January 2022

Coming soon to Arno…

Happy New Year!! Wishing you a wonderful 2022!!

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Jan. 3

Welcome Back! School resumes

Jan. 6

Staff Meeting 7:45

Jan. 14

No School- Full Day teacher PD

Jan. 17

MLK Observed- No School

Jan. 18

Math Pilot begins

Data Day- per schedule

Jan 19

SRCR 8:00

SIP 8:00

Jan. 20

ALICE Drill 10:00

4th and 5th to APAC for play 8:45

SEL team 3:30

Jan. 21

3rd to APAC 9:10

Jan 26

SRCM 8:00

Jan 28

PBIS reward- Zumba

 

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Arno Vision

Arno Elementary will provide a system of support to empower

and inspire students to become collaborative learners

that strive for academic excellence

 

In case you missed Arno’s Musical Holiday Card…

Thanks to Mr. Cross and Mr. Burke for all of their hard work in producing this wonderful video!

 

Committee Updates:

SRCR

The Arno Student Recovery Committee met this morning for our monthly session. One of the topics we discussed was how the use of Edmentum is going. K-2 teachers have expressed concerns about the difficulty of Edmentum for the younger grades. They feel it is not user friendly for their students. Because it causes so much frustration, some are not using it.

Jeanine Haskin talked about a program that is by the same Edmentum company called Reading Eggs. There seems to also be a version called Reading Express for the older students.
Since the company is the same as Edmentum, is it possible to switch some classrooms to the Reading Eggs or Reading Eggspress as a pilot? Our discussion on this included the lack of usage in second-kindergarten and the hopes that this program would be a better fit for the little ones.
SRCM:
Today the SRMC met and it’s hard to believe that this meeting was even better than last! So many of you missed out on what is now being said to be the greatest committee meeting of all time!!!
After everything settled down, we finally got to work to create a staff survey that will be sent out after break. This survey contains information regarding different math programs used in class as well as tutoring information. More information will follow once we return from break. Make sure you RSVP for our next meeting (Jan. 26th) soon before spots are filled up.
SIP:
The SIP team made tremendous progress on the new Title diagnostic tool.  This tool is longer required to be turned into the state, but rather to have on hand in the case of an audit.  Most of this doc was completed, with other parts in progress.  We need to wait on MICIP for the district to input info.
PBIS:
  1. Cougar Store Volunteer (Emilie and Megan)
    1. Month of January
    2. Will deliver all necessary supplies to your room prior
      1. Prizes
      2. forms
    1. Process
      1. Form sent out on Wednesday
        1. Make sure form is accepting responses
      2. Form re-sent out on Thursday, if needed
      3. Fill orders as they come in
        1. Stop taking responses
      4. Fill out Cougar Cash winners document
      5. Place orders in teachers’ mailboxes
      6. Announce winners on Friday morning

**M-STEP Programming Commences in January

**Instructional Rounds are coming soon.  All grades will be taking part throughout January and Febraury

**Walkthroughs will be wrapping up during our first week back

 

Assessment Schedule

As we return on Jan. 3, the assessment window for NWEA is open upon return.  The upcoming schedule to follow for January:

Jan. 4-14 NWEA Reading and Math

Jan. 17-21 FAST administered

Jan. 4-31 BAS below grade level based on NWEA 2-5 (K-1 hold off on this for now until a final decision is made regarding the administration of the BAS in K-1). I will see if I am able to provide some sub support for this.

**Data Day will take place on Jan. 18 & Feb. 10 (Schedule coming closer to the date)

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STUDENT GOALS

3-5- please remember to review and revise student goals with them to set their path for the next next trimester.  Ongoing feedback,in addition to a high effect size, is a critical part of maintaining and reaching their goal.  I will be once again sitting down with all partially proficient students, as well as those who were ID as rushing,  and checking in throughout as part of the process.

The dates are below, please send any student with their goals who landed in the partially proficient zone (NWEA predictor), and/or rushed through their test as indicated by NWEA.  Please start the time frame with sending 2 students down- then as one comes back, send the next.  The goal is to have another sit down, other than their teacher, to help them focus more on the importance of making their goals and how they can attain them.  

3rd grade- Feb. 1  9:-10:00

4th Grade- Feb. 1 10:15-11:15

5th Grade- Feb. 1  1:00-2:00

 

NWEA Assembly Info

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

  • NWEA Goal Assembly

  • 1 grade level at a time in the gym.

  • Location: Gym

  • Time:

    • 3rd Grade: 1:40-2:10 pm

    • 4th Grade: 1:00-1:30pm

    • 5th Grade: 2:20-2:50pm

  • Reward is given to students who reach their individual growth goal or the 50th percentile rit score for the Winter using the NWEA 2020 Norms. The reward is a certificate, charm, and an extra recess with Mr. Zielinski.

    • 3rd graders who met their individual growth goal OR scored a 194 or higher on the Reading NWEA. (Winter Score of 200 or higher projects a passing MSTEP score)

    • 4th graders who met their individual growth goal OR scored a 203 or higher on the Reading NWEA. (Winter Score of 207 or higher projects a passing MSTEP score)

    • 5th graders who met their individual growth goal OR scored a 209 or higher on the Reading NWEA. (Winter Score of 212 or higher projects a passing MSTEP score)

    • Top Ten in each grade level. The ten highest scoring students in each grade level will earn the Top Ten reward. The reward is a movie with Mr. Zielinski.

  • Teachers-Don’t forget to bring your certificates (Steve will give them to us to fill out) and charms.

  • Students should wear their M-STEP necklaces to the assembly.

 

ALICE Drill

This month we will be conducting our second ALICE drill of the year.  During this drill, classes will be practicing HIDE OUT/KEEP OUT where students will find numerous places in the room to hide (not in one big group) and you will assist in showing the class how the door could be barricaded from an intruder if needed.  This May we will be practicing GET OUT where the whole school will mock evacuate to our rendezvous point at the Presbyterian church on Park.

 

BOARD APPRECIATION

A big THANK YOU to our Allen Park Board of Education members during School Board Appreciation Month.  We are honored to have such a supportive Board of Education who keep the arts and education alive in Allen Park!

 

 

MLK Resources

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Fliphunt

A fliphunt is a type of activity, designed by Kathi Kersznowski, that creates a scavenger hunt using the Flipgrid app. It is a fun way of having your students get out of their seats, participate in the learning, and demonstrate their understanding and application.

Use this fliphunt to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate what he stood for. For each response, use the Task Title hashtag as the title of your video. For each task, students have up to 90 seconds to share your response.

 

An Engaging Digital Breakout

Digital breakouts are an interactive way for students to explore any number of topics. The process involves using knowledge and reasoning to solve a series of clues that “unlock” digital locks, just as you might with a physical breakout box.

With this MLK-themed breakout, students can learn about Dr. King’s family and early life, his influences, and the achievements he gained over the course of his celebrated career. Give it a try yourself. You can find ourMLK Breakout here.

Primary Lesson Plans from Scholastic

Explore Scholastic’s How Do You Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This page has several real teachers sharing their favorite ways to honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. Geared for first, second, and third-grade students, the page includes craft projects, reading suggestions, posters and printables, and suggestions from other educators.

Free Printable Resources

Old-school printables are still valuable, and the internet provides endless opportunities to develop, share, and find handouts, worksheets, and other printables you may find useful in the classroom. Check out studenthandouts.com for free printable activities: biographic outline, crossword puzzle, geography map, word search, and more for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

MLK Videos 

Looking for videos to show to your class? Check out these listed below.

The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by 88 brains

Martin Luther King Jr. by BrainPOP

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Biography for Kids by Educational Videos for Students

Looking for More?

Check out our list digital resources for teaching and learning about the U.S. civil rights movement here.

Tech Time

Best of 2021 – Ziplet Exit Tickets

Ziplet is a service for gathering feedback from your students in a variety of ways. The simplest way is to create an exit ticket by using one of the dozens of pre-written questions provided by Ziplet. Back in July I published a video about how to use Ziplet. Since then it has been updated to no longer require students to have accounts to respond to exit ticket questions. Now your students can simply enter an exit ticket code that you give to them before they answer the question. 

What Ziplet offers that is somewhat unique is the option to respond directly to individual students even when they are responding to a group survey. The purpose of that feature is to make it easy to ask follow-up questions or to give encouragement to students based on their responses to a question posed to the whole group.

Applications for Education
Ziplet fits in a gap between tools like Kahoot and Google Classroom. For that reason it could be a good tool for engaging students in discussions about assignments, course topics, or the general feeling of the class. Ziplet does offer a Google Classroom integration as well as an Office 365 integration.

 

Storyvoice

Great resource to hear live author read alouds from Scholastic- Thanks Rachel!

https://storyvoice.live/