Weekly Update

Please take some time this week and revisit your classroom behavior plan and the importance of regular attendance with your students. As we begin 2023, please include this information in your parent newsletter:  1) Your classroom behavior plan, and 2) The importance of regular attendance and its direct impact on learning.  

  

                A Week - January 9-13, 2023

South PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

January PACE Character Trait is INTEGRITY!

Paine Practice ... Best Practice  

Mrs. Holly Moore meeting with a small group.

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Mrs. Ayers meeting with a small group to construct knowledge of fraction equivalence.

Mrs. Weller leading an Open Court Phonics lesson with her students.

Mrs. Findley's students are "all in" during this phonics lesson.

Class Pictures on Wednesday, January 11th

We will call classes for class pictures throughout the day.  Please make sure you have all of your students when you proceed to the room for pictures.

Tentative ACAP Testing Schedule

Several of you have asked for a tentative ACAP schedule (for planning purposes).  Listed below is the latest schedule for Paine Elementary.  This is tentative as of right now.

March 23rd -  ELA (Session 3: Writing/TDW)

April 4th - ELA  (Sessions 1,2,4:  Phonics, Comprehension, Vocabulary)

April 5th - Science

April 12th - Math (Sessions 1 & 2)

Collaboration Calendar - January

Upcoming Dates

Wed, 1/11 -  Class Picture Day

Mon, 1/16 - MLK Holiday

1/17-2/8 - Window for AimsWeb Reading Assessments

1/18-1/24 - ACCESS Testing/ELL

Friday, 1/27 - Assemblies/Recognitions

Paine Precepts (Integrity)

• “Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.” – J.C. Watts
• “When I do good, I feel good.  When I do bad, I feel bad.” – Abraham Lincoln
• “Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right, it’s ended up not being right.” – Mario Cuomo
• “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” – Malcolm Forbes
• “Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” -Henry David Thoreau