Monday Notes 10.22.18
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Pink Out Day!
In celebration of all those courageous men and women who have fought against breast cancer, we will have a "Pink Out" day this Wednesday, the 24th! Please join me in wearing pink to honor them!
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Bus Driver Appreciation Week!
Thank you to everyone for signing our posters for our bus drivers. Our PTO has treats for them this week and we are asking students to write a quick note of thanks to their bus driver. We appreciate all that they do to get our students to school and home from school safely!
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IOWA Testing Reminders!
• Testing is for 3rd and 5th grade students and is from 7:50-11:15 this week
• Testing will be in the Computer Lab as well as various classrooms across the building. Teachers can have access to the Computer Lab after 11:15 each day.
• Recess will be held until all grade levels are complete for the day OR an announcement is made by Mr. DiBartolo; this will hopefully be around 11:15.
• Please remind your students to be quiet in the hallways during transitions and in the classrooms since there are testing groups throughout the building
• Third grade will switch specials with Fourth grade Monday-Thursday
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Pop Up PD - SMF Redelivery
Pop Up PD has been canceled this Tuesday in order to redeliver the necessary Standards Mastery Framework Models to certified staff. ALL certified staff are required to attend the SMF training tomorrow. It will begin at 2:55 in the media center. Please make sure you bring a charged device. Thanks!!!
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Staff Picture
We will have our Staff Picture this Tuesday at 2:55 in the cafeteria! Please make sure you are on time and wearing your best!
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Morning Meeting Celebration
Ms. Churchwell and Ms. Cornibe's class typically get together each Friday to do their "Friday Morning Meeting." It's filled with energy, fun, and helps students connect with each other. This past Friday, Ms. Pereira's class was able to join in the fun!! Check out the fun 30 second video of the class!
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Bert Show's Big Thank You
Every year Q100’s The Bert Show collects letters to send to every United States military personnel serving overseas. Please have your students (and yourself) write a letter on 8.5 x 11 piece of paper (no construction paper!). Please do not use glue, tape, cardboard, staples, glitter, or otherwise attach anything to the paper. Letters can be decorated with crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Last year we wrote about 150 letters, this year I want us to go for 200!! Once you have written your letters, there will be a basket outside of Ms. Silverman’s classroom (rm 135) on the 5th grade hallway. If you have any questions please send Silverman an email at silvermanj@ultonschools.org. Please have all letters turned in by this Tuesday, October 23rd.
For more information on the Big Thank You: http://thebertshow.com/articles/bigthankyou/
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Devices
We have just been able to get an accurate count of ipads and laptops in the classroom. There have been some discrepancies with the total number of devices in certain classes so we will be redistributing some of the devices to classrooms next week.
We also have a new procedure for devices that need to be repaired. Please do the following if you have a broken device:
- Submit a Tech Ticket for the device that is not working
- Print out your tech ticket and tape it to your device
- Take your device (with the tech ticket) to the media center and give to Ms. Reeves
- Ms. Reeves will issue you a new device (if it's available)
- Once the device is fixed, Ms. Reeves will return it to the teacher
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Student Compacts
All Compact Cover Sheets are due back this Wednesday, Oct. 24th. Any questions or if you don't receive all Compact cover sheets from your students, please e-mail Mariana Mendoza.
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KSU Support
Schedule: Tuesday 10/23, Thursday 10/25 & Friday 10/26
Highlights: Classes have started implementing tech tools from the media center such as Osmo's! Check out pictures below of the set up and management of these hands-on materials!
Notes: We are currently working on a system for checking out Osmo's, Dash robots, Bloxel kits and StikBots - Stay tuned!
Highlights: Classes have started implementing tech tools from the media center such as Osmo's! Check out pictures below of the set up and management of these hands-on materials!
Notes: We are currently working on a system for checking out Osmo's, Dash robots, Bloxel kits and StikBots - Stay tuned!
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IB in Action!
Ms. Watts uses the inquiry strategy, "See, Think, Wonder" to challenge her students to think more critically about their unit 'Where We are in Place and Time!' She said, "They love it!!!! They have noticed things that I didn’t even think of!"
In this picture she is using the "The Answer Is .....What is the Question?" strategy to assess the students' knowledge of the Constitution, Citizens Rights, and other topics. Then the students did a gallery walk and added additional information to the charts! The students asked Ms. Watts, "Can we do this again to show what we know?" A simple tweak away from a worksheet yields huge results!!
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Continuous Learning and Reflection
Thank you to everyone who submitted a "Glow or Grow" last week! We got a lot of great feedback that we can use for next quarter. We appreciate your honesty and helping us to do better!
We also received great feedback from students as well!! For example, we should have a dance party EVERY Friday! Sounds good to me! :)
We also received great feedback from students as well!! For example, we should have a dance party EVERY Friday! Sounds good to me! :)
*************CALENDAR OF EVENTS**********
Monday, October 22nd
IOWA Begins for 3rd and 5th Grade
Tuesday, October 23rd
2:55 - Staff Picture in Cafeteria
3:00 - SMF Redlivery in Media Center
Wednesday, October 24th
Guided Reading PD During Specials
Pink Out Day for Staff!
Thursday, October 25th
Read for the Record K and PreK
PSC Go Home for 1st Grade
2:55 - PLCs
Friday, October 26th
*****************BIRTHDAYS! ******************
There are currently no birthdays this week.
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