High Point News
Week of: September 28th, 2015
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Principal's Blog
The September "Principal's Corner" was sent out this past Friday. Click on the link below to see the communication sent to parents.
http://eepurl.com/bx4jDD
http://eepurl.com/bx4jDD
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High Points Newsletter
As many of you already know, we are trying to conserve paper therefore we will be sending out our High Points Newsletter via email on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Friday of each month. There will be a paper newsletter sent home at the beginning of each month which will have the whole month's news in it. You will be receiving the first paper copy this Friday for the month of October!
Ms. Chapman has been working hard to get every parent's email address. Please make sure you are getting the forms back to her so she can put parent email addresses in eSchool. Thank you!!!
Ms. Chapman has been working hard to get every parent's email address. Please make sure you are getting the forms back to her so she can put parent email addresses in eSchool. Thank you!!!
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F&P Due
As a
reminder, F and P data needs to be entered in the Google doc
by the
end of the day Wednesday.
Any
questions, please email Sheri.
What I've Been Thinking About…
Below is an article about the importance of asking good questions in order to solicit thinking from our students.
"The right question at the right time can make a learning experience.... it jabs and fingers at a learners mind, then burrows like a drill."
This article states that a bad question can "create the illusion of an end-point to thinking." Students answer the question and then think they are done! When in reality, we want them to keep inquiring!!!
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PBIS Updates
Our school-wide reward of "Pajama Day" was a huge success!!! Thank you to everyone who participated and don't forget to hand out those tickets to our deserving students!!!!
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PBISWorld.com
The Student Behavior Program Specialist from the Central Learning
Community, Jose Mena, shared a wonderful resource with members of the admin
team. It is a website containing links to hundreds of interventions, supports,
resources, and data collection tools, all of which are organized into the tier
1 through 3 framework. It is designed to help guide users through the PBIS
implementation process, starting with behavior identification and offering
suggestions for interventions and data collection tools.
The PBIS committee will be discussing and reviewing its contents in
more detail at our next meeting. However, until then, please feel free to
review the website to identify classroom interventions for behaviors that are
resulting in reflection sheets and office referrals.
****VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE****
Mrs. Sexton was eager to connect with a classroom from
another country to extend her class' global experience. As an open-minded
risk-taker, she tweeted, asking for another Kindergarten class around the world
to respond. She included the hashtag #IBPYP in her tweet and IB World magazine
retweeted her asking for "any takers?". Mrs. Sexton has received two
responses; one from an Australian teacher who teaches in Bangkok and one from a
teacher in Kuwait. Stay tuned to see where this inquiry will take them!
*****MATH CORNER**********
Model
Lessons from the Georgia Math Frameworks
If you want
to get an idea of what the Frameworks look like in action, the GADOE has
compiled videos of math workshops being taught in grades K-5 and beyond. The link below features one math frameworks
lesson from each unit. This is a great
way to put your toe in the water if you want to see how other teacher “do
frameworks.” If you are ready to try
them out with your class, Kerstin can co-facilitate a math workshop with you.
Other math-y
things happening at High Point are:
- Redbird Advanced Learning is up and running in grades K-5. This is the perfect activity for kids during your RTI math block while you are working with small groups. You can get kids online with Redbird by going to:
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The
Fulton County website -www.fultonschools.org
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Click
the Students and Parents tab and
select Resources
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Click
the Redbird Advanced Learning link
under the Student Area
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The
username is your student ID number in the format student ID #@fcs.org
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Password
is student birthday in the format mmddyyyy
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Be sure to use Chrome as your
browser!
Upcoming Redbird Mathematics Webinars
Introduction to Redbird Mathematics - Tuesday Early Session -
2:45-3:45
Register for one of the following Tuesdays: 9/22,
9/29, 10/6, 10/13
Description: Be introduced to Redbird Mathematics, an
exciting adaptive math program available to Fulton County Schools students this
Fall! You’ll leave this webinar with a basic understanding of the program’s
instructional usefulness as well as additional online training resources
available to you and your colleagues.
Introduction to Redbird Mathematics - Tuesday Late Session -
4:15-5:15
Register for one of the following Tuesdays: 9/22,
9/29, 10/6, 10/13
Description: Be introduced to Redbird
Mathematics, an exciting adaptive math program available to Fulton County
Schools students this Fall! You’ll leave this webinar with a basic
understanding of the program’s instructional usefulness as well as additional
online training resources available to you and your colleagues.
Implementation Strategies for Redbird Mathematics - Wednesday -
4:15-5:15
Register for one of the following Wednesdays: 9/23,
9/30, 10/7, 10/14
Description: Learn how to integrate Redbird
Mathematics into your instructional practice. Become familiar with tools that
provide for a successful program launch. See how to review course placement to
help ensure a truly personalized and engaging learning experience for your
students.
Open Office Hours for Questions About Redbird Mathematics -
Thursday - 3:00-5:00
Register for one of the following Thursdays: 9/24,10/1,
10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19
Description: Our doors are always open, but
we’ve set aside two hours every Thursday afternoon to make sure your every
question is answered. There is no structure here, come and go as you please,
and we’ll take excellent care of you!
- Grades 3-5 are moving towards taking their math pre and post assessments online through Fulton Connect. Kerstin can show you how to release a test to your class and how to schedule the computer lab for testing. Using laptop carts or cycling kids through pre and post tests in small groups are also options for completing online math assessments. Directions for Fulton Connect tasks are located in Math Coach Folder LONG, Fulton Connect Assessment Directions.
- Numeracy, numeracy, numeracy! We have completed numeracy assessments for the fall at last! Our big school-wide push is to close the numeracy gap by the end of 2nd Grade. Thanks to everyone who helped gather our numeracy data. Numeracy support activities are located on the g-drive in Math Coach Folder LONG, Numeracy Consultants and RTI tools are in the RTI Progress Monitoring for NUMERACY folder. Numeracy activities are a great way to open the day’s math block for the whole class and can be a prelude to your number talks!! It’s not just for the little ones…please work with your support teachers in Grades 3-5 to gather and act on numeracy data for our kids who need it.
- In the math pipeline for September/October: Do the Math rollout, after school STEM Club for Grades 4 & 5, building parent awareness and at-home support for number sense.
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The pledge and writers' gallery is hosted by Ms. Jannausch's and Ms. Frappier's class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Foster's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, September 28th
9:30 - Parent Tour2:30 - Flu Clinic for Staff
Tuesday, September 29th
2:50 - Faculty Meeting
Pitchford to CEO for a day
IB PLC during Specials
Pitchford to CEO for a day
Wednesday, September 30th
F&P Due on Google Doc K-5IB PLC during Specials
Thursday, October 1st
Grade Level Newsletter Goes Home
ETT for 2nd Grade
2:50 - PLCs
Hess to CST Meeting
ETT for 2nd Grade
2:50 - PLCs
Hess to CST Meeting
Friday, October 2nd
College Spirit Wear!
Student of the Week Certificate
College Spirit Wear!
Student of the Week Certificate
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There are currently no birthdays for this week.
