Stinger Stats

We jumped right back into the swing of things after Fall break!  It was a busy week with SOR walks, field trips, and the remaining 1/2-day planning times.  There is A LOT of information included in this week's edition of Stinger Stats in preparation for the next two weeks.  Please be sure to read through carefully.  We have another FULL week before conference week.  EXCITING NEWS!  WEST SIDE STINGER NEWS IS BACK, AND BETTER THAN EVER! Mrs. Moseley has been hard at work making some BIG & EXCITING changes to WSSN!  The news show will now be available every MONDAY morning.  Each week, our student anchors will take the school around the hive in 5 (or less than 5 minutes) to learn about the lunch menu, weather forecast, school and community events, birthdays, and a buzz-worthy fact.  Note: To protect your instructional time and morning routines, this is a weekly news show, not a daily news show. What YOU should do?  ON MONDAY MORNINGS, f...

Fall break has arrived!!  It's a perfect time to rest and recharge before the busy month of October arrives.  Whether you're traveling next week, or staying close to home - I hope you are able to enjoy the slow pace of a break.  When we return from the break, we will jump right into our first SOR Cycle, conference week, HOCO, and all the other fall treasures.   Also when we return from the break, we have just TWO weeks left for Q1!  Keep focused on instructional goals for this quarter, maximizing your time with students in daily reading and math small group instruction.  Good-bye to our apples & jeans!  Soups & sweaters are coming soon! STINGER STORIES Read the latest edition of Stinger Stories at the link below! https://secure.smore.com/n/py5jv-stinger-stories?ref=email UPCOMING PLCs There are several PLC/MTSS schedule shifts and changes in the upcoming weeks due to field trips, coordination of district staff, etc.  Please notate whe...

It's been a wonderful FULL week of learning!  Teams are nearing completion of W&W M1 to prepare for mini-units before the start of W&W M2.  Math units are also coming to a close for the start of new units.  In reading small groups, continue to plan intentional STEPS lessons - addressing every STEP, every day!  Next week, our 5th grade students and several support staff (including Mandy, Lindsay, Katy, Anna, and Carrie) will be on the annual Blue Ridge overnight trip - Fall edition.  Please reach out to Christina, Carla, or T'Shunta if you have any needs that would have been met by Mandy, Lindsay, Katy, or Carrie!   Before we welcome Fall Break and Autumn, let's bring on all the apple treats & and jeans with a mid-week celebration! Wednesday - Apple Pies & Jeans! Thursday - Apple Nacho Bar & Jeans! UPCOMING PLCs There are several PLC/MTSS schedule shifts and changes in the upcoming weeks due to field trips, coordination of district s...

3-day weekends are the BEST, but we certainly make up for it with 5 days worth of activity in just 4 days!  Our district visitors were amazed at the work happening in our small groups.  Thank you to the teachers who hosted our visitors.  You represented our school exceptionally well!  The following feedback was shared in our post visit debrief: Intentional instruction, aligned to specific skills in decoding Opportunities provided to build oral language through explicit vocabulary instruction Corrective feedback provided to students to support mastery of skills Opportunities provided for fluency practice (fluency grids, roll & reads, head bands fluency sentences, etc.) Consistent routines present across small groups (Heggerty in the primary grades, Morphology Deck Drills in intermediate grades) Encoding practice with decoding practice Clear focus on maximizing instructional time! Thank you for your hospitality today, welcoming all of our Grand Pals to West Side!...