This last Tuesday we returned to Purple as a county and we are unable to open schools duirng this time. We have at least 5 weeks before we can reopen.
Please update your Google Classroom codes as needed- I updated a few that you sent me but please double check. I will leave link here for the year. CODE
Great Things From the Week
Discipline Assembly - Thank you Roe - reminder please let me know if you completed something independently. I believe most of you already did :)
Thank you Office staff and supervisors for getting the campus ready for return
Thank you all for your hard work.
CST/Report Cards and Planning Time
Many of you are finishing your first trimester assessments- A few things to note:
CST- We are rebooting our CSTs and we will start with In Person on Nov 18th- Virtual teachers will be next on Wednesday Dec. 2nd. Click here for sign up document - it will all be virtual, we will just talk about kids and discuss how we can best support you in this digital space.
Report Cards- DUE by Nov. 2nd - We are responsible for Harrison Teachers this round and will mail them all home for you.
Homework box should reflect independent assignments
Planning Time and Assessments - I would like for you to select 5 target students for your next trimester to focus on (you decide who and why) - I am looking for improvement. Improvement can be better attendance, better math score, 3 more letters, etc.
You decide the students and the goals - We will discuss these at CST - there is no wrong answer.
If you need additional planning time I will time card you to work on your data analysis (I would love for your grade to work on data analysis together)- If you plan beyond your contract times
Distance Learning Tips!
Tip 3:
To be continued when i find my book.... :(
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.
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.
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.
Pre-Covid Video, but you get the point :)
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.
We will review at our December 16th Staff Meeting at 1 pm
Chapter 3.
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: We are not advertising as we are mostly full
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
The Instructional Services team is happy to announce two supplemental resources for your students!
Lexia Core5 Reading: a computer adaptive literacy program that provides explicit, systematic, personalized learning in literacy.
Dreambox: an online math program that dynamically adapts to the student, providing personalized instruction aligned with state standards.
These resources can support you with planning for asynchronous instruction and are meant to:
Address learning loss
Fill in gaps in student understanding
Provide enrichment opportunities
Provide opportunities to deepen understanding of content standards
Lexia Core 5 and Dreambox should be used to support and supplement, but not replace, your core curriculum.
These resources are anticipated to be available to you and your students on October 14, 2020. The links below will provide instructions for you to get started. Question and Answer support sessions and further professional development to support you in using the data reports to meet the needs of students will be coming soon. Please reach out to our team for support!
Teachers will administer the Eureka Math End-of-Module 1 Assessment synchronously or asynchronously usingSeesaw or one-on-one interviews usingthe revised version of the assessment
Teachers can choose to administer the assessments synchronously or asynchronously using Seesaw or Kami. Assessments should be rubric scored, and data should be entered into Illuminate. Click here to learn how to enter the data.
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