Week of October 29, 2018

We appreciate your participation in this week's Red Ribbon Week spirit days. Wonderful design work this week during your half days.  We are excited to support you and your efforts with CBL.  We hope to see you, for a little bit, at the dance and cannot wait to see your Book Character Parade Costumes next week!

DID YOU KNOW:

• that Lead4ward has some new resources? Check out this 4 minute screencast May made after our fifth grade Team Time discussion this week.  Thanks, May!
• some mailboxes are not being emptied daily?  Please remember to visit your box, at your lunch time, so that important information and items make their way to you and your learners. 

SCHOOL DANCE

Friday is our PTO fall school dance and we hope you can make it.  Canned food will be donated to charity and learners can bring more than one.  There will be a silent auction event as well.  Details and information was emailed out to parents and staff last night.

STORYBOOK CHARACTER PARADE and SCHOOL DANCE

Please encourage learners and plan to participate in Wednesday's parade.  A book should accompany "costumes."  

FED EX DAY
Enjoy your one hour on Wednesday where you learn about a topic of YOUR choice related to YOUR goals, and earn Flex credit for it.  This is a time for learning.  Unfortunately, this is not time for reading your Book Study book, because you get additional flex hours for that learning.  Please complete this form at the conclusion of your learning session today.  This will help us with putting your flex time in Eduphoria.

CLARITY SURVEY

Your teacher survey and Schoology quiz should be completed.  A friendly reminder that your learners in grades 3-5 need to take the survey by November 2. 

DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH

Apple has several helpful assistive technology tools for your learners with dyslexia to use on their iPad. Click here for Apple’s guide to Accessibility!

Below is a list of options in Accessibility:

Speech- Speak selections and Speak Screens

Highlight content

Dictation (click microphone and enable)

Reader view on Safari

Color Filters / Invert colors

Predictive Keyboard

If you need help setting this up, please let me know!

*Don’t forget your learners with dyslexia have access to Learning Ally and tons of audio books through Destiny Quest. This is a great way to build vocabulary and spark an interest in reading!

VETERANS DAY

Please share this Veteran's sign up for parents and guests to attend for our Veteran's Day event.

TTESS OBSERVATION SIGN UP

Please make sure you have signed up for your TTESS Observation by Monday.  

PARENT FEEDBACK

Based on some conversation with parents, there is concern that they aren't always sure what learners are doing during the school day.  Fourth and fifth Designers, please include in your newsletters a reminder to your parents (I know you shared at Curriculum Night) that they can access grades through the Home Access Center.  This presentation (thank you Khan gals) can help your parents understand how to use this tool at home to keep on top of learner grades.  A friendly reminder to you, to get grades posted weekly.  All Designers using Schoology,  please remind parents that they can access learner work using information found here.  If you use other tools (such as Notability, Drive, SeeSaw, etc) please resend information out this week reminding all parents.  Thank you for your help. 

CISD FOCUSED WALKTHROUGH

This week we will continue to give feedback on Domain 3 Dimension 2:  Student Behavior.  We will be looking for evidence of praise and positivity as management strategies.  We will listen for encouragement of learners and how you monitor and respond to learners while teaching and learning. We should see evidence in your space of class norms/collective promises/expectations and high expectations for ALL. 

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Perseverance- the ability to persist or continue to the end

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Make every effort to be as organized as possible.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"The man who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones." Chinese Proverb

DATES TO REMEMBER:
October 29- Restorative Practices Conference
     RtI Meetings
     Classroom Management Framework Training (VRE)
October 30- Restorative Practices Conference
     Jessica's Birthday
October 31- Storybook Character Parade (8:00-8:30)
     New Learner Lunches (Lunchtimes)
     Fed Ex (3:30-4:30)
Nov 1- Yellow House cleans the lounge this month
     Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Tours (9:00 and 1:00)
     Hannah's Shower (3:30)
November 2- TOY Nominations Due
     3-5 Clarity Survey must be complete
     LEEdership Council sells styluses at Recess Time (please share an advertisement created by LEEders on Friday)