High Point News
Week of: February 24th, 2014
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Welcome!
Please join me in welcoming Jenna Hale who is the new paraprofessional in Ms. Kehn's classroom. Please also join me in congratulating Jose Espinoza who is now the paraprofessional in Ms. Marinos's kindergarten classroom.
We are very excited to have each of you in these positions!
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Birthdays
If you did not submit your information through the Google Survey at the beginning of the year, we probably do not have your birthday information. We want the opportunity to celebrate your special day so if you did not turn in your information, please email Pitchford with the date of your birthday so we can recognize you in the Monday Notes. Thanks!
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FC Credit Union Visit
We will have a representative from the Fulton Teachers' Credit Union on Wednesday, February 26th from 10:30 to 12:00. She will be set up in the teachers' lounge on the first grade hallway. She will have information about new accounts, products, services, and some freebies to give away. The representative's name is Stephanie Ng.
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Orders
Teachers, don’t delay……get your orders in today! The deadline for ordering is Friday, March 14th. All orders must be in my mailbox or placed on line for approval by 3:30 p.m. that day. There will be no exceptions. Thanks ~~~ Marie
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Information Re: Make-Up Weather Days
- March 14th will now be a regular school day. Students WILL come on this day.
- We will keep you posted if staff members will be asked to make up their days at the end of the school year. We do not know how staff will be making up days.
- CRCT is now pushed back 4 days!!! CRCT will begin on the 22nd of April instead of the 16th of April. Please make sure that everyone is present during the weeks of testing since we will need all hands-on-deck!
- ACCESS Testing is pushed back until March 10th.
- The state waived the first three snow days so everyone will get paid for those days even though we did not work during that time.
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Reminder: Google Doodle Contest is Here! The theme for this year's Google Doodle is: If I Could Invent One Thing to Make the World a Better Place...
Copies have been made of the Google Doodle main page and have been placed in the library entrance. You can also access this page and the details by clicking on the link below.
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/start.html
National winners will receive a Google Chromebook as well as their teacher. The winner will receive a $30,000 scholarship, $50,000 to their school, a chromebook, a tablet, and a t-shirt with their winning doodle on it.
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I'm been thinking about our ESOL students and how vocabulary plays such an important role in their development and academic success. This short article talks about teaching vocabulary in the classroom and how students need "multiple and various exposures to a word" before they understand it. Do you agree and do you do these things with your students?
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber
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What I've Been Thinking About…
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber
Got Student
engagement?
F.A.T.
Tuesday with Hess this week will be meeting in Room 212
during your planning time.
Bring your laptop and be ready for some exciting new technology for your students to
utilize and increase student engagement!
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Fountas and Pinnell data is due this Friday on the G
drive!!!!
The purpose of this roster check is to get us prepared for when we incorporate the
Student Growth and Achievement portion of TKES. This process should take about
10 minutes.
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Bulletin Boards
Please take a moment to check and see if your bulletin boards are up to date and are standards-based. We have a lot of parent tours each month as well as many volunteers, parents, and community members visiting our school each day. Since we are getting ready to head into March, most of the winter and holiday themes should begin to come down. In case you need some inspiration, see the pictures below.
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RTI Fidelity Check
The county will be coming on Tuesday, February 25th in order to complete informal walkthroughs during our RTI block. They are looking for extension activities as well as remediation for our Tier II and Tier III students. We will give feedback to everyone after the visit.
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The county will be coming on Tuesday, February 25th in order to complete informal walkthroughs during our RTI block. They are looking for extension activities as well as remediation for our Tier II and Tier III students. We will give feedback to everyone after the visit.
PBIS This Week!
Congratulations to third grade for turning in the most tickets. This grade level has won the prize of 10 minutes of extra recess one day this week as well as a free jeans day TOMORROW!!! Way to go 3rd grade!
We will start this week's competition today so hand out those tickets for PAWS Up behavior!
Discipline Data
You can tell the significant impact that our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support program has had on the number of office referrals so far this year! We encourage you to continue taking advantage of the teachable moments in terms of students' behaviors and recognize the good behaviors! It is truly making a difference!!
**********************************************************We will start this week's competition today so hand out those tickets for PAWS Up behavior!
Discipline Data
You can tell the significant impact that our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support program has had on the number of office referrals so far this year! We encourage you to continue taking advantage of the teachable moments in terms of students' behaviors and recognize the good behaviors! It is truly making a difference!!
TKES
As a reminder, February 28th will be the sign-off date for the county in terms of TKES. Please make sure that you have had your observations, evaluation, conference, and have signed-off before the 28th! The county and the state will be pulling the reports after the 28th!!!
Walkthroughs have already begun in order to support the second round of evaluations. We will continue to look at Differentiation, Academically Challenging Environment, as well as the standards which support your TKES goals. If you have any questions, please contact Pitchford, Liptak, or Hess.
**********************************************************Walkthroughs have already begun in order to support the second round of evaluations. We will continue to look at Differentiation, Academically Challenging Environment, as well as the standards which support your TKES goals. If you have any questions, please contact Pitchford, Liptak, or Hess.
Friendship Week
Friendship Week starts today! If you are participating in the secret pal exchange, don’t forget to bring one gift per day to give to your pal. Remember, it’s a secret so be sneaky about it! We will reveal our pals on Friday following dismissal. More information on the reveal party will be sent to you later this week. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask!!!
Friendship Week starts today! If you are participating in the secret pal exchange, don’t forget to bring one gift per day to give to your pal. Remember, it’s a secret so be sneaky about it! We will reveal our pals on Friday following dismissal. More information on the reveal party will be sent to you later this week. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask!!!
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****VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICES****
In
Ms. Calhoun’s 4th grade class, her students utilize a web-based FREE
educational tool called FAKEBOOK. Her students access Fakebook
using the ipads, laptops, or desktop computers to login. She currently uses this
educational tool for a novel study. Students go onto their account
and have to summarize each chapter; taking on the different points of view of
the character. They are to act like the person in the story. This allows them
to have a discussion with their classmates. This is a very secure site where
she uses QR codes or they type in the very specific URL. Students do this
during their center time and can do it at home for homework. This web site can
be used for Social Studies as well. They would look at events in history from a
person’s perspective. Check this website out at http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page and
talk to Calhoun for more information.
******WRITER's GALLERY**********
The writers' gallery/ pledge is hosted by Ms. Cornibe's class this week.
The writers' gallery/pledge will be hosted by Ms. Katterheinrich's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, February 24th
9:30 - Parent Tours
Talent Show Auditions after school
Tuesday, February 25th
F.A.T Tuesday Meetings with Hess
2:50 - New Kids on the Block
Oratorical Practice after school
Talent Show Practice after school
Wednesday, February 26th
2:50 - PLC Meetings
2:50 - New Kids on the Block
Oratorical Practice after school
Talent Show Practice after school
Wednesday, February 26th
2:50 - PLC Meetings
Thursday, February 27th
Five Star for Lunch - Order by Wednesday
Pitchford Out - Attending School Governance Council Training
Pitchford Out - Attending School Governance Council Training
Friday, February 28th
Ident A Kid - cafe
Parent Involvement Day
F&P Due to Hess
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy belated birthday to Tamekia Morris. Happy birthday to Rachel Salmons on Tuesday, February 25th! We hope you have a special birthday!!!
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