Great Things I Noticed this Week:
- 3rd graders identifying examples of figurative language in their good fit books and then applying them to their writing as well. I love seeing how well Lucy Units of Study for Writing and Reading align for our students to build deeper understanding!
- Kindergartners adding details into their writing so they have more than one sentence to tell their story (yes, that's right, with just less than 2 months our kinders are writing that much!)
- Several staff members helping out in different ways to assist with some very challenging student issues. It really does take a team and although these situations are stressful, it is a reminder that for some of our students, our school is the safest and caring place they have.
Today:
The state run for the Girls Cross Country team will be at 10:45. They are currently ranked 1st in the state! You do NOT have to go the gym...they will run through the elementary halls first, but 4/5th grades will have to move down the hallway to line up for this route...
The team will start at the elementary office and turn right at the computer lab and heading toward PreK - K wing, turning left and proceeding through the grade 1-2-3 wing, turning right at the gathering area toward the 4-5 wing, turn left and then back past the elem office.
Events Next Week:
Wednesday - elementary staff meeting at 3:10 in IMC
Friday - end of 1st Quarter (grades due Monday, Nov 6th at 7:30am)
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
- Today's the last call to send me any pictures/blurbs for the newsletter to highlight the great things happening in your classroom!
- Please make sure NOT to dog any doors open during the school day...use your fob. The only door that is exempt from this is the door by 2nd grade for recess, which will have a fob soon.
- Wednesday staff meeting agenda includes: Ms. Abegglen on a Tech Integration update and Mrs. Kurer sharing information with us about SLD referral criteria.
- Update from the PBIS committee...you all are doing a great job at logging minors/majors in Educlimber. One area our students are still struggling in is hallway transitions for recess/lunch:
- K-2 transitioning from lunch to recess. Even though we are using 5th grade hall monitors to assist, they are still loud and rambunxious in the halls. If you are able at this time, please feel free to step out in the hall to help monitor/remind K-2 students of The Trojan Way.
- 3-5 end of lunch. The longer they wait in those lines past 12:25 the more issues that start to happen in line, even from some of our students that you would least expect. We can prevent this by picking up on time and transitioning them back to class with a sense of urgency for learning.
Blogs, Tweets & Pins...Oh My!!!
*In It For the Long Game - a great post/reminder about the struggle you encounter when you're trying to help turn that uninterested reader into a reader.
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