Thursday, February 6, 2020

Week of February 10, 2020

Happy Friday!  We are so grateful for each and every one of you and how you take care of one another.  Please have a lovely weekend and take time to take care of YOU!



DID YOU KNOW:
  • if you sign the It's Time Texas teacher pledge and follow one of the three *'s, you can wear warm ups on Wednesday?
  • that our sinks in the lounge do not have disposals?  Please be courteous and and leave a clean sink for those that come after you.
  • we have recommended Deepa Devaiah to CISD as a permanent member of our FamiLEE?  She will be the new special education paraprofessional in Practical Academics!  YAY! 
  • we will have house design days the last week in February?  Stay tuned as we secure subs for your assigned morning to design together!

TO DO
Please check in Strive and make sure that you have viewed all of your walkthroughs and electronically signed your 3 T-TESS documents.


SOUPER BOWL
We are excited to have a warm lunch tomorrow.  Please bring a soup ladle because we will not have enough for each crock pot.  There will be a place to label your soup is and slips to vote on.  HAVE FUN!



LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL SALE TOMORROW



BOOK FAIR
Did you know that all profits earned through the Book Fair go back to our campus library fund?  Please talk up this event to learners and parents so we can have the most successful fair YET!  I am requesting that you do not send more than two learners at a time (from each classroom) to shop.  We want to make sure it is manageable for our volunteers.  Sending all of your shoppers at the beginning/end of the day or all house shoppers at recess is not recommended.  Please create a sign up in your space and send them throughout the day.  Please let parents know that the Book Fair will be open from 6:00-8:00 on Tuesday evening for late shopping.  Dads Club will sponsor Breakfast with Books from 7:10-7:40 on Wednesday morning.  





LUNCH AND LEARN
We will be hosting a Lunch and Learn on Wednesday with some special guests from Apple in our Teacher's Lounge during your lunch time.  We will provide pizza and salad from iFratelli as our guests review the Personalized Learning Chapter from the Elements of Learning Book.  Please download the book on your iPad and bring it to the lounge for Lunch and Learn time.  


VALENTINES DAY
Please look at the Winter/Valentine Party tab for the Thursday's schedule and communicate any changes to your lunch time to your parents. Purple House- THANK YOU for eating lunch in your house so that the floor can be swept and ready for the campus to view the PTO program, in the cafe.  We will start calling you down at 1:00.  Also, please communicate to your parents that our busses and cars need to be able to pick up learners safely at dismissal, therefore, they should only park in parking spaces and along Chaparral Waters Way and Stampede.  


TELPAS 
To complete the TELPAS online basic course please go to the following site:

Security training modules:

If you are new to the district you must complete all 3.  If you were in CISD last year you only have to complete Module 1. ALL are due February 12 in order to be able to calibrate that afternoon.  


PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY
ENJOY your social emotional professional learning day on Friday.  Thank you to Leigh Ann, Julie, April, Stormi, and Megan S for hosting learning sessions!


PONYTAIL CLUB
Are you interested in making a difference by donating your hair?  Ponytails will be donated to Locks of Love. Their mission is to return a sense of self confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children free of charge.  If you'd like to make a difference, please complete this form to register: tinyurl.com/RJLponytail

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1VPZN7nlz9oskWACqRg6gsp_tT6Grd0T8


CISD FOCUSED WALKTHROUGH
This week we start a new focus for our walkthroughs.  We will give feedback on Domain 2 Dimension 1:  Achieving Expectations.  We will be looking for evidence that your learners have mastered content and are held to high levels of accountability for their learning.  This looks like self-assessing, reflecting on menu work or assignments, posting to Schoology or SeeSaw, etc. 




ESL THIS WEEK
Assess Understanding- Check to see if students understand the lesson or directions before it is too late.  Setting students up for success is key.  If we want them to do well, we have to prepare them and check along the way to see if they are on track.  Some call this incremental evaluation.  There are so many ways to do this.  It can be asking students to retell directions to a partner or having partners hold an academic conversation as you walk around and listen in.  When there is a written product, check in with ELs midway to see their progress.  This will help to catch problems or errors in advance or the product being turned in for a grade.  If done correctly, these meetings can also be wonderful ways to build relationships with ELs.






DATES TO REMEMBER:
Feb 10-  GO RED Shirt and Jeans
     RtI Meetings
     Spring Book Fair
     Progress Report Grades Due
Feb 11- Green House Music Performance (8:10 and 6:30 Cafe)
     Mentor/Mentee Meeting (3:30)
     Book Fair Open Late (6:00-8:00)
Feb 12- Convocation Shirt and Jeans
     Breakfast and Books (7:10-7:40 Media Center)
     Apple Research Team visits Lee all day
     Lunch and Learn (10:00-1:00)
     Staff Meeting (3:30-Yellow Space) TELPAS CALIBRATION
Feb 13- Send home Progress Reports
     Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40 Cafe)
     PTO Performance (1:00 Cafe)
     Valentine Parties (2:00 Spaces)
Feb 14- Professional Learning
Feb 15- Ameira's Birthday
     Bethany's Birthday
Feb 17- NO SCHOOL

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