Week 24

 

Happy Weekend Team!

This week was a long, busy and intense week, culmimating in Professional Development.  

I want to thank you for your buy in during our data driven Grade Level Team meetings this week.  Not one person made excuses or shied away from the reality of next steps.  I truly appreciate your willingness to make these next 5-6 weeks of instruction focused and purposeful as we prepare our students for testing proficiency.  We are all in this together and we need to be there for each other so that we hit our school and grade level proficiency goals.  

Also, I want to take the opportunity to thank you for thinking of me this week.  Your gift was so meaningful...wow...you really know me.  Maybe that means I share too much? LOL!  But, I was and am deeply touched by your thoughtfulness.  It truly meant a lot.  However, I will say it again...YOU are the greatest gift.  It means so much to me that you are willing to be in the "trenches", doing whatever is need to ensure that our students achieve their academic goals.

I hope you have a restful and happy weekend.  We have a busy spring ahead of us.  Stay healthy...please!

Week 24 Instruction

 

This coming week is Week 24 instruction. This week we will start to implement plans we discussed during our Grade Level Team meetings last week which will focus on ELA and Math Interim 3 Standards, more focused small group instruction involving the teacher and intervention support, and continuing our MSTEP preparation on Mondays.  

In addition, we will need to continue to provide our weekly whole group instruction for our scope and sequence and administer our weekly Common Assessments.  

Lesson Plans

These were due Friday for this week's instruction.  

03's and GLTs

GLTs and 03 resume this week.  

GLTs...will only occur Monday.  We will be looking over your grade level daily schedule to make any necessary adjustments increase our small group instruction time. 

03's...please come to me during your scheduled time.  We will be discussing and scheduling your final FLO observation.  Come prepared to share the content area you would like me view for your observation.

2nd Full Lesson Observation

We will begin these this week.  These will occur this week and the week of March 9th for classroom teachers.  Intervention staff...plan to schedule your lesson observation during the week of March 16th.  

These are the Observations that are schedule so far (in order of my receiving the paperwork):

• March 3 - 8:15 am - McDaniel
• March 3 - 10:00 am - Gordon
• March 4 - 8:15 amd - Scott
• March 4 - 9:20 am - Glass
• March 11 - 10:00 am - Winter
• March 12 - 10:00 am - Todd

Technology

Due to the Technology Refresh, we will not be having Tech classes this week.  If we can utilize a substitute, than classes may resume.  You will be notified on a day to day update.

Partent Teacher Conferences and #2 Retention Notice

Mrs. Wheeler has sent out the information, Sign - In Sheets, and #2 Retention Notice for Parent Teacher Conferences (Week of March 16).  Please read this information over and begin to schedule your PTC's.

Field Trip Information

Thank you for getting this information to me.  We are in the process of securing buses.

Gradebook

Trimester 2 Grade book closes on Friday, March 6.  Report Cards will be passed out during Parent Teacher Conferences.  Please do not send them home prior to their scheduled conference.

Daddy Daughter Sweetheart Dance

Our annual Daddy Daughter Sweetheart Dance will take place on Friday, March 6.  This is not a formal event and instead of a meal, we will have appetizers and dessert snacks.  

Tickets are $40.00 for a couple and an additional $5.00 per extra daughter.  Ticket sales open Wednesday, February 18th and run through Monday, March 2nd.  

Upcoming Events:

Monday - Friday, March 2-6 - Hearing Testing for Grades Kindergarten, 2nd, & 4th

Monday, March 2 - Moral Focus Assemblies  K-5  8:15, 6-8  12:45.  DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) Begins 2:30-2:45 

Wednesday, March 4 - Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Fundraiser Kick Off/Assemblies                                                     K-5   1:30          6-8    2:15

Friday, March 6 - $ 2.00 Dress Down; Grade Book Closes; Daddy Daughter Dance 5-7 pm (no ticket sales after 3/2/26)

Monday-Friday, March 9-13 - K-2 Math Check Up #2 Week; Voice of Parent Survey Begins

Wednesday, March 11 - Family Reading Night 4:00-5:00 pm in the gym

Friday, March 13 - "313" FREE DRESS DAY - Wear Anything Celebrating Detroit!; Trimester 2 Ends

Monday, March 16 - Trimester 3 Begins

Monday - Friday, March 16-20 - Parent Teacher Conference Week; NO TUTORING

Wednesday, March 18 - HALF DAY Dismissal at 11:00;  Free Dress; Honor's Assemblies in Classrooms (Trimester 2); PTC 12:00-3:00 pm.  ALL STAFF MUST STAY UNTIL 3:00PM

March 23 - 27 - SPRING SPIRIT WEEK $ 2.00/day or $ 6.00/week.  Friday 3/27 is FREE.                               Monday, 3/23 - "Hat's Off to Spring"     (Wear a hat)                                                                Tuesday, 3/24 - "Sunshine Day"            (Wear Yellow)                                                              Wednesday, 3/25 - "Flower or Pastel Colors Day"  (Wear flowers or                                                                        Pastel Colors - Pink, Light Blue, Mint Green,                                                                            Lavendar, Peach, Light Yellow)                                                                 Thursday, 3/26 - Detroit Tiger Day (Wear Tiger Gear)                                                                Friday, 3/27 - "Spring into Spring"  FREE Wear Spring attire;                                                TUTORING RESUMES TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY                                         

March 30 - April 6 - SPRING BREAK

April 7 - School Resumes; Tutoring Resumes - Last Week of Tutoring

April 13 - MSTEP Testing Begins