October 23rd, 2017

Monday Notes 10.23.17

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Trash Pick-Up

We need everyone's help to keep our grounds clean!! While you are at recess, please encourage your students to pick up wrappers or paper they see while on the field or on the playground. If they do this without prompting, give them a Buddy Buck!!! This is a great way for our students to take ownership of their learning environment. 

Also, please remind students to grab their lunch boxes and jackets while out on the field as well!!! 

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Money for Wyatt

As a reminder, if you would like to donate to the Uber Eats Gift Card for Lynn Wyatt's family, please give cash to Pitchford by this Friday. We will give her the gift card this weekend. Any amount is appreciated!!! 

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Computer Lab Closed on 30th

On Tuesday, October 30th the Computer Lab will be closed all day. This is to accommodate the 3rd grade classes as they participate in the Georgia Milestones Field Test. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

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Progress Monitoring Training

All teachers who are serving students in Tier 2/3 behavior plans must attend the FastBridge Behavior training to learn how to screen students and collect data using FastBridge. Please bring you laptops and any behavior data that you may have collected.

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Crayola ColorCycle

Don’t throw away those dried up markers!!! High Point is participating in Crayola ColorCycle again – an amazing program devised to turn used markers into energy!  We will be collecting used markers that are ready to be discarded. The markers will be sent to a facility where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, cook meals and more!

Please help support our efforts by collecting your old markers – even non-Crayola brands (Expo, Sharpie, highlighters, etc.…area all accepted). Drop-off boxes are located in the 5th grade teachers’ lounge and outside Hayes’ Room 216. What an easy way to get your students to be globally minded! 😊

Thank you! 

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Conferences with Parents

 As stated at the beginning of the year, all teachers need to have a documented parent conference for each student. 

Our Student Showcase counted as the "fall parent conference" unless a parent requested an additional conference afterwards. 

If a parent was unable to attend the Student Showcase, please reach out to them to schedule a conference! We have to make sure we are on the same page with parents in regards to their child's progress.

 We appreciate your willingness to partner with our parents for students' success!  

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KSU Coach

Schedule: I will be at High Point on Tuesday 10/24, Thursday 10/26 & Friday 10/27.

Notes: Did you know Seesaw has a new feature? The 'activities' section is now available. Log in as a teacher and check out the grade-level specific activities available to your students! Check out this link to see how to get started! https://youtu.be/YkshBgjWJgE 

Highlights: Check out the image below to see great work happening at High Point! Great use of technology to create transformative learning experiences for students!

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RTI Reminders

On Monday the 23rd, please check the grade-level spreadsheet for the name of the FastBridge test you will be administering.

During the week of October 23rd, please practice progress monitoring your group and email Brian with any issues.

During the week of October 30th, you will take your first official data point for the added T2 students.

By November 10th, added T2 students (in any area) need to have a Language Checklist completed. Please remember, do not make any changes in EASY other than completing a Language Checklist.

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PBIS

Don't forget to practice the de-escalation protocol with your team or colleagues so you are ready if a child goes into a crisis mode or is showing signs of behavior outside of their norm. 

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Media Center News

All Teachers- Reminder to please sign of on the two required digital citizenship tasks. The sooner the better- firm deadline Oct. 31 before you leave! See email from Sandi Dennis with specific instructions. 

Also- Reminder we now have PEBBLE GO for your students!  We purchased all databases except Dinosaurs.

We also purchased Pebble Go NEXT SCIENCE for grades 3-5.

The links to Pebble Go and Pebble Go NEXT are also on our Symbaloo!

Site username: highpoint

Site password: school

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SeeSaw

 Please reach out to Hannah Rome if you are having difficulty with SeeSaw. It should be up and running now and all homeroom classrooms are expected to be using it to showcase students' work as well as using it as a communication tool. 

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November 1st RFF Day

 This RFF day will be spent working on IB tasks and school visits. Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers will also receive their 2nd iReady training for data. 

The iReady schedule will be as follows: 

7:30-10:30 - iReady Training for 4th and 5th Grade Teachers

12:30-3:30 - iReady Training for 3rd Grade Teachers

The IB tasks and schedule will be given to staff closer to the 1st through email. 

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ESOL Strategies

2 Kagan Strategies 

1. Simultaneous RoundTable: students each write a response on their own piece of paper. Students then pass their papers clockwise so each teammate can add to the prior response.

2. Quiz-Quiz-Trade: Using question cards, students quiz a partner, get quizzed by their partner, and then trade cards to repeat the process with a new partner. 

********VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE*******

Mrs. Nobles encourages students to look for and use the IB Attitudes in one another then highlights them in class and on her hallway bulletin board!

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Mrs. Berric shows students' understanding of the attributes of the Learner Profile using SeeSaw videos and QR codes!! She also moved her IB board to the front of her classroom (down from the high wall placement) so that she and students interact with it regularly!

*************CALENDAR OF EVENTS**********

Monday, October 23rd

7:30 am - SGC Meeting Rm #123
9:30 am - Prospective Parent Tour

Tuesday, October 24th

3rd Grade In-House Field Trip
4th Grade In-House Field Trip
1:45 pm - Leadership Team Meeting #123

Wednesday, October 25th

"Pink Out!" for Breast Cancer Awareness

Thursday, October 26th

1:50 - 1st Grade Extended Team Time
2:55 - PLC Meetings

Friday, October 27th
6:00 pm - Costume Dance in Cafeteria 

*****************BIRTHDAYS! ******************

Happy birthday to Amanda Shams on the 29th!! We hope you have a very happy birthday!!!!