Sunday Shoutout - December 30th, 2018

Panther Mystery

I hope everyone has enjoyed their Christmas break and is looking forward to the New Year!  We will start the New Year back at school with the Panther Mystery.  Here is just a little recap of what is going to happen - on Monday - we will share a video on Facebook of our Panther mascot being kidnapped and encouraging kids to hurry and get back to school on Wednesday to help us solve the Panther Mystery.  When you see the video on Facebook - please share it.  Then fast forward to Wednesday morning at assembly.  We will probably show the video again to those who may not have seen it but then reveal that the Panther has been returned but locked up in a cage.  The keys are hidden around the school and the students will have to work during the day to find them.  As the classroom teacher - you need to have a way for students to find their key(you hide it where you want) - you decide how that will be. (Your keys that you will need to hide will be placed in your mailbox on Monday.)   Then about 1:45 on Wednesday afternoon - we will have everyone come back to the gym with their keys and unleash the Panther!  Hopefully this will get kids excited about coming back to school!

Next Week at a Glance...

Wednesday - post 2nd nine weeks grades today

Thursday - Report cards go home

                    1:45 - Spring Panther Time planning meeting (for staff                      who teach Panther Time)

Friday - Lunch trip for students who met their attendance goal

Looking forward to the spring semester!

Friday Focus - December 7, 2018

STAR Scores - Round 3

	Oct Scores	Dec 2018 Scores	Dec 2017 scores
Kindergarten	79%	81%	88%
1st grade	66%	61%	63%
2nd grade	91%	81%	88%
3rd grade	88%	82%	75%
4th grade	61%	56%	64%
5th grade	83%	82%	73%
Avg	78%	74%	75%

Questions to Consider:

1.  What attributes to the success that your grade level is having regarding these STAR scores?

2.  What areas of weakness or concern do you have regarding the reading level of students?

3.  In 5/6 grade levels, the percentages went down slightly from the October testing.  We know that part of this can be because it is a moving target.  Our goal for our students keeps increasing.  What can we do to ensure that our students stay up with that moving target?

4.  Is the data we are collecting for STAR scores consistent with other sources of data like MAP, CPA, Core, etc?

5.  We are at the half-way point of our school year.  What needs to change to improve instruction and learning for the remainder of the year?

We will discuss the scores and questions next week at PLC's.  Please bring a device or hard copy of your STAR scores next week.  Also - please put your STAR scores into your data tracker as soon as  you can.  

Hours for next week:

Monday	8-2	Classes will come during special class
Tuesday	7-12	Open hours
Wednesday	12-3	Open hours
Thursday	8-2	Classes will come during special class

All items are $2.  Please send remind to parents about the store!

We will have a Christmas Potluck on Thursday during lunch time.  The school will be providing baked ham.  Staff can sign-up to bring side dishes and desserts.  I will put a sign-up in Ms. Sonya's office.  

*Please make sure you have your Teach Like a Pirate book for SLED days.  Also remind students of their SLED packets and how that works.  

*Core and SNAP needs to be done before we leave for Christmas break and data entered into data tracker.  

Micah will be pulling students next week to test for the Sonday system and will try to work around homeroom schedules.  

Next Week at a Glance...

Monday - Vocabulary Party

Tuesday - Hat Day $1

                 -WIG celebration - cookies will be ready to pick up in                        the cafeteria.  Give those who met their goal a cookie                        and some extra free time.  

                - Kona Ice  - Schedule Change****

                             12:00 - 2nd grade

                             12:20 - kindergarten

                             12:40 - 1st grade

                               1:00 - 3rd grade

                               1:30 - 4th grade 

                               2:00 - 5th grade

                               2:30 - Little Panthers

       *Kona Ice will be in cafeteria

Wednesday - AR Movie reward at LWM - please have students                            clean up before they leave

Thursday - House Meeting

                              BAFA performance at 5 pm in the gym

Friday - 3rd grade Grinch performance at 10 - all invited

             -1:00 5th grade International Buffet

             -1:00 Kindergarten program for parents

             -3:00 Deck the Halls in the gym

Five more days - make them great!

Sunday Shout Out - December 2, 2018

Sunday Shout Out it is when the Friday Focus doesn't get done on Friday!   

Ten days to go and our year will be half over!  It will be a busy couple of weeks but a lot of fun for our kids.  Hang in there!

I just want to say how proud I am of our students and all of you all.  I am amazed at all the accomplishments they are making.  We have students becoming Super Readers, blowing vocabulary out of the water, zooming through Lexia and Math Whizz and the list goes on.  Our students only do this because you all have high expectations for them and continue to push them daily to set goals for themselves.  Keep up the good work.  

STAR testing this week.  Remember to have conversations with the students about their goal to be on grade level or make .6 year's growth since their August score.  We will have celebrations next week for those meeting their goal - free time and chocolate chip cookies!

Lower grades are also completing the second round of Core and SNAP testing.  This testing is time consuming but gives us valuable information about how students are progressing.  

Also - if you do not do your peer observation for November - remember to do it sometime during the next couple of weeks.  Only one required for both November and December.

Next Week at a Glance
Monday - 
Tuesday - 5th grade Nursing Home trip at 1
Kitty Carter - insurance rep will be here in the afternoon
Ketones Mixer in Lisa's office at 3
Wednesday - 
Thursday - Fire Drill 
Ron Clark Academy visit for Mandy, Paige, Kayla and Sarah
Friday - Deadline for 100 Vocabulary points
4th grade Nursing Home trip at 1
RCA trip
Jr. Beta Christmas Dance

Have a great week!