Friday Focus - October 3, 2014

Great Things I Noticed this Week:

• Students working together in collaborative groups to create iMovies about their books.
• Students in partner discussions to predict what will happen next in their read-aloud book.
• 3rd graders super excited to practice their recorders so they can pass each level and earn a "karate belt."
• Students showing different ways to solve a math problem on their whiteboards and then standing if they see their method on the SMARTBoard...allows all to be engaged and get a little movement in. 

Events Next Week:

I actually have nothing for all on the calendar....really?  Please let me know if I'm missing something!

"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*We are continuing to lose books from the Book Room.  Please help make sure that when you take a bag of books to your room that they don't get lost in your classroom libraries or student desks.
*5th grade will be leading us in Bucket Filling this month...news to come from them soon on "Busted for Bucket Filling."
*Repeat of my email on MAP reports:

I have completed all Make-Up MAP testing so you should be able to print your class reports now.  I also think I corrected all students in MAP (ex: new students that needed to be in your class, students that needed to be removed), but please let me know if I missed anyone. 

Just a reminder since it’s been a while, here are the reports that you will find helpful:

• Student Goal Setting Worksheet (prints for individual students and helpful for parent/teacher conferences)
• Class Report (allows you to print list of students in alphabetical order or in order of RIT scores)
• Class Breakdown (this is the report that allows you to see students across the RIT levels in the columns/rows chart)

Some of these reports automatically show math and reading, but some will require you to check the boxes for which assessments you want to see. 

Blogs, Pins & Tweets...Oh My!

*@pernilleripp: Share your own mistakes and flaws as a reader, the students need to know adults aren't perfect readers #titletalk" #literacy
*Great blog post on Feedback to Students: Motivating Students with Effective Feedback and Clarity

Just for book fun...All About the Books (song parody the book nerds will love):