Sunday Night Shout Out - February 23, 2020

As I said earlier in the week in the email, our fidelity monitoring visit went so well.  Here are some positive things that were noted during the visit:
1.  Expectations for student learning were high.
2.  In many classrooms, students were doing work above grade level - including reading above level text.
3.  There was no hand holding and students rose to the occasion.  It was said over and over again that teachers gave minimal instructions but students were able to quickly get to the task.  That is attributed to effective practice on classroom procedures.
4.  Student talk and student activity clearly outweighed teacher talk and teacher activity.

There were only a couple of areas in which we didn't score exemplary and we scored accomplished in those.  One area of growth that seemed to surface during the discussions was for differentiation and we knew that before the monitoring visit.  Differentiation is HARD.  Above is a list of ways that you can differentiate in the classroom.  

I challenge you to really work toward incorporating more of this in these last weeks of school.  As you are planning your lessons - think about how you can differentiate the content, text, or activity for the different level of learners in your class.  An important thing to remember is to not water the content down for your lowest level.  They should work at the level they need to be at.  However, how can you push every student to work at a higher level?  Step outside your comfort level and try something new.  I would love to hear your ideas about what you would like to try. 

This week we will be doing the state field testing. Andrea has sent out all the materials in the past couple of weeks.  Please be patient as we work out the kinks to this new system.  Please be observant as students are testing - this is a great indicator as to what they new testing will be like.

PANTHER STORE

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We will be having our Panther store for students to spend their February Panther Bucks on Tuesday, March 3rd.  Students will have had the opportunity to earn 16 Panther Bucks from their behavior calendars as well as any extra bucks they've earned.  I will send out an email later in the week with more info.  The store will basically work like it did last time.  We have some new inventory!  

Please select your Leader of the Month for February by Friday at add to the slide.  

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Good luck to our CCES Academic Team as they compete in Regional Governor's Cup on Monday and Saturday!  They are going to do great.

STAR Testing

STAR testing is also this week for the 4th time this year.  Motivate students to do their very best - we want to see the highest scores of the year.  We will be rewarding students who meet their goal with ring pops.  Those should be here by Tuesday or Wednesday.  I will send an email as soon as they arrive!

This Week at a Glance...

Monday - Live Scoring for 4th grade Science

            - Written Comp & FPS competing at Regional

               Governor's Cup

Tuesday - 3rd grade Field Testing Day

             - Grade Level PLC's

Wednesday - 4th grade Field Testing Day

                 - Action Team meeting at 3 pm

Thursday - 5th grade Field Testing Day

Friday - AR Goal ends

Have a great week!

Saturday Night Live - February 15, 2020

Congrats to our CCES Academic Team for their performance at District Governor's Cup.  Many individual and team awards as well as 1st place overall!  Now on to Regional's next week.  Also - a huge thank you to their coaches Mrs Henderson and Mrs Hannah for working with these students.  Also thank you to all those that helped up to host district competition.  It was a great day!

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Only 12 weeks of school left in this year - how crazy!  We discussed our plans for the rest of the year this week at PLC's.  Make every moment count as we embark on the last 1/3 of the school year!
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Tuesday we will be hosting the monthly Chamber of Commerce meeting in the library at noon.  We will have several visitors in the building - please remind students of this as they are in the hallways.  Our student lighthouse team will be helping to serve during this meeting so please excuse them from class.  

FIDELITY MONITORING VISIT

We will be having our Fidelity Monitoring Visit on Wednesday.  Michelle Bell has contacted those that will be observed.  

~~No PLC meetings this week.~~

This Week at a Glance....

Monday - No School

Tuesday - 12 pm Chamber of Commerce meeting

                  Library closed from 11 - 1:30

Wednesday - Fidelity Monitoring Visit

                       Leadership Team meeting at 3 pm

Thursday - Dipping Dots

Sunday Shoutout - February 2nd, 2020

Congrats to our Jr Beta students and sponsors for all their achievements at the state Jr Beta Convention last week.  We will be recognizing our winners one day this week at morning assembly.  They are starting on their work for National Convention in Fort Worth, Texas in June!

Don't forget our Panther Store on Monday.  Students will visit during special class.  Please email me if your class choose one of the whole class items.  Also remember - they must use all their Panther Bucks earned from their behavior calendar.  They can only keep actual bucks that they have for next month.

FIDELITY MONITORING VISIT

On Wednesday, we will have visitors in the building from Clinton and Wayne counties to conduct a fidelity monitoring visit for our SRCL grant.  They will be visiting different classrooms throughout the day.  

This week our CCES Academic Team will be participating in the district competition which will be hosted here at CCES.  We have Written Comp and FPS on Tuesday during the school day so please be aware that there will be visitors in the building that day.  The rest of the competitions will be on Saturday.  Good luck to our students and coaches - we know you are going to do great!

Also - if you need planning ours - we could use your help on Saturday.  Please let Kelli know if you can help.

PANTHER LABS

 We will begin Panther Labs on Monday, February 10th.  Third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers - please add students to this spreadsheet for the students you would like to invite. We plan on sending home letters to parents at the end of this week.

This Week at a Glance...

Monday	-Panther Store  -Mid-term ends
Tuesday	-FPS and Written Comp competion - 2nd floor computer lab and library -Kona Ice Day -Grades posted by the end of the day -Open Library afterschool
Wednesday	-Fidelity Monitoring Visit
Thursday	-Mid-term grades go home -Super Reader Ballgame
Friday
Saturday	-Governor's Cup competition