Rover's Elementary Round- Up
If you would like to share your Spirit photos from this week's Spirit Week, we would love to see them.
Focus Courses are newly developed, state-aligned online courses designed around state assessment blueprints to help ensure students are prepared for the way they will be evaluated. These courses emphasize deep conceptual understanding, purposeful skill progression, and rigorous application of learning. Instruction remains standards-based and student-centered, rather than focused solely on test preparation.
Major Highlights:
- Course and assessment design aligned to state testing blueprints
- Built-in instructional rigor guardrails
- Enhanced assessment design, including AI-resistant task types
- Available for tested grade levels in Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies
Assessment Design
Assessments are strategically developed using state testing blueprints to guide item formats, content weighting, and cognitive complexity. This approach supports alignment with state expectations while maintaining a strong focus on meaningful instruction rather than teaching to the test.
Did you know Learning Coaches are required to log attendance each day for all students? Any attendance from past school days that was missed should still be entered. Attendance should include time spent in live class sessions, independent study, and any outside-the-classroom learning experiences for each student.
To log attendance, click the button below.
Suggested attendance hours per grade level:
Kindergarten-Grade 3: Daily Hours: 4
Grades 4-5: Daily Hours: 5
Please check your student's attendance hours and make sure they are up to date! Reach out to your teachers if you have any questions!
Learning Coaches, please help us by encouraging students to turn on their cameras during live sessions!
Keeping cameras on helps teachers build stronger relationships with students by allowing for face-to-face interaction, which supports social-emotional connection and engagement. It lets teachers quickly gauge understanding through facial expressions and body language so they can adjust instruction in real time. Cameras also encourage accountability and active participation, helping students stay focused and feel part of the classroom community.
i-Ready is an engaging online assessment and instruction program. It identifies individual strengths and weaknesses in reading and math, then builds lessons and activities targeted for your student to fill in those gaps. Access will be located in Canvas courses. Required Diagnostic testing will take place upon enrollment and again in December and May. Please review teacher emails for your scheduled testing. Students will be required to spend 10-15 minutes each day in math and reading i-Ready my path.
The K12 Zone is AZVA’s virtual hangout, a space where students can chat, play games, and build friendships in a monitored, supportive environment. It’s the perfect way to take a brain break, meet new people, and feel part of our school community!
AZVA K12 Zone Hours:
Monday–Friday: 2:00–6:00 PM, beginning August 3rd.
The National K12 Zone is open Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm to all students. Students under 13 need parent permission to enter the National Zone. You can reach out to ftwaddell@k12.com with any questions!
Access the Zone through your OLS Dashboard (Resources → K12 Zone) or click the button below.
Book It, Reading Program
Book It! Offers two programs serving students in Pre-K through 6th grade nationwide. Children who meet their reading goals can earn a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza each program month.
Program starts October 1st and runs through March 31st.
More information here - https://www.bookitprogram.com/
AZVA families have been invited to join the testing phase of the app to discover its resources and provide feedback.
Ms. Tinsley
Principal - altinsley@azva.org
Mrs. Layman
Assistant Principal tlayman@azva.org