Week of: March 9th, 2015
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Congratulations to Our Oratorical Students
Last Friday, some of our 4th and 5th grade students participated in High Point's Oratorical Competition. Each student was in charge of writing and delivering a speech based on how optimism helps them to succeed. Our students did an AMAZING job! Their speeches were powerful, funny, and unique! A HUGE thank you to Lori Simon for her tireless efforts in supporting, leading, and organizing our Oratorical group to make them successful! We would also like to thank Yoneiby Pierre, Renee Kozlicki, and Emily Rhoades who supported Lori and our students with their speeches.
Please take a moment to congratulate each child who participated in the Oratorical Competition as well as our winners. They will go to the District Oratorical Competition to represent our school.
Girl Winners: 3rd place = Rachel Schmidt
2nd place = Cecile Charron
1st place = Janki Shah
Boy Winners: 3rd place = Daniel Jackson
2nd place = Chase Walker
1st place = Blake Marotte
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80's Silent Auction Huge Success
Thank you to everyone who came to support our PTA to raise money for our school. The 80's theme was so much fun and it was a great night!!!!
**********************************************************Data Walks
Our county's lead DSS came to walk-through our building and give us some pre-data in regards to our implementation of data walls. Her informal walk-throughs gave us some great information in regards to where we are and where we need to go in order to meet our Strategic Long-Term goal of students taking more accountability and ownership of their learning and progress.
Because of time and events, she was only able to walk through some classes in grades 1,2,4, and 5.
Based off her observations, we are:
Because of time and events, she was only able to walk through some classes in grades 1,2,4, and 5.
Based off her observations, we are:
- Making our data walls student friendly
- Making our data walls student oriented
What we are going to be working on more:
- Talking with students about next steps
- Using the data wall to help student reflect on their learning
Ms. Mullikin was very impressed with 2nd grade and how their data walls met most of the walk-through criteria. Below is a picture from Ms. Crow's classroom so that everyone can have a visual of how we can have clear student goals, how the data can be relevant for students, and how they can reflect on their progress.
MARKET DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!
Congratulations to third grade who held their first ever MARKET DAY for their 3rd grade students!! Students were asked to make everything they sold and, in the end, the grade level made $1000!!!! As you can tell, the administrative team really racked up on items!!! This money will either go towards 3rd grade's field trips or will be donated to a charity. The grade level will involve the students with how their money will be spent!
We are so impressed with how this relates to the IB philosophy!!!! Students were learning standards in real-world applications!!!!
Congratulations to third grade who held their first ever MARKET DAY for their 3rd grade students!! Students were asked to make everything they sold and, in the end, the grade level made $1000!!!! As you can tell, the administrative team really racked up on items!!! This money will either go towards 3rd grade's field trips or will be donated to a charity. The grade level will involve the students with how their money will be spent!
We are so impressed with how this relates to the IB philosophy!!!! Students were learning standards in real-world applications!!!!
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PBIS This WeekA huge thank you to Beth Owens for helping create our Bathroom Posters which have our expectations for behavior in the restrooms. Each restroom will have a poster put up no later than Tuesday. Please make sure that you take a moment to explain the posters to your students and why it's important they show PAWS Up behavior in our restrooms!
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What I've Been Thinking About…
Data...... Check out this picture of what data walls and data folders are about! This clearly explains how they can be used to help students!
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*****MATH CORNER**********
SQR Evidence Walls
If you are in the office, take a second to look at all the "Evidence Post-It" posters you all created at our SQR training last Tuesday. There are TONS of great ways we can show our mastery of the Learning and Teaching Standards!
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*****MATH CORNER**********
Exciting news! The
Upraised Math site is live for High Point!!
You can access the site
through these links:
Teachers at your school can now access Upraised resources by
visiting www.upraised.org
and entering the code: high point
OR by
visiting: www.upraised.org/go/highpoint
We will be sharing this resource with parents in the
weeks ahead and finding ways to get as many families as we can connected.
If
you have not yet seen the Upraised website and want to know more about what it
can do, please contact me and I will be more than happy to show you around!
*****VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE********
In Ms. Newman’s 2nd grade advanced math class, they
created this line plot together based on the 3rd grade pre-test
that they took. She tied this in to teaching that math standard and made it
authentic and a meaningful application of the standard. They identified
each standard as they went along and had meaningful dialog about the trends –
“What are we strong on and what do we need to focus on for learning.”
Then on another day She asked them to write one comparing question and one
put-together question about the data. They generated two questions with a buddy
and we compiled them into 5 questions as a class for analyzing the data( see 2nd
picture).
Authentic learning is real life learning. They are real life
tasks that provide learners with opportunities to connect directly with the
real world.
The writers' gallery/pledge is hosted by Ms. Pereira's class this week.
The writers' gallery/pledge will be hosted by Ms. Negrin's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, March 9th
Exceptional Children's Week
Muffin Monday
Writer's Workshop with Hess during Specials
Tuesday, March 10th
Fulton County Career Fair
2:50 - Learning Tuesday: Focus on RTI
Wednesday, March 11th
School Quality Review at High Point
8:15 - School Musical for Pre-K-2nd
2:50 - Learning Tuesday: Focus on RTI
Wednesday, March 11th
School Quality Review at High Point
8:15 - School Musical for Pre-K-2nd
Thursday, March 12th
School Quality Review at High Point
8:15 - School Musical for 3rd-5th
Qdoba for Lunch - Order by Wednesday
1:30 - ETT for Kindergarten
2:50 - PLCs
8:15 - School Musical for 3rd-5th
Qdoba for Lunch - Order by Wednesday
1:30 - ETT for Kindergarten
2:50 - PLCs
Friday, March 13th
Regular school day
7:50 - Exceptional Children's Celebration in Media Center
Send your tickets down and change your Student of the Week!
Regular school day
7:50 - Exceptional Children's Celebration in Media Center
Send your tickets down and change your Student of the Week!
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Jacinta Alexander on the 14th! We hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!!
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