Friday, April 29, 2016

As we finish out the year I know we have a lot of testing...Forward, MAP, F&P, PALS. As we continue to learn with our students, I urge you to stay positive.  Assessments will take instructional time out of our days so those times that we have with our students outside of the testing time needs to be positive for our students and for you.  Can you allow students more of a chance for choice in their learning?  What new activity might you try?  How can you be a learner with your students?  Why not invite another teacher in to co-teach an activity together?  Maybe you could have a guest speaker or guest student?  The ideas are truly endless.  Don't let testing get you and your students down. :)

Events Next Week: emails continue Monday-Wednesday for the I.O.T.W.Y.M.B.T.N… W.Z. Contest
Monday - It's mid-quarter already! Please send progress reports home this week. :)
Wednesday - FUN staff meeting to conclude the I.O.T.W.Y.M.B.T.N… W.Z. Contest and celebrate Teacher Apprecation week! All support staff are welcome to join us too. :)
Thursday - I will be out of the building at a workshop
Friday - Vision screening for grades 1/3/5

"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*I hope to make a decision on the READ 180/Intervention position by next Friday, so please let me know if you've thought about this, but just haven't talked to me yet.
*Please join us in saying goodbye to Mrs. Riesen and welcoming Miss Alicia to take over for the remainder of the school year.
*Congratulations to Mrs. Pasewald who will be staring her new position in the District Office!
*With all of these changes, I am working on trying to make sure we have enough coverage of students needing special ed aide support and for recess/lunch duties. *I wonder if I would be more successful at trying to spin plates? ;)
*MAP testing is set to go. Please do not feel you must get it in right away, because I am NOT hard set on that SLO deadline. (Seriously)  Also, Mr. Modaff is working to try to get the brand new app ready to go for 2nd-5th grades to make your MAP testing lives easier.

Blogs, Tweets & Pins...Oh My!!!
I don't want to provide a bunch here this week, because I feel JUST ONE is really important at this time of year:

Dear Teacher On the Tired Days