Arno PTA
Thank you for an awesome Fun Run!!
Coming Soon to Arno…
Oct. 9
No events
Oct. 10
Dawson @Arno
EDTAC Committee Meeting
Oct. 11
PBIS Meeting 7:45
Leadership Workshop (Steve)
Oct. 12
Stages Training 9-11
Summer Readers Pizza Lunch 11:00
Oct. 13
PTA Reflections Contest Kickoff
Oct. 16
Data Dive meetings per schedule
Oct. 17
Data Dive meetings half-day per schedule
Oct. 18
SIP Meeting 3:45
NWEA Conf (Steve)
Oct. 19
DTE Presentation to 4th grade
Oct. 20
No events
From the PTA
Here is a link to view pictures form our Fun Run! Please share with
families on your social media pages.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/
Tomorrow, Friday is the last day for fun run donations for students to
be eligible for a prize. Families can contribute online or send money
into office tomorrow labeled with student name & “PTA fun run” to get
credit.
Prizes will be distributed to students next week. We will also be
announcing the highest contributing classroom winner & plans are
underway for the limo lunch for our top earning students!
Thank-you for the generosity to those who have participated so far!
We’d also like to give a huge shout out to all the teacher’s,
student’s and parent volunteers for making this years event
outstanding! Way to go Cougar community!
Much love,
Your PTA executive board
PBIS Smencils for Sale
Smencils sales will begin again next week! Smencils will be sold on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30p. The proceeds from Smencils benefits the PBIS program at Arno. With the funds, we are able to have great monthly incentives such as pizza lunches for Super Cougars and Zumba. The prices for items are as follows:
Smencils: $1
Smens: $2
Smencils Pouches: $8
Happy Smelling!
Walk to School Day
This past Wednesday was Walk to School day to encourage physical activity and the healthy benefits
MTSS- Intensifying Interventions
One of the sessions I attended was presented by an MDE rep. The overall topic was MTSS and he discussed intensifying interventions, and what that doesn’t look like. There were 4 levels of intensification that we will look at in the blog- the first the week will be precision. Please take a look below at some information from the session:
What it is NOT:
The first of 4 Key features of intensifying supports:
Please note that Precision is very purposeful, it is not “tutoring” or having a reading specialist service work on classroom work- it’s working on ID the specifics so that each deficit can be addressed, and intensified based on ongoing progress monitoring and any additional assessments. Please feel free to leave a comment here
*Next week, we will take a look at intensifying student Engagement.
Halloween Parade
Our Halloween parade will take place on the 31st around 10:00. Everyone will join as the line goes by and we will exit out of the 4th grade doors, go around the inner playground perimeter and enter through the main office doors.
Pilot update
At this point the district is running pilots of ELA programs Making Meaning and Journeys. While both programs have good components, we will be looking through the lens of a Workshop Model and how well each connects to that, as well as cost being an important factor. The initiative is being looked at to provide a means of instruction and program that is consistent across the district and provides the best resources at a reasonable cost to the district.
The pilots are scheduled to run through Oct. and will then be evaluated. Beth, Cristina, and Melissa are piloting Making Meaning- Beth and Nickie are piloting Journeys. If you wish to go and observe a lesson in their room, let me know and I can arrange coverage.
Meemic Grant Award
Todd was awarded this week with a $100 grant that he wrote for Scholastic books. Representatives from Meemic stopped in to present and congratulate him with a big check. This is another great example of how Arno is always advocating for our kids! https://www.meemic.com/the-meemic-foundation.aspx
Tech Corner
How to Create a QR Code for a Google Form
The process is rather straight-forward as it requires just one simple tool outside of Google Forms. To create a QR code for a Google Form simply click the “send” button in the upper-right corner of your Form, highlight the link and copy it. Then paste that link into the QR code generator on QR Droid. The video embedded below illustrates this process.
Ten Great Tools for Telling Stories With Pictures – A PDF Handout
Composing a story from scratch comes naturally to some people. For the rest of us creating a story from scratch can be a struggle. Over the years I’ve found that using pictures helps a lot of students get started on crafting stories. In some cases I’ve had students create collages to represent elements of a story. In other cases I’ve had them choose five pictures and write two hundred words about each. Being asked to write two hundred words about five pictures feels a lot less daunting than being asked to write one thousand words in one shot.
The PDF embedded below (click here if you can’t see the embedded document) outlines how to use ten of my favorite free tools to create image-based stories.
