Thank you, Veterans!

 

Bravo to our 3rd grade students, Singing Stingers & Mrs. McCutcheon for a wonderful Veterans Day program!  Thank you for your flexibility in adjusting your schedule for the program or parade.  Our Veterans and special guests greatly appreciate this day of celebration.

Next week will be BUSY as we prepare for Thanksgiving break!!  Remember the importance in maintaining consistent routines and procedures in the classroom.  Maximize your instructional time to ensure you are able to provide students with time to master content and standards for Quarter 2.  When we return from Thanksgiving break, we have just 17 instructional days until the end of Quarter 2.  Every day, every minute matters!!

QUARTER TWO PROGRESS REPORTS, DUE 11/16
Review the email sent by Carla with Q2 Progress Report timelines and templates.  
  • All progress reports should be emailed to families by 11/16.
  • Complete Q2 Progress Report record by 11/17 indicating students who received a progress report.

SOR WEEK, 11/13-11/16

Kendra & Nik are on campus next week for our third SOR coaching cycle this year!  Teams received an email with more detailed information about the coaching week.  Thank you in advanced for your commitment to learning to make a positive impact on every student.

MATH SMALL GROUPS

If you need support with math small groups, please reach out to Katy.  Classroom teachers are expected to provide daily math small group instruction during at least 1/2 of your math block (45 minutes, daily), some teams choose to dedicate more time to small group instruction, which is a-okay!  Your small group time is the greatest opportunity to accelerate or provide re-teaching to students.  This was reviewed at the beginning of the year when we looked at our SIP and reviewed Fall MAP Data.

THANKSGIVING LUNCH, 11/15 & 11/16

We look forward to hosting our families for the upcoming Thanksgiving Luncheon!  Please read the reminders carefully for a smooth lunch time.

1.  All visitors are required to enter through the front office and should have on a visitor sticker.

2.  11/15 - 2nd, 1st & 4th Turkey Lunch in the cafeteria;  K, 3rd & 5th Sack lunch in the classroom.

3.  11/16 - K, 3rd & 5th Turkey Lunch in the cafeteria;  2nd, 1st & 4th Sack lunch in the classroom.

4.  The lunch schedule is below.  Lunch times were adjusted only slightly.  Please arrive to the cafeteria on time and pick-up students on time.  

5.  Parents will be waiting in the hallway near walker dismissal for their student.

6.  On your Sack Lunch day, sack lunches will be placed outside the team leaders classroom at 10:50 AM.  At your regular lunch time, please distribute sack lunches to all students purchasing a school lunch.  Each class will have a roster for the teacher to highlight students who received a sack lunch.  This roster should be returned to Carla before the end of the day.

7.  ALSO on your Sack Lunch day, Carla will stop by each classroom in the morning to get an estimated number of students buying turkey lunch.  

8.  Trash cans will be delivered to each hallway on sack lunch day.

9.  On Turkey Lunch day, Heather Pudvin will give each classroom teacher an sign-out sheet, if parents would like to check their child out after Thanksgiving lunch.  This roster should be returned back to Heather to report early dismissals in Aspen.

REMINDERS FROM LAST WEEK!

MESSAGES FROM THE PTA - SILENT AUCTION ON 11/29!

1. Silent Auction Teacher Experiences

The Silent Auction is one of the largest PTA fundraising events of the year!  Each year, teachers and staff give their time and talents for experiences with our students.  The WS Staff Experiences are the BIGGEST success of our Silent Auction.  The PTA is now gathering staff experiences to include in this year's Silent Auction!  Please submit your experience at the link below by November 17.  Thank you for the many ways you support our PTA!

PTA Silent Auction Staff Experience!

2.  Silent Auction Staff Tickets!

This year, the Silent Auction will be held at the new Sessions Stand with live music, appetizers, and cash bar.  The PTA is offering a staff discount for tickets. ONE adult ticket for $40 or TWO adult tickets for $70. We hope that you will join us for this fun adults-only evening. We will have ticket order forms for you to complete and pay by cash/check in the front office. Because we need to be mindful of venue capacity, we are able to offer this discount through next Friday, November 10.

SOR WEEK RECAP - INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS TO PUT NEW KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICE!

1. Use kernel sentences & sentence expansion as an after reading activity one time per week.

2.  Use "because... but... so..." as an after reading activity one time per week.

3.  Keep a perky pace during phonics whole group & small group instruction.  Students should have at least 30 practice opportunities reading/writing at the word or phrase level, before moving into decodable text.  Maintaining a perky pace will help you cover all parts of the STEPS lesson EVERY DAY!!  Preparation of lesson materials is one key to keeping this pace.  Expert tip:  Prepare your small group lesson materials in advanced by writing words used for the lesson index cards, or on a fluency grid.

OTHER FALL/WINTER MILE & TD DATES

  • No MILE 10/30-11/17 due to gifted testing
  • 10/27 - TD Session 1 ends
  • 12/15 - MILE ends
  • 11/17 - Gifted testing window closes
  • Between late December/early January - Gifted testing results returned and eligibility determined.
  • 1/8 - MILE resumes; MILE begins for newly identified gifted students
  • 1/22 - TD Session 2 begins

FIELD TRIP PAYMENTS

The RevTrak store is NOW live!  Please include in your next several weekly newsletters reminders to families regarding field trip payments.  Field trips can be paid for the year, or before each trip.  It is important we gather field trip payments from as many students as possible to ensure these experiences can be provided to our students.

Field Trip Payments

TEAM EXTENDED PLANNING TIME

All team extended planning has been planned for the year.  All coverage invites have been sent by Carla.  You can access the complete schedule here (Extended Planning tab).


UPCOMING DATES (Dates added since last week)

  • 11/13-11/16 - SOR Coaching Week (Kendra on Campus)
  • 11/15 - Vertical Team Meeting (SOR & MLT)
  • 11/15 - Thanksgiving Lunch:  1st, 2nd, 4th (K, 3rd & 5th sack lunch in class)
  • 11/16 - Thanksgiving Lunch:  K, 3rd, 5th (1st, 2nd & 4th sack lunch in class)
  • 11/16 - Kindergarten Thanksgiving Play 10:15 AM
  • 11/16 - PTA Staff Chili Luncheon
  • 11/16 - Q2 Progress Reports DUE
  • 11/20-11/24 - Thanksgiving Break!!
  • 11/28 - PLCs
  • 11/29 - Leadership Meeting
  • 12/1 - Kinder FT
  • 12/4-12/8 - Stinger Serve Collection Week
  • 12/5 - PLCs
  • 12/5 - Painting with Parents
  • 12/6 - 1st Grade FT
  • 12/6 - Faculty Meeting
  • 12/7 - 3rd Grade FT
  • 12/7 - Painting with Parents
  • 12/8 - Last Day for Reading SG
  • 12/7-12/14 - MOY LDA Window
  • 12/12 - PLCs
  • 12/18 - Stingers Serve
  • 12/19 - Class Holiday Parties

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