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Weekly Schedule
Monday
- 9:00am - Jacobs/Bright to Admin Building - Quarter Report Due to TEA
- 3:00pm - Good News Club
- 3:30pm - Staff Meeting in Library
- 7:00pm - School Board Meeting (PBIS Team attending)
Tuesday - 3rd/4th Grade Mock STAAR Reading
- Closed Campus
- 3:30pm-4:30pm - 4th Grade Writing Tutoring
Wednesday
- PLC Meetings Today
- Writing Academy for 4th Grade Student in Library
- 3:30pm - Elementary Curriculum Advisory Committee Mtg
Thursday - 3rd/4th Grade Mock STAAR Mathematics
- Closed Campus
- 3:30pm-4:30pm - 4th Grade Writing Tutoring
- 6:30pm-7:30pm - 4th Grade Field Trip Parent Mtg in Library
Friday - Happy Valentine's Day
- 1:30pm-2:00pm - Kindergarten & 1st Grade Valentine's Parties
- 2:00pm-2:30pm - 2nd & 3rd Grades Valentine's Parties
Important Reminders
EdcampAwesome
Get your tickets for EdcampAwesome - 1 ticket for registering and 4 additional tickets for attending the event. Click here for register!
Reading Instruction
Guided Reading books have been organized in the 4th Grade pod by reading level. Teachers will develop groups based on student's instructional reading level. Reading groups will meet daily. Lower level readers will meet every day while higher level readers will meet at least 2x per week.
Figure 19 Training
Region 10 has placed in the "Online Learning Center" to help teachers with supporting the skills found in Figure 19. They have created a 75 to 90 minute online course about the skills in Figure 19.
Click this link & you'll find illustrated directions on how to sign up for the online course through Region 10. When you finished, you would take the brief quiz and receive your certificate. This workshop does count for PD credit. Just list the course in your portfolio, along with the certificate.
Accelerated Reader (AR) Update - Students should be at 66% of their goal by next Friday. If you notice someone who really needs help, please let me know. We will continue to monitor and encourage students to make weekly targets and a comprehension score of at least 80%. Nita Green is meeting with our targeted 3rd and 4th grade student to ensure they have a book on their reading level each day. Students should be asked to take home a book every night and read for 20 minutes. Be sure to communicate with parents `about their child's AR point goal and their progress toward reaching that goal.
Mathematics
1st & 2nd Grade - Lone Star Daily Rigor is being used with students each week.
3rd & 4th Grade - Math GPS is being used to help students weekly. Teachers should be on week 56-60 this week. We must maintain this pace in order to finished by testing time.
Think Through Math (TTM) for Grade 3-4 - Teachers please ensure that all students have been assessed for TTM. Letters have been sent home during the first report card to parents. Remember that there's an app for TTM and it can be used on the iPad.
ESL Certification
Royse City ISD is pushing to have 100% of the teaching staff to be ESL Certification. The district will pay for teachers to take the test AND have the ESL Certification place on your teaching certificate. Below are a list of links that are helpful to those interesting in this process:
They can afford to reimburse you now - who know when they will no longer continue to this offer. Be sure to take up the district with this offer to reimburse you for this certification.
Royse City ISD is pushing to have 100% of the teaching staff to be ESL Certification. The district will pay for teachers to take the test AND have the ESL Certification place on your teaching certificate. Below are a list of links that are helpful to those interesting in this process:
They can afford to reimburse you now - who know when they will no longer continue to this offer. Be sure to take up the district with this offer to reimburse you for this certification.
Biggest Loser Contest
Nurse Kacie and Coach Pendleton are organizing a Biggest Loser Content. Click here to read more about the details & contact them directly if you have questions.
Yearbook Information
Be sure to send home the yearbook order forms. Fourth grade students have 3 extra pages for parents to send personal ads in to be placed in the back of the yearbook. The deadline for ordering ads (Personal and one line ads) is set for March 2nd. Cost of the yearbook will be $25, after the 2nd it will go up to $30.
NEW Information
Congratulations to our Teacher of the Month
Kerri Carter,
1st Grade Teacher
Staff Meeting - February 9th @ 3:30pm
All teaching staff be sure you have made arrangements to attend.
An official schedule is coming for how we will spend this day. I know for sure that Jack Balderman will be visiting with the individuals who trained with us during the Summer PLC. Keep on the lookout for an email with a schedule later this week.
AR Update - Students should be at 66% of their goal by Friday.
Math GPS is being used weekly by teachers & students should be on week 56-60 this week.
Tutoring for 3rd/4th Grade
I'll looking for teachers who would like to help with this session of tutoring for Math/Reading of 3rd & 4th grade students. If you're interested in helping, please fill out this form on Google Forms. I will use the information you provide to build our groups. Let me know if you have any questions.
Professional Development Day - Next Monday, Feb 16thMath GPS is being used weekly by teachers & students should be on week 56-60 this week.
Tutoring for 3rd/4th Grade
I'll looking for teachers who would like to help with this session of tutoring for Math/Reading of 3rd & 4th grade students. If you're interested in helping, please fill out this form on Google Forms. I will use the information you provide to build our groups. Let me know if you have any questions.
An official schedule is coming for how we will spend this day. I know for sure that Jack Balderman will be visiting with the individuals who trained with us during the Summer PLC. Keep on the lookout for an email with a schedule later this week.
Why I #LoveTeaching
We have a lot going on this week ... actually we always have a lot going on :) ... but I would like us to remember our WHY for a second and answer this question:
I challenge you sometime this week to share a reason why you Love Teaching. If you've on social media, have a blog, or some other digital presence, then use the hashtag #LoveTeaching (click on this link for a 1 minute video about #LoveTeaching). Take a photo of your students or you doing some of your work. Have a coworker take the picture for you and we can post the pictures on our Scott Elementary Facebook/Twitter/Instagram pages. Let's flood the internet with all of the things that Teachers love about our profession.
We have a lot going on this week ... actually we always have a lot going on :) ... but I would like us to remember our WHY for a second and answer this question:
I challenge you sometime this week to share a reason why you Love Teaching. If you've on social media, have a blog, or some other digital presence, then use the hashtag #LoveTeaching (click on this link for a 1 minute video about #LoveTeaching). Take a photo of your students or you doing some of your work. Have a coworker take the picture for you and we can post the pictures on our Scott Elementary Facebook/Twitter/Instagram pages. Let's flood the internet with all of the things that Teachers love about our profession.
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