Tuesday Memo - Week of May 29

I hope that you all enjoyed the holiday weekend.  As the last day of school is approaching, it’s very tempting to hit the “cruise control” button. Let’s make a commitment to finish the year as strong as we started & not hit the cruise control button…..our kids deserve better! Students will feed off our attitude and if we expect the best from them, then we must give them the best of us! 

Great Things I Noticed Last Week:
*Monday night was the music concert for 2/3/5th grades and it was awesome!!  If you didn't get to see it, the students all sang songs to go along with our American Treasures theme and did a fantastic job.  Our 5th grade band sounded better than I've ever heard 5th graders play before! Great job Mrs. Battenberg and Mrs. Kopfer! 
*As I happened to pass classes in the hallway coming from the computer lab I heard many students getting excited about beating their previous SMI score. I love how engaged they are in their own learning!
*A good problem to have--too many 1/2nd grade teachers are having to pull Benchmark Reading assessments from the 3-5th grade kit, because the students are reading so high!!!  (Just make sure to get the folders back into the right kits so we don't lose anything).


Events this Week:
Tuesday - Bike Safety Assembly with Officer Schultz for 5K-5th grades at 2:00 p.m.  (Please have students packed up before going to be on the safe side for dismissal)
Friday - 1st and 5th grade field trips

"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*The calendar originally stated that grades were due May 31st. We can move this to be June 4 at 7:00 AM.  Report cards will be printed on June 4th for you to review. They should go home with students on Wednesday, June 6th (this is so no report cards left at the End of Year picnic!).
*Curriculum Work - Just a reminder that we have budgeted for 2 days of curriculum work for the week of June 11th.  I wish we could use this time for training on the new math curriculum, but we won't have everyone here to do so. These days are optional, however, would be a great time to plan cafe/6 Traits mini-lessons or complete other work with your grade level team.  Please let me know if you plan on coming in during this week.
*Before the end of the year, please make sure that your students/parents have their IXL login information so they can continue using it over the summer...even the 5K/1st grade classes that haven't used it at school.  Let me know if you need another copy of the letter that goes home with the login information.

Neat Ideas I Discovered on Pinterest Last Week:

Not sure what to read next? Enter in the book you just read HERE and it will give you book recommendations!

End of year activity-nominating books for class awards. Read about it HERE

Chalk Talk - write a topic in the middle and have students comment around it. They cannot talk, only write! They go up twice. First they write something original, then they comment on it

 

 

 

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