Happy New Year

May the New Year bring you peace, prosperity, and joy! It’s my hope that 2017 will be your best year yet. Enjoy this time to rejuvenate and spend it with family and friends.  

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 to the agenda prior to the meeting.

Agenda

1.    Determine dates to administer interim 2 assessments

2.       Determine if we need to break up multiple choice and constructed responses

Additional Items to Discuss per Grade-level

Grade 3-5:

Determine if we want to use ELA PT from the C&I team 

Classroom Framework

Don’t forget that we will be focusing on Classroom Culture this week. Please look over the descriptions for each rating and let me know if you have any questions about the expectation of evidence needed. Don’t forget to schedule your observation!
                       

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

January 16-20: Planning (bring evidence to O3)

January 23-27: Teaching (observation)

January 30-February 3: Assessing (bring evidence to O3)

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Jessica-December 29

Important Dates

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This Week

Monday, January 9:

·       School Resumes

·       College Shirt Day

Wednesday, January 11:

·       Groover’s CDV presentation

Monday, January 9:

·       Primary Hall Awards

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Brown

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Groover  

4^th-New 4th grade teacher

5^th-Gyulveszi   

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the gym if Jorvonna or Polly is the only adult in the gym, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna or Polly enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

O3s and Observations

No grade-level meetings or O3s this week!

Classroom Framework

We will be focusing on assessing this week. Look over the descriptions for each rating and let me know if you have any questions about the expectation of evidence needed.

Since there are no O3s this week, please provide me with your evidence by Tuesday, December 20 by placing it in my mailbox.

Possible Evidence:

·        Class Grid analysis sheet for math and reading interim 1

·        Different work samples of activities used to address misconceptions identified on your class grid sheet

·        Feedback written on assessments

·        Student goal sheets

·        Evidence of students tracking their progress

This Week

Thursday, December 22:

·       ½ day of School

·       Holiday Assembly

·       Free Jean Day

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Wagner

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Marks

4^th-Davis  

5^th-Brown  

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the gym if Jorvonna or Polly is the only adult in the gym, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna or Polly enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

Grade-level Meetings

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

Agenda

1.  Analysis Math Interim 2 to determine backwards planning

Additional Items to Discuss per Grade-level

Grade 2:

·       Plan Unit 3 Performance Task

Grade 3:

·       Analysis Reading Interim 2

     ·  Discuss pacing of social studies, science, math, and reading

Classroom Framework

We will be focusing on Teaching this week. Look over the descriptions for each rating and let me know if you have any questions about the expectation of evidence needed. Please schedule your observation.

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

December 19-23: Assessing (bring evidence to O3)

This Week

Monday, December 12:

·     Gyulveszi’s flag bearers

Tuesday, December 13:

·       IAT meeting

·       Moody’s MF presentation

Wednesday, December 14:

·       Marks’ CDV presentation

Thursday, December 15

·       Middle School Hall Awards

·       School Spelling Bee

·       Ryan’s flag bearers

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McGinn

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Moody

4^th-Wagner  

5^th-Ryan  

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the gym if Jorvonna or Polly is the only adult in the gym, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna or Polly enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

Classroom Framework

Don’t forget that we will be focusing on Planning this week. Lesson plans for the weeks of November 14, 21, 28, and December 5 are due. Look over the descriptions for each rating and let me know if you have any questions about the expectation of evidence needed.

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

December 12-16: Teaching (observation)

December 19-23: Assessing (bring evidence to O3)

Grade-level meeting

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

Agenda

1.  Analysis Reading Interim 2 to determine backwards planning

2.  Discuss pacing of social studies, science, math, and reading

3.  Update of Bathroom Rotations

Additional Items to Discuss per Grade-level

Grade 2:

·       Plan Unit 3 Writing to Sources

Grade 3-5:

·       Discuss December 6 Staff meeting

Dean Visit

Canton Charter Academy’s 3-5 Dean, Keena Goolsby, will be shadowing me on Wednesday, December 7. Thank you in advance for making her feel welcomed.

This Week

Monday, December 5:

·       College shirt day

Tuesday, December 6:

·       Hall meeting (Nikki’s room)

·       Moody’s MF presentation

Thursday, December 8:

·       3-5 Hall Awards

·       Russell’s flag bearers  

Friday, December 9:

·       Class Spelling Bee

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Davis

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Groover

4^th-McGinn  

5^th-Gyulveszi

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the gym if Jorvonna or Polly is the only adult in the gym, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna or Polly enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

Out of the Office

I will be out of the building on Tuesday, November 29 in the morning for a Regional Dean PD. If you need anything please reach out to your team lead or any member of the admin team. See you in the afternoon.

I will need to reschedule 4^th and 5^th grade team meeting to Monday. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause. 

Classroom Framework

Don’t forget that we will be focusing on Classroom Culture this week. Please look over the descriptions for each rating and let me know if you have any questions about the expectation of evidence needed. Don't forget to schedule your observation.

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

December 5-9: Planning (bring evidence to O3)

December 12-16: Teaching (observation)

December 19-23: Assessing (bring evidence to O3)

Grade-level Meetings

See below for this week’s grade level meeting agenda. Please bring your analysis grid and any differentiated resources to the meeting. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to add anything to the agenda prior to the meeting.

Agenda

1.  Analysis Interim 1 math and reading assessments to drive instruction; provide differentiation

a.  Schedule date

b.  Determine responsibility of resources for each standard 

2.  Determine Unit 3 Writing Schedule

Important Dates

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

 

This Week

Tuesday, November29:

·       PLC meeting

·       Moody’s MF presentation

Wednesday, November 30:

·       Wagner’s CDV presentation

Thursday, December 1:

·       Primary Hall Awards

Friday, December 2:

·       Accommodations log due

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Moody

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Marks

4^th-Davis  

5^th-Brown

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the gym if Jorvonna or Polly is the only adult in the gym, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna or Polly enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!

O3s and Grade-Level Meetings

With respect to the amount of time needed to prepare for parent-teacher conferences, there are no O3s or grade-level meetings this week!  

Thankful

I am thankful for all of you. I am continuously impressed with the amount of time and energy that each of you put into making sure that all students achieve academic success! You are an incredibly talented group of teachers who want nothing but the best for our students and families. Thank you for everything you do each and every day. I truly value the personal and professional relationships that I have with each of you!

Classroom Framework

Don’t forget that we will be focusing on assessing this week. Please look over the descriptions for each rating and let me know if you have any questions about the expectation of evidence needed.

Since there are no O3s this week, please provide me with your evidence by Tuesday, November 22 by placing it in my mailbox.

Possible Evidence:

·        Class Grid Analysis sheet for math and reading interim 1

·        Different work samples of activities used to address misconceptions identified on your class grid sheet

·        Feedback written on assessments

·        Student goal sheets

·        Evidence of students tracking their progress

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

November 28-Dec2: Classroom Culture (observation)

December 5-9: Planning (bring evidence to O3)

December 12-16: Teaching (observation)

December 19-23: Assessing (bring evidence to O3)

Accommodation Logs

If I haven’t had an opportunity to sign your accommodation logs, please see me sometime this week!

This Week

Monday, November 21:

·       Leonard’s flag bearers

·       College shirt day

·       Report Cards sent home

·       Parent-teacher conference 3:45-8:00

Tuesday, November22:

·       Parent-teacher conference 3:45-8:00

·       Van Sickle’s MF presentation

Wednesday, November 23:

·       Half day of school

·       Parent-teacher conferences 12:30-4:00

·       Davis’ flag bearers

Thursday, November 24-Friday, November 25:

·       No School-Thanksgiving Break

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Marks

Lunch Duty

3^rd-Moody

4^th-Wagner  

5^th-Ryan

The name highlighted in black is the person responsible for staying in the gym if Jorvonna or Polly is the only adult in the gym, no matter the grade. Please do not leave until Jorvonna or Polly enters the gym to ensure that a staff member is supervising the students at all times. Thanks!