Data
Thank you for participating in the mini Data Days during collaborative planning last week. We hope that you found this time helpful to dig into the reports and understand the program and test results a little bit better. Now that Data Days are over it is important that we use this data to drive our decision making. This year it is especially important to maximize learning time to help close some of the gaps that were created as a result of Covid. Every minute in the classroom matters. Examine how you can tighten up transitions between subjects, look at your literacy station activities with a closer eye to determine if they match the standards and if they are advancing student learning, and study resources that you are downloading and using to be sure that they are truly aligned to our Florida content and test specifications.
This week we are not popping in to your collaborative planning sessions. Please use this time to follow up with one another about your data. What strengths can you pull from another teammate that will help you through the second semester? What data of yours was strong that will allow you to share expertise with someone else on your team? If you are in grades 3-5, what standards are coming up and what do the test item specifications and blue prints say should be emphasized? We will rejoin your sessions soon and look forward to catching up with you about your data and your plans.
Celebrate Literacy Week
It is Celebrate Literacy Week. This is always such a great week that reminds us to focus on the roots of learning and give our students opportunities to read great books. We can't wait to see our students enjoying so many activities that the Literacy Team has planned. A big thank you to that team for coordinating a wonderful week for our Cubs!
Tornado Drill
This week we will hold our tornado drill. When the announcement is made for the drill we will remain in our classrooms. Students will practice the duck and cover method in their classrooms on the floor near their desks. When the drill takes place we will be sure to walk your students through the steps this time and provide you a minute or two to explain where they would normally travel to. This would include where students from J-building would normally go during a tornado watch and where all students would go for a tornado warning. We will not be taking students to the hallway and having them sit close together due to our current health situation. The drill will be conducted around 1:55 pm.
Awards
Award assemblies are starting this week. Classes should arrive at their designated times and sit like they do for lunch (3 to a bench and by class with the next class filling in where they leave off). Please turn in your award folders to the office the day before your celebration day if possible so we can be sure the awards are in order and ready to go.
This Week's Schedule
This is a busy week! Looking forward to so much fun!
-Keli and James
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