Elementary Education

How fabulous it is to wake up every day, knowing we have the opportunity to change the world…..

Take a moment to reflect on how awesome you are!

Have a great week!

• Thanks to all of you for making our Magnet/Choice Expos a success! We had an exceptional turn-out for our high school evening session and our Saturday session at the Paddock Mall was ah-may-zing! Your extra time and effort, above and beyond the normal school day, is noted and appreciated.

• Romeo Elementary School has earned the GOLD HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) award for smarter lunchrooms!

The United States Department of Agriculture’s HealthierUS School Challenge is a voluntary certification initiative recognizing schools that demonstrate a commitment to advocate healthier school environments through the promotion of nutrition and physical activity. The HealthierUS School Challenge application process requires collaboration between the food service department, administration, teachers, and wellness champions within each school. All awardees of this certification have surpassed minimum meal service requirements, excelled in nutrition education, physical education and other areas of wellness and food service management.

Romeo Elementary will be awarded will up to $2,000.00 for their outstanding efforts, receive a banner and plaque from the United States Department of Agriculture as well as recognition on the Federal Team Nutrition website.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will highlight their success in a press release.

· A correction from last week’s Monday Memo…. Dr. William Lockley is a valued faculty member at North Marion MIDDLE School

So many wonderful things are happening in our District!

Let’s celebrate each other’s accomplishments…

I’ll look for your email!

Reading, Math, and Social Studies “Just in Time” videos are NOW available for teachers to view. These videos showcase the current standard(s) being taught along with possible misconceptions, as well as resources that may be of interest to teachers as they are planning for instruction. Currently ELA, Math, and Social Studies videos for grades K-5 are available with science videos coming soon. Additional videos for each subject and grade will added throughout the nine weeks.

These videos will be featured on the main homepage of the MCPS Elementary Portal.

Looking for a way to make your Skills lessons more interactive? Do you like to integrate technology when possible? Are you new to phonics instruction and isolating sounds is new for you? CKLA now offers a multimedia section on the online access page. When you arrive on the home page, click “Multimedia” on the top menu.

Then, right below the title banner, click on the grade level you teach. You’ll see the sounds for each unit broken down with the pronunciation - plus a song and video for each sound!

What a fun way to introduce new sounds as they come up in our Skills lessons!

Please contact Sarah Lukas or Stacie Newmones with any questions.

Register in TNL now to strengthen skills delivery through implementation strategies and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with peers and with CKLA trainers through discussions and activities. This session is recommended for individuals that have been providing CKLA Skills instruction in their classrooms and would like to fine tune and enhance their delivery. (Stipends provided, space is limited).

Course 78463: CKLA: K-2 Skills Strengthening

· Section 85215 – January 29th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Hammett Bowen Elementary

· Section 85216 – January 30th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Evergreen Elementary

· Section 85217 – January 31st from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Legacy Elementary

• Deep Dive into Studies Weekly (3-5)
  
• Date: Early Release Day - Wednesday, January 23, 2019
• Location: MTI
• Register in TNL: Section # 85299
• Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
• Course Description: Join us on an excursion into the online component of Studies Weekly and discover student and teacher resources to deepen learning. This session will highlight online curriculum components and features to engage your students, and class features for student assessment and parent outreach. This session will also include a museum walk where participants will explore the utilization of 3-D graphic organizers and have an opportunity to create student models for upcoming social studies units/lessons.