Great Things I Noticed Last Week:
*A 3rd grade class added writing into their math lesson by simply turning over their worksheet on geometric shapes/solids to design a construction using those solids and writing to describe it (using the correct terms). What a great way to add writing into the day!
*Our volunteers were very appreciative of the thank you cards and recognition they received on Friday. They spent much of the time talking about how wonderful our teachers are here at Dodgeland. One volunteer shared that all of her grandchildren attend other schools, but since all 4 of her students graduated from Dodgeland she wants to give back to our wonderful school!
*I know I already said this in our meeting last week, but I was overjoyed to see that we have many great things happening in our building that we saw during our Spotlight School visit. We have awesome things happening at Dodgeland!
Events This Week:
Monday-Early Dismissal with Professional Development starting at 12:45 in the Multi-Purpose Room. Please bring your Common Core binders.
Tuesday-I will be in Madison for the DPI Committee working on the teacher evaluation rubric
Wednesday-all district staff meeting on mandatory reporting
Thursday-Fundraiser Pick-Up after school (until 5:00). If you're available to stay and help at all please come and join us in the commons.
Friday-Grandparents Day at 1:15 Please dress professional since we will have so many grandparents and special guests this day.
Next week is already Mid-Quarter---please send home progress reports and speak with any parents of students that are declining in grades.
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes
*Some of you have already started asking about end of year Benchmark Assessments. When you assess at the end of the year, make sure you test to find out what level each student is at...even if it is passed the grade level goal. In previous years we have stopped at the goal, but then never knew where they actually were. We want to find out what independent reading level every student is at.
*If you haven't already done so, please take the tech survey that Brad emailed out last week. This is to help us plan PD sessions for next year.
*It's that time of year again...when kids start getting excited for the end of the year and (it's no secret) that we do too. Keep in mind that the more you stray from the normal routine, then the more your students will (which will result in driving you crazy!). Here's a great post I recently read on keeping focus at the end of the year.
Neat Ideas I Found on Pinterest Last Week:
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