Coming up at Arno…
April 18
Ad Council 9:00
SIP Team meeting p.m.
April 19
RESA- Steve 7:30-10:00
SIP 3:45
April 20
1st Grade Teachers in-service with Mrs. Sturock- All Day
April 21
District Safety committee 9:30
April 22
Earth Day- Stations
4th Grade Teachers In-Service on Science All Day
Daddy/Daughter Dance
Grade Level Scheduling for next year
I have set aside floaters on Monday, June 6 to help us further along our trek into an MTSS system in which your grade level will work on a common schedule framework for the fall. I will try and coordinate with Barb, Michelle, Stella, and Cathy to have them available to forecast kids that you will have next year and how that will mix in. The goals for your schedule should be:
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Common Language arts block (to accommodate tier work, practices like guided reading could be staggered- or at the same time depending how you view it)
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Common Math Time
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Common time for science/SS would help planning for the rest
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Within your common times, please review your current practices so that we can maximize instructional time. This would include recess time not exceeding 25 minutes (plus lunch) daily, exception of K, I don’t mind some initial morning recess, but by week 3- that needs to be over.
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Review your morning arrival work- valuable on-task time is there for the taking. We do not have preps until 9:30- What a great time to plan some grade level interventions!
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Please review the non-negotiables that were agreed to by the grade levels. I should be able to see these practices going on in your room. Please let me know what materials and/or training I can provide to get us in the right direction. Please highlight these items and their times in your schedules- that I would like to have to me by June 17 in whatever format look you wish
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If your grade needs additional time, please see me for some options, please remember the preps are common so as to offer time to meet among the grade- that can be an option
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Working with Michelle/Cathy/Barb/Stella should offer insight to build your schedule around instructional time, not when a student is pulled out.
Please understand that this starts to allow us to implement various degrees of tiered intervention in the classroom, grade level, and building. Please let me know if you have any suggestions as we move forward. I will have info on classroom placement for students very soon. I understand that there may unforeseen obstacles that come into scheduling in the process, try and get as close as you can to the above.
K-5 non negotiables
Grade 2
M-STEP Update
We are off and running! 5th grade has gotten off to a good start with just a couple hiccups. There is a form in which you can go record any instances where there are problems, the link is below. Once we have problems posted with the test, we will do our best to get you the fixes for whatever it may be. You should expect a glitch or 2, but you should also expect that it will be fixed quickly. It may be helpful to read the list of items prior to your grade testing.
Please remember if you post an issue, that issue should never contain any test related material in any form
PBIS SURVEY
Part of our PBIS Grant is the completion of a year-end survey about the program. Please take some time this week to complete this short survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Scholarship Rating
If you are interested, we will be having a session to review scholarship apps and rate them in order to award the Arno Scholarship this year. We will get together on April 29 at 7:30 to review/rate the apps turned in.
Data Day
Our next Data Day will be coming up on April 25th- somewhat delayed from the 3rd Q, but we have many grade level days out in the meantime.. NWEA and DRA will not be done yet, but June gets pretty crazy and I am not sure we can squeeze another day in, so we will use whatever data you have that is current.
April 21- This is the day I will take your rooms. Schedule is below
MATH ASSESSMENT DATA TIME (Bring your class to the gym)- April 21- Modified
The schedule is as follows:
3rd Grade: 8:35-9:20
2nd Grade: 9:30-10:15
4th Grade: 10:25-11:10
Kindergarten: 11:45-12:30
1st Grade: 1:00-1:45
5th Grade: 1:50-2:35
Data Day- April 25 (modified)
What To Bring:
- 3rd Quarter Math Assessments
- Other…
The schedule is as follows:
8:45-9:30 Grade K
9:-35-10:15 Grade 2
10:20-11:05 Grade 5
11:10-11:55 Grade 4
12:45-1:30 Grade 1
2:00-2:45 Grade 3
A Chilly Martian Mile for our Run Club
Thanks to all of our teachers that made the Run Club a success with donating their time to give our kids a great experience!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR – KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP
at Arno, Bennie and Lindemann Elementary
MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.
*Children who are five years of age by September 2 thru December 1 may only be enrolled for kindergarten at the request of the parent/guardian through a signed waiver process. Waiver form is available at the Riley Education Center.
Daddy Daughter Dance Coming Up
Please see the flyer below for information on the Daddy Daughter Dance
Have a great Week!