Weekly News

I hope everyone had a great spring break and that you were able to rejuvenate.  We only have about 8 weeks of instruction left and 2 short weeks until state testing.  Although, state testing is not a primary focus throughout the year, it is now time to hyper focus on preparation for the next 2 weeks.  This is to ensure our students feel fully prepared and have confidence to take these assessments.  

Please make sure your lesson plans (Grades 3-5) this week and next encompass review of concepts already taught and coverage of any key topics not covered; this includes intervention time for the next two weeks.  You may use the Print Partner resources in SuccessMaker for ELA.  We will provide math teachers with some resources produced by SuccessMaker to utilize for review, remediation, or practice.  (These may also be used as an intervention resource moving forward.)

We will be offering Math Skills Camp Sessions (45 minutes in length) on specific math topics/skills where students would benefit from remediation.  These will be held on Monday, April 5th & Tuesday, April 6th (more information below).  

Please also utilize the ACAP testing course in Schoology by finishing the sections we have not completed with your students during Wellness Room coverage.  If you are in Grades 2-5, please utilize all available instructional time, including intervention time, to further prepare our students for the ACAP test.  

This has been the most challenging of years, but we have pulled together and done a remarkable job!  Let's make very moment count and finish this year strong!  We've got this!

Math Skills Camp Sessions

Dr. Lothspeich & Dr. Brumlow will be facilitating math skills camps in the Media Center on Monday, 4/5 and Tuesday, 4/6.  This is for students Grades 3-5 who would benefit from explicit instruction, remediation, and/or extra practice in specific skill areas.  Each session will last 45 minutes.  Please see the schedule below of times for each grade level and topics to be covered.  Please determine if you have students who would benefit from this additional support/skill development to better prepare them for ACAP testing.  This week we will send out more information on how to sign students up for sessions.  We are asking each teacher to limit the number of students they sign up to approximately 2-3 per session.  Please use this opportunity for students who are frequently in math intervention, but are not getting support from a resource teacher.  You may sign different students up for different sessions; please use your formative assessment data to make this determination.  Please only include students who would benefit from this additional support/practice in the specified skill area.

	Monday 4/5	Tuesday 4/6
8:15	5-Order of Operations,	5-Fractions & Decimals
9:00	3-PV, Rounding, Addition, Subtraction	3-Fractions
9:45	4-Multi-Digit Multiplication	4-Factors & Multiples
10:30	5-Multiplication & Division	5-Geometry, Coordinate Grids
12:30	3-Multiplicaiton & Division Concepts/Facts	3-Area & Perimeter
1:15	4-Division	4-Fractions & Decimals
2:00	5-Measurement Conversions	4-Geometry, Angles

PST Zoom Meetings

We will have PST Zoom Meetings all day on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.  Dr. Brumlow will send you your scheduled time.  Please come prepared with updated data on your students.

AimsWebPlus Weekly Progress Monitoring

Please remember:  If a student is in PST for reading, on a reading improvement plan, or on an IEP with a reading goal....he/she must be progressed monitored every week in AimsWebPlus.  We will be discussing any gaps with progress monitoring in our upcoming PST Meetings.  If a student is out on quarantine, etc.  please make arrangements to progress monitor via Zoom or as soon as he/she returns.  

Wednesday - ACAP Training

There is mandatory ACAP Testing Training in the South Collaboration Room on Wednesday, March 31st.  ALL certified staff MUST participate in this training (even if you are not in a testing grade).  There is always a chance anyone could be pulled to administer or proctor a test.  If there is an issue, please contact Christy Naylor immediately because everyone must be trained this week.

Thursday Afternoon

We will have our Math PLC from 2:15 to 3:15 in the South Collaboration Room.  We will discuss number talks.  Any teacher who would like a refresher in number talks is welcome.

Wellness Room Signup

We have completed the April Wellness Room Signup for teachers who will need coverage (yellow shaded slots).  We have been monitoring signup and have plenty of slots in the white (where coverage is not required).  If we signed you up for a slot with coverage, please go ahead and sign up for a second slot in April during your planning time on a day you would not need coverage.  Also, teachers who do not require coverage, please sign up for 2 of the "white" slots in April.  We would love to see everyone able to use the room twice in the month of April, even if it is just to take a breath and relax for a few minutes.  It is so important for us to take care of ourselves with the difficult work we are doing everyday!

Teacher Wellness Room Signup Link

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