Weekly Update

              A Week - January 30-February 3

South PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

PACE Character Trait for February - KINDNESS

Please talk about this throughout the month in your morning meetings.

Paine Practice ... Best Practice

The words of affirmation you wrote on each other's plates were so inspiring!

Mrs. Trowbridge working with a small group. She is teaching students how to accurately verbalize sounds by "trimming them".  For example the correct pronunciation of the g sound is not /ga/ but /g/.

Each grade level met during collaboration to look at ACAP rubrics and guides. Thank you to Kelly McGough, Jenni Peters, and Jessica Bryant for your guidance and commitment to our learning!

1st Grade Teachers examining each other's student math notebooks during collaboration.

Important Reminders

Duty  

Teachers, we need your help.  It is imperative that you get someone to cover your duty if you are not going to be there.  Also, please make sure you are there on time (7:20 if you have morning duty).  Duty is one of our job responsibilities and a crucial part of our safety plan...to ensure students are properly supervised, and therefore, safe.

Buses

Please use your pack-up time for any students requiring a bathroom visit before going to the buses. We have several students who are asking to go the bathroom when they get to the bus. We cannot send students back in, because we are trying to efficiently release the buses.  Thank you for you help.

Chewing Gum

Students are NOT allowed to chew gum at school. We have seen several students doing this; the gum ends up in place in our building.  This is a school rule, so please remove any gum from your treasure boxes and do not give gum as a reward.  If you find one of your students chewing gum, please have them throw it away and remind them of this expectation.

Thank you for helping us keep our school safe and clean!

Exact Path Pilot Program

TCS is piloting a program that will provide diagnostic data on students in reading and math. We have limited seats so our PST will determine which students will need this tool.  After a student's diagnostic assessment is completed, this system will determine a learning path to close gaps. We are hopeful this information will be helpful when planning and implementing interventions.  Since we have a limited number of seats, we will have students on IEPs or in Tier 3 complete the diagnostic at this time. Through PST we will determine if any additional students will be assessed.

We are asking IEP case managers to have your students take the diagnostic assessment this week when they are in your room.  If they have a math goal...take the math diagnostic, if reading goal...the reading diagnostic, if both...the students will take both diagnostics. The students are able to assess this in Clever.  Please make sure they complete the assessment in a quiet environment and completely independent so we have accurate data.

We are also asking our Tier 3 Interventionist to have their students complete in their rooms sometime this week.  If a student comes to the interventionist for math...they should take the math diagnostic, and so on.   If you have any questions please let us know.

We will provide additional information and guidance on using this tool once the designated student diagnostics are complete.

EnRICh, ACAP Prep, & Thursdays

We will not begin Semester 2 EnRICh (2-5) until after state testing.  Since we will be starting later, we will have two EnRICh sessions per week once it begins.  We will provide more information on this later.

This is going to provide teachers and students with more time before testing for test preparation. Literacy Teachers (grades 2-5) will designate Thursdays for writing, utilizing the ACAP rubrics to ensure student growth with writing. Math Teachers in those grades will use that time to ensure all math concepts have been taught and reviewed.

STREAM Studio

We are so excited to get our collaborative lessons in the STREAM Studio underway.  Teachers in grade 2-5, please consider signing up for this collaborative teaching opportunity with Mrs. McCauley.  Your students will engage in "You're the Teacher" where they will create a product that teaches others about the important math concepts for the year.  This is an engaging opportunity to deepen their understanding in math and serve as a review before testing.  Please look for the links to the specific documents for this experience in a subsequent blog post.

STREAM Studio Reservations

The STREAM Studio can accommodate up to 2 classes at once. Feel free to plan with your partner teacher so that we can make the best use of the space!

 

To Book the STREAM Studio (space only):

·        Please use the PES Room Scheduler (also on the Paine Peeps blog) to book the room itself.

 

To Book STREAM Studio Collaboration (with Hannah McCauley):

·        Sign up for times here and email me about what lesson you'd like to do. Please make sure to also book the space using the PES Room Scheduler (also on the Paine Peeps blog).

·        Time slots are listed in 15 minute increments to have as much flexibility as possible for the exact start/end times that you need.

·        If you need different times than what's listed, please schedule the closest available time and email me with the details of exactly what times you need! (For example, if you need your time slot to start at 8:20, but the schedule only shows 8:15, go ahead and book the 8:15 time and email me.)

·        Book as many slots as you need to cover the amount of time that your lesson will take!

·        If you have a specific lesson idea that you'd like to work on together, please email me so we can work on it together!

Collaboration Calendar for February

Air Purifiers

We wanted to let you know our school is getting 30 air purifiers.  We will strategically place them around the school as soon as they arrive!

Erin's Law Presentations for Kindergarten & 3rd

Just a reminder that our Erin’s Law presentations with the Exchange Club will be on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for all our Kindergarten and Third Grade classes.  Please check your email for a schedule sent by Mrs. Naylor.  Teachers you may use your classes' designated time to catch up (while your students are in the session), because our counselors will be in there with them.  Please make sure you drop-off and pick up your students on time because we have a tight schedule for these presentations.  If you have any questions about Erin's Law or the presentations, please let Mrs. Naylor know.

Upcoming Dates

2/10 - HTMS will be visiting 5th graders during PE classes.

Paine Precepts - Kindness 

“If you can be anything, be kind” – UNKNOWN

“A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.” – Thomas Carlyle

“Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.” – Kiana Tom

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” - Plato 

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind. ~ Henry James