Weekly Update

  B Week - Jan 21-25

North PE will be outside this week (weather permitting); If the weather does not cooperate we will use the STREAM Studio. (Our north gym is set up for our musical so it cannot be used until after the musical.)

Character Trait Focus: Responsibility

Paine Power Word: Cite 

Paine Practice - BEST Practice

Our 2nd Grade Math Teachers are engaging their students determine how big sharks really are in centimeters, meters, inches, and feet. The teachers showed an exciting video about sharks to spark student interest before beginning the investigation and it worked.  The students were SO engaged in this lesson on measurement!

Paine Specialists Teachers explaining how they can support our classroom teachers in preparing our students for the ACAP this year!  Thank you to our incredible specialists!

Paine Power Words

Our Paine Power words will be part of announcements and integrated into specialist classes beginning this week.  Classroom teachers, please look for opportunities to use the word of the week and celebrate when students use the word.  Invite students to share when they see the word in the books they are reading.  Listed below is the structure we will follow to discuss the words over announcements:

Monday - Say it, Spell it, Meaning

Tuesday - Say it, Spell it, Meaning, Part of Speech

Wednesday - Say it, Spell it, Synonyms & Antonyms

Thursday - Say it, Spell it, Picture it

Friday - Say it, Spell it, Additional Word study

Monday - Access Testing

Mrs. Killmeyer will be conducting Access Testing in our school on Monday. Please watch for signs and remind students to remain on Zone Zero in the hallways.

Math Challenge

Please submit your student's completed math challenge sheets to the front office first thing Monday morning.

Lesson PlanBook

Our APs will start reviewing your individual lesson plans in PlanBook every Monday morning for the week.  Please make sure your weekly plans are in "your" PlanBook by Monday morning for that week. Remember: If you do team plans, you must put them in your individual planbook.

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District PD on Wednesday

We will meet in the North Training Room to continue our work on proficiency scales with Dr. Berry.  Please bring all necessary materials with you.

Thursday Afternoon (2:15 - 3:15)

PLCs will meeting in their content area chair's room to work on the following. Our admin team will be floating to each room to assist with anything you need.  

Kindergarten - Review next math unit

1st Grade - math & lesson planning

2nd - 5th - ACAP Prep (bring binders)

Specialists - ACAP support lessons

If you had to miss the "Stop the Bleed" training provided by our nurses last Thursday, you will be required to attend the makeup training in the North Training Room at 2:15. You may join your PLC once this training is complete.   

Paine Precepts (Responsibility)

• “In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.” – Michael Korda (author)
• “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan (musician)
• “Every person who has changed the world has taken responsibility for something that mattered not just to them, but to mankind.” – Mike Stutman (author)
• “It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” – Moliere (French playwright, actor, and poet from the 1600s)
• “Winners take responsibility.  Losers blame others.” – Brit Hume (American journalist & commentator)