BCS Elementary Ed Newsletter

As the holiday season approaches, I want to say thank you to all our elementary educators who pour their hearts into doing what's best to educate our children. I see you; I value you; I am grateful for you.

Thank you to our teachers who are learning and growing through various professional developments like LETRS and through new components of curriculum like Letterland Intervention. Remember the phrase "Pace and Grace". Stay steady to the course of learning the information and/or curriculum. Incorporate new learning into your upcoming lesson plans as it aligns to the NCSCOS and to the needs of students based on their data. Rome was not built in one day. Pace yourself, and give yourself grace as you continue to do what is best for student learning.

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Cassandra Anderson

Congratulations for being the Brunswick County Schools' Outstanding Mathematics Teacher as part of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics' elementary outstanding math teachers award process.

November 8, 2022 - Required Workday; District PD Day (LETRS Teacher Unit 2 Zoom; LETRS Early Childhood Units 1 & 2 Zoom)

November 11, 2022 Holiday-Veteran's Day

November 14, 2022 - Report Cards Released

November 23, 2022 - Annual Leave

November 24-25 - Holiday-Thanksgiving

December 19-21 - Non-Required Workdays

December 22 - Annual Leave

December 23, 26-27 - Holiday Christmas

December 28-30 - Annual Leave

The NC Museum of History is hosting some free online presentations for classes to join. The team thought it would be a great resource for 4th grade for their indigenous standards and content they discuss.

The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments:

• help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work
• help faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately

Formative assessments are generally low stakes, which means that they have low or no point value. Examples of formative assessments include asking students to:

• draw a concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topic
• submit one or two sentences identifying the main point of a lecture
• turn in a research proposal for early feedback

Check out 60 Common Formative Assessments for some great ideas on checking for understanding, formative assessments and strategies for helping students with processing their learning.

Katie Bunn, Denotra Franks, Savanna Helms, Lori Hummel, Holly Jackson, Jennifer Lentz, Shelly Mongelli, Christina Procida-Rush, Michele Taylor, Crystal Walker, Jen Damin (Executive Director)