Week 8

        

Great Things From the Week

Congratulations Lori, mother of two beautiful baby kitties!

Textbook distribution, we only have 115 students that did not attend, please continue to communicate, they can call the office and set up an appointment to pick up their items. (Shared the list with you)

Thank you to the team that helped put it all together and get it all out, we could not have done it without them!

Anna, Roxy, Priscilla, Shelley, Amy, Roe, Lori, Marcia, and Carlos

Thank you Reanna, Rhonda, Holly and Shanda for stopping by- the kids loved seeing the teachers, I am certain they thought they were TV stars. 

Thank you for getting items ready to send home, it went very smooth. 

Thank you teachers for advertising and getting kids to come pick up their items. 

We will be mailing Tiger Store items this week- We will contact you if your students did not order properly and delete their order. They can resubmit at the next open store window. 

(These are going on your calendars in a few minutes)

Share and review RUSD Opening Guide bit.ly/2DGFvpD 

Distance Learning Tips!

Tip 1: Take Care of Yourself   

"Teachers model behaviors that students mimic. When we model healthy, growth-producing relationships, students see how they work. When we model respect, kindness, and a range of emotions, students notice how we regulate and respond. But even more importantly, is the opportunity to help adults continue their social and emotional learning journey and become happier, healthier members of the community, both at school and in the wider community" - Distance Learning Playbook

ACTION PLAN FOR THIS WEEK:

*Compassion Fatigue-

Compassion fatigue is the combination of physical, emotional, and spiritual depletion associated with the trauma-related work we do where others are in significant emotional pain or physical distress. It is known as the high cost of caring. - The Distance Learning Playbook

"Compassion fatigue is a state experienced by those helping people in distress; it is an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped to the degree that it can create a secondary traumatic stress for the helper." 

The signs of compassion fatigue include:

*Isolation

*Emotional outburst

*Sadness, empathy

*Impulse to rescue anyone in need

*Persistent physical ailments

*Substance abuse

*Hypervigilance or hyperarousal

*Recurring nightmares or flashbacks

*Excessive complaining about colleagues, management, or those being helped. 

ACTION ITEMS

Your plan to reflect and recognize signs of trauma and compassion fatigue

                

  AVID

Advancement Via Individual Determination

Our AVID commitment is to hold all students to high expectations, Students need to be explicitly taught how to use organizational tools. They need to be monitored and held accountable. Take the time to teach your expectations and check in to make sure they are adhering to those expectations. 

AMAZING RESOURCES LINK

https://sites.google.com/view/rims-avid-elementary/home

AVID Material

If students need more supplies please let us know, we can arrange for them to pick up from the office. 

WICOR

W- Writing to Learn (we spent a lot of time on writing last year, with a heavy focus on teaching students how to read a text, pull out important information, take notes and use evidence to answer Essential Questions) Students can not write with out experience (in person, virtual or otherwise). They can not write about something they have not had a number of experiences with. We can not skip this step, they need visuals, multi-media, sensory, compare and contrast and other opportunities before they can write to a topic or subject. 

I- Level of questioning -Click here for more information

C- Collaboration - We explicitly taught students how to collaborate, we used the 4 L's (or a variation). we provided sentence frames, assigned roles for each collaboration partner and followed up with feedback and checking for understanding. 

O- Organization - It is so important to keep students organized, with hand held items, digital items, etc. We will all use the AVID binder and require students to be AVID ready (set a 30 second timer and they should be able to find what you are asking them to find- if not they are not AVID ready and they need support to become AVID ready. Peer support, teacher support, parent support, etc. ) 

R- Reading to Learn - Once students acquire the skills to decode, they shift to reading for a purpose, to learn. It is important that we are not just assigning reading to read, but rather to make connections, and expand a students learning process. Close Reading Skills are a great skill w need to teach all students. Use your protocols to walk them through how to identify important information and answer the Essential Questions. 

EQUITY 

Our equity goal for the year - Provide access to a quality education for all

Teachers please remember our students have many factors that hinder or support their learning. It is important that we are being flexible and supportive. There is no requirement for Independent work and I am fully against assigning homework in this digital space. I know students need to practice, but please be mindful of the workload our parents are already experiencing and the workload on students. If an independent assignment is essential and needs to be assigned please be gentle with setting due dates and times. Flexibility is the key. We will discuss more in staff meeting. 

https://sites.google.com/riversideunified.org/si-book-study/home?pli=1&authuser=2

Shattering Inequities Book Study:

Chapter 1

• Reflect on your beliefs as an equity leader. How do you demonstrate your beliefs to your staff, students, and/or school community?

• In an effort to “get comfortable” with the idea that something could be improved each day for our most vulnerable clients, students, or staff, how will you begin the improvement process?

Chapter 2:

* Create a chart for yourself as seen below. Break down your students. Are there trends?

• Is our data creating the educational glass ceiling that is creating a barrier for some students and not others?

  1. Using the chart how would these subjects support or hinder our students. How do we as elementary teacher impact this?

     1. Discipline

     2. AP Courses

     3. FAFSA

     4. A-G Completion

     5. Intervention Courses

     6. Special Education

     7. DIBELS

• Have you ever wondered what can change for students’ lives when we use data to uncover deeply rooted systemic inequities in the school system?

  1. Reflect back to the charts you’ve completed, what barriers can be removed to create a path equity within our school system?

NUTS and BOLTS

Don't forget to check the bit.ly/HarrisonHub for all your Harrison needs

Want to get supplies to your students onsite or virtual? 

see schedule below:

**During these pick up weeks, we will always have school supplies available, students just need to come by during assigned distribution days as communicated OR you can tell us what supplies you need and we will set up a pick up for your class.

District Mail Pick Up and Delivery  to Home Schools	Distribution to Families at Home Schools Exact dates are to be determined
Week of September 14th	Week of September 21st
Week of October 12th	Week of October 19th
Week of November 9th	Week of November 16th
Week of December 7th	Week of December 14th
Week of January 11th	Week of January 18th
Week of February 8th	Week of February 15th
Week of March 8th	Week of March 15th
Week of April 12th	Week of April 19th

Program change window for your reference:

School Level	Parent Program Change Selection Window	End of Grading Period	Possible Start Date of New Program Choice
Elementary End of 1st Trimester	10/9/2020 - 10/16/2020	11/6/2020	11/9/2020
Elementary End of 2nd Trimester	1/29/2020 - 2/5/2020	2/26/2021	3/1/2021
Middle/High End of 1st Semester	11/18/2020 - 11/25/2020	12/18/2020	1/4/2021

This week-

Brown will be onsite Monday-Friday

Roe will be Onsite Monday and Tuesday

Lori will be onsite 11-3 all week

Amy will be onsite 7-11 all week

Happy Birthday!!

9/26- Jessica Roe

10/2- Shelley Miller

10/2-Leah Harris

Happy Adopt-aversary 9/26

Welcome to the Tiger family Ruth and Bader