January 22-February 2 - Panorama Window (Tier 2 & 3)

January 30 - Hancock out

January 31 - Faculty Meeting 7:30; SLO's & Focus 6 due

February 2 - First Friday Breakfast (3rd)

February 8 - 4:30-5:30 At Home Learning Family Night; 5:30-6:30 PTO

February 9 - Soup-er Bowl; Hines Happy Hour

February 16 - YA Breakfast

February 2 - Tamika C

Currently, all students are marked present. Now, Ms. Liz & Ms. Gloria must go in and mark students absent if:

1. They did not log on to Teams OR
2. They did not log in on any learning platform (e.g., Waterford, Lexia, IXL, etc.).
3. They did not complete work & turn it in by Tuesday, January 30 or Wednesday, January 31.

Students remain marked present if they logged in to TEAMS OR any learning platform OR submitted the packet by Tuesday, January 30 or Wednesday, January 31.

Ms. Liz will be getting you a class roster. On that list, please highlight the students who were absent and return it to her by Friday, February 2 and Monday, February 5 at noon. If you have any questions, please let me know.

How are we 102 days into the 2023-204 year?!?! I can't believe we are more than halfway through - and thinking about the 2024-2025 school year seems unbelievable, yet here we are!!!

All classroom & encore teachers should complete this survey by Friday, February 9 - I want to know your thoughts before making any decisions. Please keep in mind that research shows that anything needs 3-5 years to be their best BUT after 10 years might need a refresh.

I know you have seen lots of emails come through about at home learning opportunities & online learning incentives. Here is all of the info all in one place!

Information regarding the Superintendent's Online Learning Challenge is being mailed home to all students. EVERY student who meets the criteria will receive a GREAT prize - a choice of a tablet OR a bike!! In order for students to qualify, the teacher must sign off that the student can do the things at school.

Tamika & Amanda F have been working fast and furiously to organize a family night to check out devices to students who need them and help families set up their own devices to access our online learning platforms.

Thursday, February 8 4:30-5:30, families will be invited to school for help setting things up AND grab a light meal. If you would like to help with planning, set up/tear down and at the actual event. We can pay 4 staff (certified or noncertified) for 3 hours to help with this endeavor. Please reach out to Amanda/Tamika if interested

An RSVP was sent out in the Peek at the Week to gauge interest. If parents have questions, please have them contact me.

I promised the kids a February competition - before I knew all of these other amazing incentives for participating would be coming your way! But, I told them about it, so I don't want to back out.

For February, the top class for Waterford (K-1) and the top class for Lexia (2-4) will receive a donut party on March 1. You won't have to do anything, except make sure your students are getting on when you can.

I was able to meet with 14 3rd & 4th graders this week and talked about what would be a meaningful incentive for meeting Waterford/Lexia/IReady goals. They were really invested in this and had some great ideas!!

We came up with a skeleton of a plan. Every 2 weeks, if a student meets their goal they will earn a small tangible prize (piece of candy, coupon for Dojo points, fidget, bag of chips, etc). They will also earn a coupon to put in to a drawing for a bigger prize. We will do the drawing for the bigger prizes after 8 weeks, so students could have 8 (1 coupon for reading, 1 for math) coupons in the drawing.

I am going to work with student leaders this week to come up with a prize schedule so students will know what they could earn. This will go out to everyone this week.

This week is Week 1, so students who meet their goals this week AND next week will earn a prize.

I know that as we have gotten new data, it has our wheels spinning about students who have shown great success and students who aren't moving the way we hoped. Just so you have some target dates for data collection and paperwork:

• Week of Feb 12 - PLCs to discuss students who need to look at individual data & move students through Tiers (Panorama and data must be up-to-date by your PLC time)
• Feb 14 (PM) - Official PS meetings for students who have been in Tier 3
• Feb 28 (PM) - PS meetings to move students from Tier 2-3
• Feb 29 (All Day) - Parent meetings to move students to Tier 2

There is one IAR practice writing tasks embedded in the 3rd -5th grade pacing guides per quarter. These are actual items from past tests and are intended for teachers to complete with students using close reading strategies and modeled writing. Into Literature already has embedded writing tasks in 6th-8th, but IAR practice tasks are available at those grades as well.

3rd Grade IAR Practice Tasks

4th Grade IAR Practice Tasks

Upcoming YA Dates:

Jan 26 - Books completed & turned in to teacher

Jan 29- Feb 2 - PLC time judging & choosing top 3-5

Feb 5/6 - Building level judging

Feb 9 - Grade level winner breakfast; Winning manuscript to district

It is definitely cold, flu, strep & everything else season. There have been some questions regarding current COVID protocols - here is the update as of 5/8/23.

There are no requirements for testing or isolation. There are also no longer COVID days - if you have to stay home because you are feeling sick and have COVID, you must use your own sick days. Currently, the CDC & IDPH does recommend isolation of 5 days and masking for an additional 5 days, but it is not required.

That being said - STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK!

I shared with you my goals and, in order to hold myself accountable, I want to share my progress with you weekly.

• Be in every classroom 3/5 days - made it to 100% of rooms 1x; 75% of rooms 2x
• Meet with student leaders to share data & discuss ideas - met with 3rd & 4th grade leaders for input on online learning incentives; will develop schedule with teachers to meet again
• Figure out my place in literacy curriculum - scheduled meeting with Amanda & Lindsay for Jan 8 to review data & discuss next steps

Sign up if you would like to participate in our 2nd Annual Soup-er Bowl on Friday, February 9. If you are unable to share, but want to participate, please turn $5 in to Julie by Monday, February 5.

Certified Staff Hours: 8:15-3:45

Non-certified Staff: 8:15-3:15 OR 8:30-3:30 (see Julie if you have any questions)

Breakfast Times: 8:20-8:45

Student hours: 8:30-3:30

Whether another staff member emails you or a parent gets in touch with you, please respond within 24 work hours.

If a student brings in money to pay for a field trip, a yearbook, etc, the family needs to be issued a receipt. At the end of the day, all money should be turned in to the office & be locked up in Julie's office.

Please remember that if you don't feel well, it's better to take a sick day & put it in early than power through! In the event that you need to call off at the last minute, please let Julie, Traci & Liz know and it is your responsibility to put it in Skyward (and Red Rover) within 24 hours.

It is a district & building expectation that all teachers are adhering to the district pacing guide for both ELA & math. It is also an expectation that we use the "must dos" for standards based grading when we are assessing for report cards.

Per the PFT contract, we have developed an equitable daily duty rotation. The ULT decided to rotate quarterly, instead of monthly.

Gym staff should report to their grade levels to assist with buses, if needed. HOWEVER, in cases, such as rain delays, grade levels can work together to dismiss bus students to make sure only staff on duty remain after 3:30.