Grade level Agenda

See below for the grade level meeting agenda for January 5. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to add anything prior to the meeting.

Agenda

1.   Select Interim 2 assessment dates

2.   Analyze Reading Interim 2

Moral Focus Spotlight

 

It’s important as educators to model our expectations to our students. As we look at the Classroom Framework in the competency of Classroom Culture and the indicator of Student Behavior to be exemplary it states, “Teacher models Moral Focus virtues in their words and actions.”

Every month on the blog, I will provide you with a resource that pertains to ways that you can model our Moral Focus virtues. During the month of January, Perseverance is the Moral Focus virtue and the 3-5 wing focuses on “Endurance.” I read an article that identifies steps that teachers can take to help students build persistence. In the article, Teaching Persistence: How to Build Student Stamina, one of the steps was Model Persistence. J

“Most learners love to hear personal stories from their teachers. Telling your learners about your weekend plumbing project that didn’t go as planned – and how you got through it and completed it – is a great way to help learners see that everyone feels like giving up sometimes. It also models for them how to overcome those feelings and reach a goal – without coming off as preachy.”

You might not talk about your plumbing project, but any way that you can demonstrate endurance (learning new curriculum, planning a lesson or activity, etc.) could be powerful to your students! Please click on the link to read the full article and the remaining steps. Thank you for being a team that leads by example! 

http://www.scilearn.com/blog/teaching-persistence-how-to-build-student-stamina

 

 

Classroom Framework Evidence

Don’t forget that we will be focusing on Classroom Culture the week we return from break. You can schedule an observation and/or bring evidence to your O3. I look forward to meeting with everyone.

Continue to collect your evidence and/or begin to think about if you want me to observe your instruction for the following competencies for the remainder of the month of January.

Week of January 11: Planning

Week of January 18: Teaching

Week of January 25: Assessing

New Year Wishes

Professional, I want to thank you for making 2015 a great year and I look forward to even greater things in 2016 for our team.

Personally, I want to wish you a Happy New Year! My wish is that 2016 brings you joy, peace, and prosperity!

The Week of January 4

Monday, January 4:

·        School resumes

·        College shirt day 

Tuesday, January 5:

·        PLC/Hall meeting

Curb-side-Wagner

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!

Grade level Meetings, O3s, and Observations

No O3s or observations this week!

We will have grade-level meetings!

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 your TE.

Agenda

1.   Analyze Math Interim 2

a.  Please note that Interim 2 is a mock assessment that contains information from all units taught

b.  Please plan to include spiral review in your workshop

Classroom Framework Evidence

Don’t forget to begin to collect your evidence and/or begin to think about if you want me to observe your instruction for the following competencies in the month of January.

Week of January 4: Classroom Culture

Week of January 11: Planning

Week of January 18: Teaching

Week of January 25: Assessing

Important Dates

Pease click on the right side of the blog for important dates in

This Week

Tuesday, December 15:

·        McGinn’s MF presentation

·        SLT meeting

Wednesday, December 16:

·        School Spelling Bee

Thursday, December 17:

·        Conti’s flag bearers

Friday, December 18:

·        Holiday assembly

·        ½ day dismissal at 11:30

·        Free Jean day

Curb-side-McGinn

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!

Classroom Framework Evidence

Beginning in January, I will begin to provide a more structured way of providing evidence for the different competencies of the Classroom Framework. During our O3 meetings, for the remainder of the school year, we will focus on a different indicator each week. See the schedule below. 

Week 1: Classroom Culture

Week 2: Planning

Week 3: Teaching

Week 4: Assessing

Each week we will examine the selected competency and its indicators in order to determine your current level and desired next steps. You can bring evidence to your O3 and/or schedule an observation to support or increase your current rating. However, you are not required to provide evidence because one of the benefits of the new Classroom Framework is that teachers are able to work at their own pace and make decisions about their own professional development.

As I stated above, we will follow the same schedule each month focusing on a different competency each week. For the month of January, begin to collect your evidence and/or begin to think about if you want me to observe your instruction.

Week of January 4: Classroom Culture

Week of January 11: Planning

Week of January 18: Teaching

Week of January 25: Assessing

Grade level Meetings

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 the following items:

·        Print off a class set of Math Interim 1 “Student Reports”

·        Print off one Class Grid Report

·        Bring Math Expressions RtI books

Agenda

1.   Analyze Math Interim 1 data

a.  Make connections to Math Expressions unit assessments that can be utilized within workshop (teacher small group)

b.  Show RtI books as possible supplement

2.   Constructed response rubric

This Week

Monday, December 7

·        Gyulveszi flag bearers

College t-shirt day

Tuesday, December 8:

·        IAT meeting

Wednesday, December 9

·        Groovers’ CDV presentation

Thursday, December 10

·        Intermediate hall awards

Friday, December 11

·        Class Spelling Bee

Curb-side-Davis

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Groover

4^th- McGinn

5^th- Gyulveszi

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!