Thankful

As we approach Thanksgiving this year, I am feeling thankful for all of the staff that make South Arbor so special! I feel privileged to be able to come to work each and every day and see teachers and support staff working with students to help each child reach their own individual potential. The growth mindset is evident all around the school.

Most importantly, I am thankful for the relationships that I have established with each of you. I look forward to every O3 because that’s the time that I get to spend getting to know you better both professionally and personally. Thank you for being a team that embraces change, hard work, and personal relationships. Please join me in “giving thanks” and take a moment to thank the many people who make South Arbor such a wonderful place to work!

I hope you enjoy this time with family, friends, and good eats! I am looking forward to eating turkey and macaroni and cheese; two of my Thanksgiving favorites! :) 

Grade level meeting

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. Please bring a laptop and your Assessed Standard Analysis form to the meeting!

Agenda

1.   Determine Unit 3 Writing modes

2.   Continue to analyze Reading Street Common Assessment data

a.  Assign standards to teachers to plan intervention and extension activities on the Assessed Standard Analysis form

3.   Schedule intervention and extension implementation observation for rating

4.   Constructed response rubric

Reminders

 

1. Don’t forget to schedule your data analysis implementation observation for THIS week. I cannot wait to see your intervention and/or extension plans applied.

2. Please make sure to have all Interim 1 assessments entered into gradebook because we will begin to analyze them during Dec 8 grade level meetings.

Important Dates

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

This Week

Tuesday, December 1:

·        Staff meeting-wear your snowperson gear with jeans

Wednesday, December 2

·        Ryan’s CDV presentation

Friday, December 4

·        Grade 4 Market day

Curb-side-Moody

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Marks

4^th- Davis

5^th- Brown

 

The highlighted name is the person responsible for staying in the gym 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!

Student Attendance

I need your help monitoring student absences, unexcused and excused.

Please note, according to our handbook that after two unexcused absences, the teacher contacts the parent by phone, email, or in person. In addition, after five unexcused absences the teacher will contact the parent/guardian again to discuss the causes of truancies and offer suggestions for improvement.

If a student should reach five excused absences, you will need to reach out to the parents as well.

Make sure to inform me of all contacts (e.g. ‘cc” me on the email), for documentation purposes in case the absences escalates to an A-CAP or a referral to Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office where documentation is needed. 

Thank you for your assistance with reminding parents that minimizing absences to only those that are absolutely necessary will have a positive effect on achievement.

Meetings and Observation

No observations, O3s, or grade level meetings this week!

Reminders-

1. Don’t forget to schedule your data analysis implementation observations for the week of Nov. 30. I cannot wait to see your intervention and/or extension plans applied.

2. Please make sure to have all Interim 1 assessments entered into gradebook because we will begin to analyze them during Dec 8 grade level meetings.

This Week

Monday, November 23:

·        Report cards go home

·        Parent-teacher conferences

Tuesday, November 24:

·        Half-day, dismissal @ 11:30

·        Parent-teacher conferences

·        Wagner’s Moral Focus presentation

 

Wednesday, November 25-Friday, November 27:

·        No School-Thanksgiving Break

Curb-side-Marks

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Moody

4^th- Wagner

5^th- Ryan

The highlighted name is the person responsible for staying in the gym 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!

Grade Level Meetings

Last week, we identified each student’s lowest performing standards and group students accordingly. Thank you for your hard work. This week we will focus on the interventions and extensions planning for these standards using the questions from previous assessments as a guide.

Everyone needs to bring a laptop and their Assessed Standard Analysis form to the meeting!

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.  Continue to analyze Reading Street Common Assessment data

a.  Focusing on the Intervention and Extension planning on the Assessed Standard Analysis form

 

2.  Schedule intervention and extension implementation observation for ratings

 

3. Behave with Care-PLC questions

Observations

I’ve provided my schedule below for you to use to schedule your observation this week. If I don’t get a response, I will come in unannounced!

Drain Schedule 15.16

Possible Retention Students

During your O3, please provide me with a list of students that you might consider as a possible retention candidate.  According to our IAT handbook, we have three specific dates that you need to communicate this information to parents. The first one needs to occur before Winter Break, preferably at our upcoming conferences in November.

Please begin to gather any evidence that you may have to support this potential decision. I know it’s early, but remember that this decision is not final until later in the school year.

SpEd Accommodation Logs

Please bring your Special Education Accommodation Logs to your O3 this week for me to sign. Thanks!

This Week

Tuesday, November 17:

·       PLC meeting

·       Marks’ Moral Focus presentation

Wednesday, November 18:

·       Grades 5 Social Studies Interim

Thursday, November 19:

·       Grades 5 Social Studies Interim

Friday, November 20:

·       End of Trimester 1

 

 

Curb-side-Groover

 

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!

Grade Level Meetings

I am looking forward to analyzing various common assessment data during your grade level meetings this week to continuing working on our wing based goal. We will use this information to drive instruction within your classroom to meet the individual needs of students with flexible grouping.

Everyone needs to bring a laptop to the meeting!

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.   Analyze Reading Street Common Assessment date

a.  Using the Assessed Standard Analysis form

2.   Interim 2 Info

a.  Interim 2 is a mock assessment that contains information for all unit taught. We need to plan ahead to include spiral review in your workshop.

Observations

Please feel free to schedule your observation this week. If I don’t get a response, I will assume that you don’t care when I observe and I will come in unannounced this week!  

Visitors

On November 12, we will have visitors in our building observing classrooms. The visitors consist of principals, DSQs, and Senior DSQ. Those who are being observed from our hall have already been notified. Thank you for being welcoming to everyone!

This Week

Monday, November 9:

·       McGinn’s Flagbearers

 Tuesday, November 10:

·       SLT meeting

Wednesday, November 11:

·       Grades 3 and 4 Science Interim

·       Conti’s Core Democratic Value presentation

Thursday, November 12:

·       Brown’s Flag bearers

·       Intermediate hall awards

Friday, November 13:

·       Achievement Boards due

Curb-side-Marks

 

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!