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PLC - Data & Planning

College Day

K-Kids 4th Grade

GNE Christmas Party (Mrs. Ballard will tell you if you have a student participating)

K-Kids 5th Grade

District Curriculum Health Checks - district folks on campus

5th Grade Spelling Bee @ 1:15 in Cafe

Robotics Practice

String Fest @ CCC 6pm

WatchDOG on Campus

Testing Window:

• Dates: December 2 - December 20 📅

• Student Progress Reports: January 6 📈

Administration Details:

• Grade Levels: K-5 📚

• Schedule: K-1 teachers, review the attached schedule. 2nd-5th grade teachers, follow your grade level plans. 🕒

• Preparation: Ensure students are familiar with the platform and have needed materials (e.g., headphones) 🎧

• Accommodations: Review and support necessary accommodations 📝

• Make-up Testing: Students who are absent will complete MAP assessments during designated make-up days 🕰️

Action Items:

• Grade Level Plans: 2nd-5th grade teams, please share your MAP schedule plans with Hicks, Valdora, and Hale before the start of testing. 🗂️

• Review Schedule: Confirm testing times, sessions, and locations ✅

• MAP MOY Letters: Letters for the MOY assessment will be placed in your boxes on Monday. Please send home by Friday and share a copy on Class Dojo 📬

• Kimberlin MAP Training Guide: Read the campus MAP testing guide and review campus-specific information 📚

Resources:

• MAP Mandatory Guidelines 📘

• Google MAP Folder 📁

• Kimberlin MAP Testing Folder

• Pre-MAP Parent Letters

• MAP Test Training Guide - KAE 24-25

• K-1 computer lab schedule and 2nd-5th grade MAP plans 📄

• Please review the upcoming CBA dates listed below and ensure your schedules align with these windows.
• 🗓️ Remember that all constructed responses must be scored by the end of each window; the district will not reopen CBAs after the deadline.
• To avoid last-minute issues, please plan to assess students early in the window, allowing time for any make-up assessments. ✅

CBA Testing Window - November:

📖 Nov. 14-18: CBA 2 – RLA (Grade 3)

📖 Nov. 18-20: CBA 2 – RLA (Grade 4)

🔬 Nov. 20-22: CBA 2 – Science (Grade 5)

To support scoring, refer to this guide for details on scoring and printing the constructed response report in Eduphoria.🖨️

Please reach out to Christa if you have any questions. 💬

The district has provided a new "A" pin for our email signatures.

We will be continuing with the 7 Mindsets unit, “We are Connected” for Dec. 2-6, 2024. In case I haven’t mentioned it, we are moving up Bloom’s taxonomy with all of our 7 Mindsets lessons this year. Each of the lessons we shared with students last year were from Level 1: Remember and Understand. This school year, all of our lessons come from Level 2: Apply and Analyze. Therefore, students are not repeating any lessons from last school year. Instead, we are guiding them to apply these lessons to their own lives while analyzing how these life skills impact themselves and our community. Together we are building life skills that help our school community and that touch our future. You are having an AMAZING impact on these young lives!

K-2 lesson slides

3-5 lesson slides

If I’m not readily available for a student, you can always use this form to let me know someone needs to be seen. School Counselor Referral Request (also available on the landing page)

Attached is the letter and form from PTA in order to claim your $75 classroom enrichment grant.

Awesome classroom teachers and Mrs. Hicks from Kara: Thanks so much for your participation in the 2nd annual Idiom Parade! I made notes for next year to make it even better! You are such good sports, and your buy-in makes such a difference for your students!

Rachel from Garza: Thank you for the COLD FOAM! You made my Monday. The funny part was that I was all out of it that morning! You saved my Manic MONDAY! Thank you!!!!!!

Kara C. from Becky M.: Thanks for volunteering a bit of your time to help with gym duty in the morning! Appreciate you!

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DECEMBER

2-20 MAP Testing Window

3 College, Career, and Military Day

5 5th Grade Spelling Bee

5 String Fest at Curtis Culwell Center 6pm

10 Magnet Information Night (for NEW MAGNET APPLICANTS)

• 6:30 pm @ Kimberlin Academy

12 Winter Choir Concert @ KAE 6pm

19 Classroom Holiday Parties

19 Staff Holiday Party @ Vitto's Pizza and Grill 5pm

20 Last Day of Fall Semester (NO EARLY RELEASE!)