Tuesday March 3rd, 2015

Grade level teaming meetings are today. We will have Special Ed, ESL, and Title 1 teachers.

Here is a great hand out to share with families, about how they can help their child to prepare for the upcoming Spring assessments. You could email this link from the school website:

Parent Tips for Testing- English and Spanish

Here is a great article about the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. It describes being doubled up, what life is like, and the impact on children. We have students in similar situations. There are three video clips at the end:

Doubled Up

The Cat in the Hat visited on Monday! Here are a couple pictures:

Cat in the Hat

Please help remind students about the bicycle promotion during breakfast. We never have difficulty finding leaders. We had two ladies in fifth grade cutting entry forms and helping students fill out the entry forms for the contest:

Tuesday April 1st, 2014

Anne did a great job on a welcome bulletin board by the front door. As we are completing conferences this week, what a great way to welcome families. I turned the bulletin board into a book. This is a great option for making class books.

Book

Before you give an assessment, have you considered why you are giving the assessment? Here is an article with ten questions to think about before giving an assessment.

10 Questions

The virtual field trips page on our school website is constantly being updated. Please let me know if you notice that a link doesn't work, or if you know of a resource that should be added. Virtual field trips are a great way to inform students about topics that they might not otherwise get to visit in real life, such as museums around the world.

The annual peregrine falcon in Boise is back. Often the webcams can be viewed while students are working on other tasks, on your front board, and are great non-fiction science topics. Students can also view the same webcams at home with their families; which is a great way to increase engagement with families. They are able to be informed and involved in what their child is learning about at school.

Boise Peregrine Falcon

Virtual Field Trips

Friday December 13th, 2013

PTA meeting today, and Kiwi Loco for one dollar each.

Here is a great website from the training I attended on Thursday. We are starting with standards when planning, and then assessments. Pre and post assessments are not always multiple choice items. Here are rubrics and assessments you might choose to try in your classroom, and several are great for digital assignments. This goes right along with our WISE tool school improvement plan:

Assessments and Rubrics

Monday December 9th, 2013

Duties for the week:
     AM Bus: Taylor
                  Kolsen
                  Hammond
     PM Bus:  Simson
                  Bloxham/Dickinson
                  Jensen
     Lounge: Garcia

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   December 9th, 2013- Monday- RTI

   December 9th, 2013- Monday- WISE team meeting

   December 11th, 2013- Wednesday- Eval Team

   December 11th. 2013- Wednesday- Staff Meeting

   December 13th, 2013- Friday- PTA selling Kiwi Loco for $1.00

   December 13th, 2013- Friday- PTA Meeting

There are three technology surveys that need to be completed. There is one for students in grades third through fifth. Lesa will have students complete that survey when they go to computer class next week. There is a staff survey for you to complete, and I will send out a reminder email/link when it opens tomorrow. 

There is also a survey for parents and guardians. The letters went home today. I will send an email reminder tomorrow to parents/guardians when it starts, and they can click right on the link from their phones or tablets without having to type the link. I will also put the link on the school app, so they can click right on the link from their phones. There will be a link on the school website as well. Please also remind families in your newsletters and class blogs.  

We have our first monthly student newsletter! Very exciting to see student leaders complete that, and a big thank you to Anne for assisting them:

November Newsletter

Here is a new handout from the state department that you can share with families regarding the new state testing:

Parent Guide to New Assessments in Idaho


Considering our demographics, education truly is a powerful tool:

 

Monday October 14th, 2013

Duties for the week:

     AM Bus: Lent
                  Fullmer
                  Triner
     PM Bus:  Jensen
                  Hammond
                  Moulson
     Lounge: Jacobson

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   October 14th, 2013- Monday- RTI

   October 14th, 2013- Monday- WISE Team

   October 15th, 2013- Tuesday- Patrols Fundraiser 5-8 at Arbys

   October 16th, 2013- Wednesday- Eval Team

   October 18th, 2013- Friday- Box Tops Due

   October 18th, 2013- Friday- PTA Popcorn sale- .50 cents each

We have had questions about the common core assessments in schoolnet. There are two assessment options. There is one assessment option with Discovery Ed, and one with Schoolnet. It can be confusing. You log into Schoolnet for both types. Both directions are under the links tab for you to reference at anytime. Here are the directions for Discovery Ed and the directions for Schoolnet.

Discovery Ed Assessments

Schoolnet Assessments


Saw this picture on twitter: