DID YOU KNOW:
- there is a great blog post about Teaching Students How to Ask Productive Questions? There is a graphic with great skill connections and sample sentence stems.
- there is a pdf of the CISD Employee Handbook? Make sure you review it. There are a few points we are required to cover in our first staff meeting (Sept 4), and we promise to try and make it fun for you!
- you need to sign the Lee Staff Handbook acknowledgment page and upload it to the Schoology media file by next Friday?
- we host learning walks the last Thursday of each month for parents? Please make sure to let them know about these so that they can be escorted by Admin and see what learning looks like in the building.
- you are required to watch the MAP required videos before administering? Once you have, please submit a request for 2 hours of flex credit through Eduphoria. MAP will be administered on learner iPads. The window opens next week and as we get more specifics, they will be shared with you.
- you can join the Coppell Gifted Association for free until September 30?
- that Angela has the book Lockdown Drill, by Deputy Becky Coyle if you are interested in borrowing it. A couple of our schools have invited their SRO's over to read the book. I also know that Rachel Freeman (our district's Coordinator of Safety and Security) loves to read to classes as well. Please let Angela know if you'd like to use it!
- we need your help with a few things?
- attendance MUST be turned turned in by 10:00. THANKS to those who are getting attendance in and have alarms set.
- recycling and composting processes in the cafe need to be in place for all houses. THANK YOU to those of you that already have older learners stationed at the four areas. This needs to happen at each lunch time to help our little ones know how to do it properly. Great job with table washing!
- the peanut table at LUNCH must be monitored for the safety of all. This table is to be a peanut free table without exception and learners can invite friends to sit with them. Our learners have to be kept safe. THANK YOU!
DIGITAL LITERACY
As part of a district initiative regarding digital citizenship, all learners in grades K-12 are expected to take part in an overview of digital literacy by September 6. All learners must take part in these experiences. Overview resources can be found HERE. Please let your grade level or content DLCs know if you have any questions regarding the Digital Literacy content. On our first walk through we will be documenting if your class Digital Citizenship Pledge is signed and posted in your space. It is a campus expectation that Digital Literacy/Citizenship be reviewed the beginning of each 9 weeks.
PERSONAL DAYS
Please remember to request your personal days 10 days in advance through SmartFind, now. There is NO NEED to use Eduphoria Formspace. This is also how you request a sub when you are sick. Please make sure you bookmark this site and know how to log in.
DIGITAL SIGNAGE
I believe this is already done, but if not, please work to get updated images up on your digital signage by Thursday, August 29. On this day, we have our first learning walk. These images should showcase learner work, house announcements, CBL Big Ideas, etc.
BEFORE/AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS
Please fill out this form, by Wednesday, if you are/want to host an after school club at Lee. New club ideas are welcome and encouraged. Please check out the list so you can update your Curriculum Night presentations before Thursday. The Culinary Arts Club (open to grades 1-3) sign up closes Monday and there are only 6 spots left. Please let your parents know!
CURRICULUM NIGHT
Please plan to be here for both hours. This will help with directing parents to the right rooms in your house when your peers present. Also, request parents arrive 15 minutes prior to your start time, on Thursday. You should host your session in a closed classroom and leadership team must share your presentation with Chantel by end of day Monday. Also, please post a PDF of your presentation on your campus websites. THANK YOU for your cooperation!
RTI
Leigh Ann took the RtI quick glance from last year and copied it into a new google sheet for this year. It would be great to take a look at this document together during your House team time, and take some time to update and clean it up. If there are any learners who have moved, you may delete them from the spreadsheet. 4th and 5th grade designers should also add updated STAAR information. Thanks!
LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL
It is time that we determine who your LEEdership Council member will be. A K-5 learner from each classroom should be nominated and elected into this position. Candidates will prepare a short speech and may not spend more than $5 on their campaign. This is an excellent way to practice the democratic process, public speaking, and risk-taking. Please remember that those who have already served on LEEdership Council before are tasked with seeing the leadership capacity in others and should not rerun for a position. (They may need reminding.) Please complete this Google Form to communicate who your members are by next Friday, September 6.
BADGES
You are required, by the district, to wear your ID Badge at school. If you see visitors or adults in our building without a badge, you must escort them to the office. Learners should wear their badges at ALL times. If you have learners who did not get one, please add them to this list, so the office can have one made for you. As soon as they are made, badges will be placed in your mailboxes.
#COPPELLISDEF
The Coppell Education Foundation grant application window is open. It closes on September 27, at 4:30. The timeline, application, and guidelines we emailed to you tonight.
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. We ask that you update your goals in Strive during this first Fed Ex time and use the remainder of the time to dig into your Lucy Calkins Writing Resources. Before Wednesday, we will send out a separate email with our campus goal, for those of you that want to copy and paste it into Strive. New hires, please lean on your mentors or house mates to help you with uploading to Strive.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
We will practice emergency drills soon. Be READY! If you do not know where to go ASK a housemate, or Admin, so we can give you directions. All spaces should have a map posted at your door and a red/green card clipped inside with your class list. If you do not have a red/green card, please see the office. You should also have the new Standard Safety Protocol poster posted, on the glass, by your door.
NOTES FOR NEWSLETTERS:
- Room parent letters went home on Friday. Please return the envelopes to your designers.
- Car Riders should have a tag visible on their front mirror or dashboard. If you do not have one, you will be asked to park, wait until dismissal is over, and then come inside to get one from the office and sign out your child. This is the only way we ensure learners go home in an approved vehicle.
- Label your child's belongings with a permanent marker. If they get lost, we can return the item to your child. This includes their water bottles, lunchboxes, and jackets,
- We must foster resiliency and responsibility in our learners. They should come to school with their lunch and snack. It is an interruption to campus business and leaves our office short staffed. We do not deliver items to learners.
- IF a learner must be checked out from school, it should occur before 2:45. After 2:45, we will request you wait in the car loop to ensure learners get dismissed safely. Learners should only leave early if there is a doctor's appointment.
- The Coppell High School volleyball program is hosting a CCVB Elementary School Night on Tuesday, August 27th. All elementary-age kids wearing your school shirts get in free, there will be a serving competition prior to varsity match to win CCVB shirts, and the varsity will be signing autographs in the foyer.
Latest picture of our Lee babies! Their moms miss you all!
ESL STRATEGY OF THE WEEK
If you are on Instagram, here are a few teachers to follow for some really great inspiration:
ESL Resources: hotchocolateprintables
Tech Resources: helloteacherlady
Kindergarten: mrsrainbowbright OR onesharpbunch
1st: fallingintofirst
2nd: 2ndgradesassypants
3rd: ms_wayerski OR schoolandthecity
4th: cootiesandcuties
5th: teach2reach OR lessonwithlaughter
Please let us know if we can do anything for you! Email us at crios@coppellisd.com OR spallen@coppellisd.com.
Also, we have created a parent SMORE to provide parents with some useful information. We will be editing it once a month. It would be great if you could add our ESL blog to your weekly parent newsletter: ESL Weekly Newsletter Link!
LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:
Respect- showing consideration for others
LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:
We will often have visitors in our school. When a visitor arrives, look them in the eyes, shake hands, tell them who you are, and welcome the person to our school.
LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society” -Confucius
DATES TO REMEMBER:August 26- 1st Grade iPad Rollout
Curriculum Night Presentations Due to CK
August 27- Kinder iPad Rollout
Sam's Birthday
First Day of Cooking Club (Lounge)
August 28- Jeans and House Shirt
Stephanie's Birthday
Fed Ex Day (3:35-4:35)
August 29- Curriculum Nights (5:30-7:30)
August 30- Staff Handbook Signature Page Due
September 2- NO SCHOOL!
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