Week 24

 Reopening schedules and MOU

                      

Return to School Attendance Guide: HERE

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

Picture company will be contacting students and staff to get pictures taken.

Remind students to come to the office between 8-2 to pick up text books from the front office.

Encourage families to select their program choice if they have not done so for next year. 

We are continuing to update and prepare our Covid plan. Although we do not have a return date we will continue to be ready for our students.

REMINDERS:

We will start looking at report cards today

Staff Meeting on Wednesday 

We will continue to focus on the Danielson Framework for remote Learning - please read over pages 22-23.

Danielson Framework

  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

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:

We will review at our February 24th Staff Meeting at 1 pm

Chapter 5 and 6

Does our site/department currently engage in practices that unintentionally perpetuate inequitable practices? If so, how?

Is this a response to prioritizing adult interest, employees or community? What are the unintended consequences of this practice? What practices can you put in place to challenge these policies and practices?

Identify an RSP student or a struggling student, receiving reading support. Look at the current reading fluency goal. Write an Accelerated Goal (AG) using grade level achievement expectations. Identify the student's disability, or difficulty, and develop a plan of action using the driving question: What conditions would be necessary for the student to reach grade level within two years?

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

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!

Lexia Quick Start Guide

Dreambox Quick Start Guide

 

Assessment Calendar. 

This week-

Brown will be working from home  Wednesday and Thursday

Roe will be Onsite Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and  Thursday 8-2

Manisha onsite Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 8-2

Amy on site everyday 8-2

Teresa onsite Monday and Tuesday 8-12

Amber onsite Monday and Tuesday 8-2

ELPAC through 5/21

2/24- Staff Meeting 1-2

2/25- SSC meeting 2:30-3:30

2/26- Black History Month Assembly - Thank you Sanci!

2/26- Report Cards go home (District will mail them)

2/22- Melissa Moore