Saxon – Nita mentioned to me that the number of Saxon lessons remaining is less than the number of days left this school year. Next Wednesday’s PLC time may be a great time to map out math instruction for the last quarter. With ITBS two weeks after break, teams may want to map out Lesson days, testing days, and determine if there are days prior to ITBS week that teachers could focus on skills students have stuggled with so far this school year. The teams may come up with some building wide activities to mix students up too. Please consider days such as Track & Field day when you plan. This would be a great activity to do as a full team (or at least be in the same room so you can hear each other’s thinking) so Mark & Michelle will determine where the PLC meeting will begin on March 24th!
ITBS Week is April 5th-9th!! As always, this week sneaks up on us! Below is some useful information about the week. If I am missing something, please let me know.
* Scheduling * - Jeannie, Mark, Melissa, 5th grade teacher (??) and I will meet on Thursday, March 25, at 3:30 pm in the media center to plan a building ITBS schedule. We have had too many conflicts in prior years so this team will review the schedules to ensure it works for everyone.
* Incentives * - I will be meeting with the student advisory students on March 25th during lunch to brainstorm incentives for reaching their individual goals and the goals set by the state for reading and math. If your team has ideas they want on the list of possibilities, get those to me prior to that Thursday. Also, spending time this prior to then to brainstorm as a class would be great!!
* Goal Setting * - The week prior to ITBS, I will spend 30 minutes with every class going over the data (both grade level and individual students). We will talk about goal setting and if time does not permit during the session, students will take their scores back to the room to set the goals. We will collect those goals from the teachers so they can be entered.
DATES TO NOTE...
March 13-21 Spring Break!
March 22 – Board Mtg (6:00 pm)
March 23 – Barry absent; Bates is go-to person
March 25 – Bates, Haufle, Schafer, Barry & ?? schedule ITBS (3:30)
March 30 – PTO Mtg @ IPS (5:30 pm)
April 1 – No School
April 5-8 – ITBS week
April 9 – 5th Grade to Rose Theatre
April 9 – 4th Simply Electrifying Assembly (3rd grade visit)
April 12 – Board Mtg (6:00 pm)
April 16 – Comprehensive Portfolios Due for teachers on cycle!!
Website of the Week
I have sent this one out before, but worth looking at during your
PLC time next week. You can locate the skill your students are
PLC time next week. You can locate the skill your students are
lacking and the site lists vocabulary, resources and instructional
strategies to use. Questions – see me.
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2 comments:
What a great website! I especially like the curriculum planning section. It allows you to download an editable version so that you can add to it, maybe add technology tools that you can use to help reach the different learning syles.
I'm glad you could use it!
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