·       Heather visiting-math instruction

Friday, October 23:

·       Wagner’s Flag Bearers-Morning Assembly

 

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Lunch Duty

3^rd-Marks

4^th- Davis

5^th- Brown

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

Workshop Observation

 

I am in the process of observing areas that do not have any ratings, especially in the competencies of Planning and Accessing. So, starting next week, October 19, I will be coming in to observe your scheduled workshop time to provide each of you with ratings in the indicators of Differentiated Planning and Personalized Instruction. We will discuss the observation and ratings during your O3.

Out of the Office

 

I will be out of the building again this week:

Thursday, October 15-I will at Keystone Academy from 8:20-1:00 observing instruction.

Friday, October 16-I will be gone the entire day for personal reasons

Please see your team lead or any member of the administration team if you need anything.

O3s and Observations

I am STILL in the process of typing/finalizing everyone’s Goal Setting sheet. As I finish them, I will place them in your box.

During your O3 this week, please bring your Special Education Accommodation Logs for me to review and sign, if I didn’t get a chance to last week.

Grade level meeting agenda

See below for this week’s grade level meeting agenda. Please bring your Math Expressions TE (4^th and 5^th grade) or Reading Street TE (3^rd grade). Let me know if you have any questions prior to the meeting.

Agenda

1.   Interim 1 Analysis

a.  We will continue to analyze Math Interim 1 in grades 4 and 5 and begin to analyze Reading Interim 1 in grade 3 to determine which standards are not covered in our curricular tool and where we might need to supplement.

2.   Math Expressions

a.  Provide a calendar of instructional days until Interim 2 to ensure that all units and lessons are taught prior to the administration of Interim 2

3.   Reading Street

a.  Provide Unit 2 writing schedule and rubrics

Additional Items to Discuss for specific grade levels:

Grade 4

·        Reading Street-workshop/small group time

·        Determine appropriate pacing of lessons before administering Interim 1

This Week

Monday, October 12:

·       Conti’s Flag Bearers-Morning Assembly

Tuesday, October 13:

·       Ryan’s Moral Focus presentation

·       IAT meeting

Thursday, October 15:

·       Intermediate Hall Awards-jeans with dress code shirt

Friday, October 16:

·       Free U of M/MSU shirt day with jeans

 

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Lunch Duty

3^rd-Moody

4^th- Wagner

5^th- Ryan

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the cafeteria if we are short on parent volunteers, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

Observations & O3s

·       I have finished all full lesson observations and goal O3s!!! Please click on your Interactive Classroom Framework to see you current ratings.

·       I am in the process of typing/finalizing everyone’s Goal Setting sheet. As I finish them, I will place them in your box. I am striving to have them all completed by Friday!

·       During your O3 this week, please bring your Special Education Accommodation Logs for me to review and sign.

Out of the Building

Kim and I will be out of the building on Wednesday morning attending a conference in Lansing. If you should need anything, please see Julie or Megan. Thanks!

Grade Level Meetings

See below for this week’s grade level meeting agenda. Please bring your Math Expressions TE. Let me know if you have any questions prior to the meeting.

Agenda

1.   Interim 1 Analysis

a.  Continue to analyze Math Interim 1 to determine which standards are not covered in our curricular tool and where we might need to supplement.

2.   Math Expressions

a.  Look at a calendar to determine accurate pacing of math instruction until the end of the school year.

Additional Items to Discuss for specific grade levels:

Grade 4

·        Reading Street-workshop/small group time

Grade 5

·        Math Expressions-small group time

·        Keystone observation

·        parent information

Common Core Standards and Unit Writing

As a reminder, there are certain standards that the unit writing rubrics don’t address, but you are still responsible for assessing this standards and entering a score in the gradebook. I’ve listed those standards below.

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.