Coming soon to Arno…
April 4
Safety committee 9:30
April 6
Staff Meeting 7:45
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Super Cougar Lunch
PTA Meeting 6:00pm
April 7
No School- Good Friday
April 9
Hoppy Easter!
April 10
District MTSS meeting 8 week check in
April 11
5th Grade MSTEP starts- SS
Ad Council 9:30
April 12
Rev’d Up Family Night
PBIS 8:00
April 13
5ht Grade MSTEP-Science
Reading/Math committee meeting 8:00
Fire Drill 2:00
April 14
Dental presentations – Martinchick and Johnson
April 19
SIP 8:00
April 20
SEL 8:00
Fire Drill 1:30
April 25
Teacher Data Day
April 28
Cougar Cash Lunch
PBIS Rewards
May 1
Kindergarten Roundup 6:30
ARNO MISSION
ARNO ELEMENTARY…INSPIRING STUDENTS TOWARD ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
ARNO VISION
ARNO ELEMENTARY PROVIDES A SUPPORTIVE HIGH QUALITY ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE TO INSPIRE ALL LEARNERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR PERSONAL BEST.
DATA MEETINGS
We have 2 data meetings this month, the first will the district MTSS 8 week check in where the team will dive into all of the progress monitoring data, followed by the teacher data day on April 25, where we will get updates and look at the progress monitoring as well.
Key elements that I feel are continuing us on a path to success continue to be:
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Small group reading- really getting down to the heart of what every student needs
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Brain friendly- when needed based on each student individually
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High expectations in the classroom for academics and behavior
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Excellent overall teaching
Be sure to meet with Beth and Erin as or coaches have a lot to provide to move forward in reading and math!
Staff Appreciation Week
This year, the official Staff Appreciation Week will be the week of May 8, with our special lunch on May 11. Lunch will be the hour long format from 11:00-12:00, and I will get you a schedule when we get closer.
M-STEP IS COMING…
Please mark your calendars, the M-Step window opens up for 5th grade immediately following Spring Break, then runs through early May. **Don’t forget to wear your MSTEP shirt on testing days! The schedules is as follows:
April 11- 5th grade Social Studies test (2 parts)
April 13- 5th grade Science
April 18/19- 5th grade ELA
April 25/26- 4th and 5th grade Math
April 25/26- 3rd grade ELA
May 2/3- 4th grade ELA
May 2/3- 3rd grade Math
From the PTA
Hello Arno Cougar Families,
Tickets are now on sale for our upcoming Family Fun Night @ Rev’d Up on Wednesday April 12 from 5:30pm to 9pm. Doors open at 4.30pm. Tickets are $10 per person. Spectators do not need a ticket. Tickets get you into every activity minus the VR and ax throwing. Play cards are available for $10 as well. You can also add on a food package for $6. Please note that parents must stay with their child/children.This is NOT a drop off event. Please see the attached flyer and link for details! And always, we appreciate your support!
https://revdupfun. centeredgeonline.com/retail/ items/d6dffc93-54a0-4fa7-a97f- 3f82be00c3f7
Tickets for our upcoming Daddy Daughter Dance @ The Grecian Center Friday May 5th from 6:00pm until 9:30pm are on Sale now Until April 21st. The link & flyer are below!
THIS IS FOR CURRENT ARNO STUDENTS ONLY!!!!
**Flyers will be coming home soon for this event in the students folder**
https://arnopta.memberhub. com/store
Upcoming events:
*Staff Appreciation Week*
We will be celebrating our wonderful staff at Arno the week of May 8th – May 12th we are asking for some donations to help us keep the cost down to be able to do everything we want to do for the entire week **See link below for the sign up genius for donations**
https://www.signupgenius.com/ go/10C0F4CA4AA2AA4FE3-staff3
*Field day*
Friday June 2nd
Look for more information closer to the event. This will be an all day event and we will be looking for many volunteers as this is our first hosted field day.
We encourage you to attend our next PTA meeting on Thursday April 6th @ 6pm in the media center, ChildCare will be provided for ARNO students.
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KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP
We are pleased to be having our kindergarten round up this spring for all incoming kindergarteners. This year’s event will be on May 1 starting at 6:30 p.m. Parents will attend in the gym, all future Cougars will attend within the 3 different classrooms. Remember that Kindergarten registration is now open at Riley.
Tech Time
An Overview of Using and Detecting Artificial Intelligence
This week’s news that Google Workspace will have new artificial intelligence tools added to it throughout the year was not unexpected. It was another sign that if you haven’t being paying attention to the development of AI tools this year, you should start paying attention to them. Even if your school tries to ban or block AI tools, students will figure out a way to use them outside of school if not in your school. With that out of the way, here’s a round-up of some the AI tools that I’ve written and or made videos about in recent months.
A Short Overview of ChatGPT
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence tool that will create documents for you based on some minimal input from you. For example, I simply typed into ChatGPT “Ten Canva Features for Students” and got this article. ChatGPT can also be used to create poems like this one about the sunglasses worn by Geraint Thomas.
With a little tweaking of what you put into ChatGPT you can create longer articles than the one that I mentioned above. A simple, “tell me more” or “what about X” can generate more material from ChatGPT.
Video – A Short Overview of ChatGPT
Magic Write
Magic Write is the artificial intelligence tool built into Canva Docs. Magic Write works in a manner that is quite similar to ChatGPT. To use Magic Write you simply select it from the insert menu in Canva Docs. Once Magic Write is opened you then enter a short prompt like “green screen video tips” and Magic Write generates a short list or paragraph for you (formatting depends on the prompt). You can then insert that writing into your document as it was written or you can edit it before including it in your document. Watch this short video to see how Magic Write in Canva works.
Video – How to Use Artificial Intelligence in Canva Documents
Turn Writing Into Videos
ChatGPT might be the first thing you think of when you read AI today, but there have been plenty of other AI tools before it. One such tool is Lumen5. Lumen5 is a tool that will produce a video for you based upon your written work.
To create a video with Lumen5 you can enter the URL of your published work or submit the text of an article you’ve written. Lumen5 will then select highlights from your writing to feature in a video. The video will always begin with the title of your article. From there it will use any subheadings or section headings that you have in your article to create sections of your video. If you don’t have subheadings or section headings in your article, Lumen5 will attempt to pull the keywords or phrases from each paragraph. Watch my demo below to see how easy it is to use Lumen5.
Concept Maps Created by AI
Detecting Writing Created by AI
Almost as quickly as new AI writing tools emerge, new tools to detect writing created by AI are emerging. I’ve tried three of them so far. All three are demonstrated in this short video. Watch the video as embedded below or skip down to read about the tools featured in the video.
AI Writing Check is a free tool created by the collaborative efforts of the non-profits Quill.org and CommonLit. AI Writing Check is a tool that was created to help teachers try to recognize writing created through the use of artificial intelligence. To use AI Writing Check you simply have to copy a passage of text of 100 or more words and paste it into AI Writing Check. The tool will then tell you the likelihood that the writing has or has not been created by artificial intelligence. That’s all there is to it. AI Writing Check isn’t foolproof and as is pointed out on the site, students can still develop ways to get around tools designed to detect AI-generated writing. It’s also worth noting that it can’t handle more than 400 words at a time.
Crossplag AI Content Detector is a free tool that you can use to try to determine whether or not an AI tool was used to generate a passage of text. Like other AI detection tools, Crossplag AI Content Detector is easy to use. To use it you simply paste a block of text into the content detector and it will give a rating of likelihood that AI was used to create that text. Watch my short video below to see how it works.