Lesson Plans & Newsletters in Google Classroom

Teachers,
We are having difficult finding the "shared" plans & newsletters in Google Classroom.  Beginning this week, we are asking every teacher to upload plans and newsletters as part of the Google Classroom assignment, even if you have "grade level plans" or a "group" newsletter.  That will enable us to see them in every teacher's folder who is using those plans.
Thank you so much!

Phonics Instruction

With the recent implementation of Sonday System/Essentials for Tier 2 instruction, we thought it would be helpful to reiterate the district expectations for phonics instruction (all tiers).  If you have any questions or need assistance, please let one of our literacy coaches or admin team know.  Thank you for providing this crucial reading foundation for students in grades K-2 at Paine Elementary.

TCS Non-Negotiables for Phonics Instruction 2019-2020

Explicit and systematic Open Court lessons should be taught 15-20 minutes every day to the entire class (Tier 1) in grades K-2.

Tier 1 phonics instruction should include all of the components outlined in Open Court:  dictation, word building, word lines (blending), sentence segmentation, decodable texts, manipulating sounds, wall cards chants, and other phonemic awareness activities.  Teachers should utilize the script on the green and white cards.

Tier 2 interventions should include pre-teaching or reviewing of Tier 1 skills utilizing Open Court/ and or Sonday Essentials resources.

Tier 3 interventions should include one of the following:  Sound Partners, Take Flight, or Sonday Systems 1 or 2, or Sonday Lets Play Learn.

Best practices in phonics instruction should include multi-sensory (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic) activities.  Students should trace letters (2 fingers) and touch spell.

All teachers will adhere to the Open Court phonics progression for their grade level.

 

Leave Requests

It is important that we always know if someone is out on any given day.  As we continue to grow this has become more of a challenge.  Please email me in advance if you have a request for a planned absence.  Then, enter your leave request in the time system.  I will forward your email to Lori Phillips indicating approval, then she will "approve" in the time system.  If you enter a sick day in the time system in advance, please indicate the reason why (ie, doctor).  If you have an unplanned absence due to illness, please email me and let me know.  I will follow the same procedure to clear those days in the time system.  Thank you so much for helping us streamline this process.

Weekly News

B Week

Class(es) of the Week:  McGuire & McLaughlin - 5th

Please send a group of students to the office each day by 7:55 (with a post-it containing their first names)

PACE Character Trait:  Trust

Paine Power Word: Construct

Please utilize Powerpoint (from link on blog) to teach Power Word.

Duty Schedule: Please refer to your duty schedule for this week to ensure all students are supervised. 

Paine Precepts this Week

M:  Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln
T:   No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop
W:  Kind words do not cost much, yet they accomplish much. - Blaise Pascal
T:   Every time the sun rises, a new hope begins.  - 365 Days of Wonder
F:   Shoot for the moon because even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. - Les Brown

Thursday - Precept Team Meetings

Our first Precept Team meetings were so productive! Our teams are going to move our school forward.  Precept Teams will meet again this week as we transition to our schedule of team meetings the first Thursday of each month.  Please meet in your designated location at 2:15.  

Thursday Schedule (Moving Forward)

1st Thursday - Precept Team Meetings

2nd Thursday - Faculty Meetings

3rd Thursday - District PD

4th Thursday - Precept Team Designated PD

School Spirit Day on Thursday! Go Huskies!!!

The Hewitt Trussville Homecoming Parade is 

Thursday, October 3rd at 4:00 pm.  
Paine Elementary students are encouraged to wear their school colors on Thursday in support of our Hewitt Huskies!  Please include this in communication to your parents.

National Board Certification Interest Meeting

Teachers,

Melissa Shields from ALSDE is coming to TCS to answer any questions about National Board Certification.  I completed my National Board Certification 11 years ago, and just renewed it last year.  It was a great experience for me, and I really grew as an educator!  I would encourage you to attend this meeting if you have any interest at all.  This meeting is perfect for those of you that have even contemplated NBCT.  Please let Rachel.brockman@trussvillecityschools.com know if you will be attending.

Lisa 

TCS National Board Certification Information Meeting –

Get your questions answered!

Dr. Melissa Shields,

Regional Support Coordinator for NBCT

HTMS Library

Wednesday, October 16^th

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Informational Meeting and Q&A!

SHOUT OUT!

We would like to give a SHOUT OUT to ALL pack leaders for making our initial Pack Meetings such a tremendous success!  Our students were so excited!!! (I think the Pack Leaders had fun, too!)  We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to Ellen Ormond for going above and beyond the call to ensure our Paine Pack meetings were a special event for our students!  

October Assembly - Deadline Friday, September 27th

Please use the links on the blog to nominate your students for our September awards by this Friday, September 27^th. The following awards will be recognized during the upcoming assemblies:

Paine Pride Award (formerly Champ Award)

PACE Award (September only)

Reader Leader (Grades K-3 only)

Millionaire (We have this information.)

Dreambox Leader (Monica Bramlett will provide these names.)

Respectful Bus Rider (You will be notified if you have students receiving this award.)

Please nominate one student for Paine Pride, PACE, and Reader Leader. We will send an email to you a week prior to assemblies to forward to parents of those students being recognized. The assembly dates are:

Tuesday, October 8^th (Grades 1 and 3)

Thursday, October 10^th (Grades 4 and 5)

Friday, October 11^th (Grades K and 2)

Weekly News

A Week

Class(es) of the Week:  Martin - Kindergarten

Please send a group of students to the office each day by 7:55 (with a post-it containing their first names)

PACE Character Trait:  Trust

Paine Power Word: Construct

Please utilize Powerpoint (from link on blog) to teach Power Word.

Duty Schedule: Please refer to your duty schedule for this week to ensure all students are supervised. 

Fall Festival - Save the Date

PES Fall Festival will be on Saturday, November 2nd.  More information to come.

Paine Precepts this Week

M:  It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all of the answers. - James Thurber
T:   Love a little more each day. - Madison
W:  If you ever feel lost let your heart be your compass. - Emily
T:   Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown. - Claude Bernard
F:   The shortest distance between two people is a smile. - Victor Borge

PES Team Member of the Month

Please use the link below to nominate a faculty or staff member for Team Member of the Month for demonstrating the PACE Character Trait of TRUST during the month of September. The TEAM Member of the Month will be announced the first of October.

TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH NOMINATION LINK

Scholastic Book Fair

September 23rd - 27th

Family Nights on September 24th & 26th, from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Intruder Drill - Monday at 2:00

Wednesday Collaboration

Mrs. Bruno will be meeting with Sonday System Teachers.  All other teachers will collaborate in the Collaboration Room.

Fall Pictures on Wednesday

Thursday Afternoon

We will meet with our Precept Teams.  Teams are listed below with agenda and meeting locations.

TAC Questions Due on Friday

TAC questions are due by Friday, 9/27.  

Remember, our doors are always open to answer questions and problem solve with you everyday.

TAC Group will meet Monday, 9/30 after school.

Paine Pack Meeting Schedule this Week

Breakfast is from 7:30 - 7:55.  

Please take this time to get to know your Paine Pack.

Day	Location	Pack Leader
Monday	No Collaboration Room	Kristi Brooks
		Brandy Parker
		Mica Nichols
		Alayna Tippen
		Christa Campbell
	So Gathering Space	John Freeman
		Cathy Lollar
		Penny Moore
		Jana LoPresti
		Payge Chambliss Amy Kuhn
Tuesday	No Collaboration Room	Cheryene McGuire
		Cynthia Weyerman
		Shelby Martin
		Destin Walters
		Troy Adams
	So Gathering Space	Gina Lackey
		Buffy Bland
		Debbie Geralds
		Kim Dahlke
		Lori Phillips Rebecca O'Dell
Wednesday	No Collaboration Room	Angie Seeley
		Donna Griffith
		Janet Curlee
		Lisa Salem
	So Gathering Space	Janea Rosenberg
		Heather Matos
		Holly Bowlin
		Donna Browning
		Alyssa Vickers Maddie Garrett
Thursday	No Collaboration Room	Jennifer McLaughlin
		Katie Johnson
		Nancy Camara
		Blaire Perry
	So Gathering Space	Wendy Cramer
		Nicole Sanders
		Edra Perry
		Scott Cooper
		Scott Burnett
Friday	No Collaboration Room	Lisa Lothspeich
		Donna Brumlow
		Mary Rountree
		Ellen Ormond
		Christy Naylor
	So Gathering Space

Weekly News

B Week

Class(es) of the Week:  Mauldin & Stewart

Please send a group of students to the office each day by 7:55 (with a post-it containing their first names)

PACE Character Trait:  Truth

Paine Power Word: Appropriate
Please utilize Powerpoint (from link on blog) to teach Power Word.

Duty Schedule: Please refer to your duty schedule for this week to ensure all students are supervised. 

Paine Precepts this Week

Monday: "Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known."  - Carl Sagan

Tuesday:  "Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon."  - Paul Brandt

Wednesday:  "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- Christopher Robin (A.A. Milne)

Thursday:  "Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on."  - Henry Burton

Friday:  "Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness."  - Seneca

Monday PST (Problem Solving Team) Meeting

Our first PST meeting will be held in the Reading Coaches Room in the North Building on Monday.  A sub will come to your room when it is time.  Bring all data for the students you are presenting to PST.  Also, if you are recommending a student for Sonday System, we will need to discuss in PST.  The following is our tentative schedule.  

Tuesday - Constitution and Citizenship Day

Tuesday is Constitution and Citizenship Day.  Please consider leading a brief lesson or activity with your students to observe the importance of this day in our nation's history.  The following are links with some resources suggested by ALSDE.

CivicEd.Org

Suggested Constitution Day Activities

NEA.org

Wednesday Collaboration - Important

We will finalize all intervention groups, including Sonday System.  Please bring all student data with you.  You will work with your hall teams during this time.  

Thursday Afternoon

Paine Elementary will host our 1st District PD on Thursday.  The focus will be technology integration.

Paine Pack Breakfast Schedule this Week

Breakfast is from 7:30 - 7:55.  

Please take this time to get to know your Paine Pack.

Day	Location	Pack Leader
Monday	No Collaboration Room	Joy Blackmon
		Jessica Bryant
		DeeDee Brasher
		Elizabeth Bennett
		Kimberly McGinnis
		Lynne Wainwright
	So Gathering Space	Taylor Duren
		Fran Box
		Susan Brandon
		Jenny Wicks
		Christy Leslie
Tuesday	No Collaboration Room	Rachelle Taylor
		Haley Jacobs
		Lee Swatzell
		Chelle Williams
		Carly Bagwell
		Amy Inman
	So Gathering Space	Dominique Parker
		Kelli Tweed
		Kathi Wilks
		Christy Stewart
		Carla Dillard
Wednesday	No Collaboration Room	Kimberly Felts
		Cindy Cornwell
		Shayna Swann
		Hannah Lutz
		Kay Shumate
		Julia Bickley
	So Gathering Space	Beth Copham
		Karen Ekonen
		Andrea Barker
		Chrissy Mauldin
		Julia Booker
Thursday	No Collaboration Room	Nicole Jenkins
		Reese Guthrie
		Rashel Darnell
		Cheryl Enoch
		Jennifer Hunt
		Lori Jackson
	So Gathering Space	Courtney Holland
		Katherine Walls
		Jamye Waites
		Amanda Hatcher
		Diana Richesin
Friday	No Collaboration Room	Janet  Benson
		Ashley Lybrand
		Lesley Rogers
		Leah Morrison
		Angela Santiago
		Amy Ramer
	So Gathering Space	Wilma Howard
		Karen Sager
		Lisa Sharit
		Angie Gulledge
		Suzanne Bush
		Hope Peebles