Hard Working Cougars on Planting Day
Coming soon to Arno…
May 29
5th grade Health program
Art for the Sky assembly 1:15
May 30
5th grade Health program
May 31
Art for the Sky @Lindemann
**Lunch will be from 11-12. The entire school will be at Lindemann from 12:15-1:45
June 1
Art for the Sky wrap up assembly 10:00
Senior Walk 1:30 (Line up in hallways)
Kids Hope end of year party 2:00
***June 2
Color Run 10:00
June 4
Field Day
June 5
Field Day
3rd grade to Greenfield Village
June 6
Super Cougar pizza
Data Dive per schedule
June 7
AP Library assembly
K to zoo
Data Dive per schedule
Staff Meeting 7:45
June 8
IRIP go home
June 11
1st grade to bowling
PBIS Reward
PTA Board Meeting 7:00
Ad Council 9:00
June 12
Super Cougar Ice Cream
Warneck and Kalis to park
**Early Dismissal 11:40
June 13
5th Grade Celebration
**Early Dismissal 11:40
Class Lists per schedule
June 14
**Early Dismissal 11:40- LAST DAY for Students
June 15
NO SCHOOL- Last Day for Teachers- Please complete check out list
We did it!
June is here! This school year went by so quickly, and it was another great year to be an Arno Cougar. I am just so proud of all the things that went on here over the course of the year, Readers Workshop and Guided Reading have certainly become the norm in all of our rooms and our building data is on the upswing once again as you continue to transform our building in the best ways. Although we still have a few weeks left in this year, be proud of everything you have accomplished, the things you have done to better yourself as an educator, the kids you made feel special, or all of those extra acts of kindness we do for our students everyday. Have an awesome summer- stay safe and enjoy the break you so truly deserve!
Final Blog of the 2017/18 School year
Please look for our first blog as we head towards the end of August.
Supply Lists
Here once again is the link to register you grade supply list by June 1
https://www.teacherlists.com/
Class Lists
We will be doing the final review of class lists with Sandy, Michelle, Barb, and Andrea. Please come with your lists in hands for review.
Schedule:
1:00-1:20 K
1:25-1:45 1
1:50-2:10 2
2:15-2:35 3
2:40-3:00 4
M-STEP
Spring 2018 Administration and Technology Surveys Available.
The Michigan Department of Education would like to THANK YOU for your part in another very
successful assessment administration! We ask you to take a moment to provide feedback regarding
your administration experiences in our 2018 M-STEP Administration Survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018M-STEPAdministrationSurvey
Final Evals
Walkthroughs are almost complete, and your student assessments for your goal areas should be complete soon, please be sure that your STAGES information is updated and we can plan to have our year-end goal meetings. You can start by making sure your Self-Assessment is complete and submitted, your Results for Professional Growth Goals are complete (just a narrative), and you have uploaded any evidences you would like to be considered as a part of your final evaluation for the year.
EVAL Final Checklist:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_1XbTEDwNNunyBxh0AkptLN1cH_7gnmTGMRE0b7Hmhs/edit?usp=sharing
School Improvement
Please remember to complete you grade/class SIP dic of activities for this school year. This must be finished before you leave for summer. They are housed in the “First Staff Meeting” folder -> School Improvment
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByBcxrtSW_W4SFAwYkRKNTdET28
PD LOG
Please log your PD in your MOECS account to be sure that your certification stays current! Please remember that you must print and sign your PD log as part of your final evaluation process. That can be done as soon as you have finished entering it! Stay tuned!
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If you are interested watching this informative video webinar, here is the link: https://thankyou.heinemann.com/fountas-pinnell-put-reading-minilessons-into-action-webinar |
Office closes June 22
Be sure to let us know of any needs prior to that date
Supplies
If you have special requests for supplies, please get them to Cathy by Friday, June 15
PBIS Stations
Please see below for the plan for the first Thursday of school in the fall for our new PBIS learning stations. Let us know what questions you have, or ideas moving forward. Thank you to our chairs Lisa and Katie and all who have participated this year on the PBIS team for the hard work to maintain a positive climate for kids and teachers at Arno!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWAfRZl2k_lk0vJNMIuqpIqw1LJQWIecakFj4-86qAU/edit?usp=sharing
Rovers in 5th grade action
Color Run 2018 Info
Arno Color Run 2018.docx-2b8wbkc
2018 Color Run T-Shirt Order Forms copy-udxkx0
Arno Planting Day
Class Lists- Important Changes- on parent blog
It is very important that you are sure your email address is updated in our system as class lists will not be posted this year, instead they will be emailed out via MiStar Parent Connect on August 31. Paper copies will be available the first day of school to be sure everyone gets to their correct classroom.
From the PTA
2018-2019 Executive Board
Senior Walk
This year’s Senior Walk will be at Arno @1:30. Our proud graduates will be walking our halls for some final memories. It’s a great moment for all!
5th Grade Celebration
We are looking forward to another wonderful 5th grade graduation ceremony on June 13th at 9:00. Following the ceremony there will be “picnic” for all the students with lots of yummy treats. Please contact the office with any questions.
No Backpacks please…
Please note that students may continue to carry backpacks through Monday, June 12. They will no longer be allowed for the next 3 half days leading up to the last day.
Safety Town Program
Who: 2018-19 Kindergarten and 1st Graders
When: June 18 thru June 28 – AM & PM Classes Available
Where: Lindemann Elementary, 9201 Carter, Allen Park
Safety Town is an interactive safety awareness program for children from 5-6 years of age. Each day the children will be introduced to various safety issues in a fun and safe environment. The program is taught by a Police Officer and a retired Allen Park teacher, with hands-on topics led by community guest speakers as well as visits from the AP Police & Fire Departments. Please see attached for more information and sign your child up today!
Safety Town Program – June 2018-1pxtjoz
Tech Corner
ClassDojo Introduces a New Digital Portfolio Option
For the last couple of years ClassDojo has offered a digital portfolio feature called Student Stories. This summer ClassDojo is introducing a new portfolio option called simply ClassDojo Portfolios.
The new ClassDojo Portfolios will be student-led portfolios. Students will choose the items that they want to include in their portfolios. They can include pictures, documents, videos, notes, and drawings in their portfolios. Just like in the current Student Stories teachers will have to approve all submissions before they are shared. Parents will be able to see only the work of their children and not of other children in the class. And parents will be able to see the portfolio from the same ClassDojo app that they already use to stay informed about how their children are doing in your classroom.
ClassDojo Portfolios will be available to use on iPads and Android tablets. Students will be able to log-in without a username and password. Students scan a QR instead of using usernames and passwords.
The new ClassDojo Portfolios will be available in July. You can learn more and register for early access here.
Nine Fun and Challenging Geography Games
Yesterday, I shared the City-Guesser geography game. That game was just the latest in a long list of online geography games that I have tried over the years. Many have come and gone over the years but the following are still going strong.
GameOn World is a multiplayer geography game developed by a high school teacher and his student in Portland, Maine. The game is similar in structure to that of Kahoot. In GameOn World the teacher selects a game category (cities, places, and timeline are three of the nine categories) and starts the game. The students join the game by going to GameOn.World and entering a game pin. In the location and timeline games, students answer the questions by moving a placemark on a map or selecting a date on a timeline. In some of the other games students answer by choosing a number on a sliding scale.
WikiWhere is a neat map-based trivia game. The goal of the game is to identify cities based on their descriptions. The descriptions come from Wikipedia entries. You can get up to three clues before you have to answer by clicking on the map to identify the city that you think is described by the excerpts. When you click on the map you’ll be shown the correct answer and how far away you were from the correct answer.
Outline Maps offers a free set of geography games. The site contains games about Africa, South America, Europe, the United States, and the world. There are two basic types of games on the site. The first type, “find by name,” displays a state, country, or city name and you have to click the map to identify that place. The second type of game, “find by feature,” highlights a location and you have to type the name of the highlighted location.
GeoGuessr shows you a Google Street View image and a clue to try to guess where in the world the imagery was captured. Playing GeoGuessr is a fun way to get students to look at all of the visual and text clues they have in order to form a good guess as to where in the world they think the imagery came from.
Quizzity is an online geography game that uses a familiar concept. Quizzity presents you with the name of a city and you have to click on the map where you think that city is in the world. Quizzity quizzes you on cities all over the world. To increase the accuracy of your guesses you should zoom-in on a region before clicking the map. Each round of Quizzity presents you with six city names. Points are awarded for accuracy and speed.
Spacehopper is a game based on Google Maps Street View imagery. Spacehopper shows you a Street View image and you have to guess where in the world the image was captured. You can click the clue button to have the country identified before making a guess. After three incorrect guesses the correct answer will be revealed to you. You can play Spacehopper on a global level or you can specify that you only want to see images from a particular continent.
Smarty Pins is a Google Maps game develop by Google. Smarty Pins presents players with a trivia question that they have to answer by placing a pin on a map. Players earn “miles” for correctly placing a pin on the map. Players can lose miles for answering incorrectly and or taking too long to answer. Games are available in five categories; arts & culture, science & geography, sports & games, entertainment, and history & current events.
Capital Toss is a free geography game from ABCya. The game has a state capitals mode and a country capitals mode. In both modes of the game works the same way. The name of a state or country appears at the bottom of the screen and three rows of capital names scroll across the top. When the correct capital name appears players virtually toss a ball at it. After ten correct answers players can choose a new ball. Three consecutive incorrect answers ends the game.
City-Guesser is a challenging map-based game. The game shows you a section of a map centered over a city. The labels are removed from the map so you have to guess the city’s name based on other clues like bodies of water and orientation. City-Guesser gives you four answer choices to choose from. If you choose correctly, you move to the next level. If you choose incorrectly, the game is over and you have to start again from the beginning.
