Week of October 18, 2021

Boy this shortened week has sped by!  Thank you for the beautiful week you gave our newest face to face learners.  We see your intentionality and hard work and are so grateful for you.  Great job with your report cards and personalized comments.  Customizing this feedback takes extra effort and is why you are the incredible group you are! We are grateful for your flexibility with all the changes that this new nine weeks has brought upon you.  Please disconnect from school and enjoy the fall weather this weekend.  LOVE YOU ALL!

DID YOU KNOW:

• that learners should not call home or go to the office for their iPad, lunches, or water bottles?  Please remind parents that we want to raise responsible learners.  They should come to school prepared each morning with all of their belongings.  
• there is a GT Assessment plan Plan for 2021-2022?  Please share this voice over link and presentation link with your parents. 
• it is Math Olympiad time for fourth and fifth graders?  Designers, remember to share Ayesha's email with your parents.
• it is the time of the year to nominate this year's Teacher of the Year?  Here is the TOY Website and Nomination Criteria and Form. Nominations are due November 5.
• it is Digital Citizenship Week?  Please check out this Bulb resource from our DLCs.  If you use any of these resources, document it as part of our campus goal and use #DigCitWeek.
• we need your help for Veteran's Day?  If you or your learners have a US Veteran in the family, will you please send an electronic picture to Linda?  She is making a short video for Veteran's Day.  THANKS for your help!

RED OUT

Wear RED tomorrow!  Want to learn more about Dyslexia?  Have learners identified with Dyslexia and need more information? Want to earn Flex hours credit? CISD has created a Schoology course about dyslexia specifically for the classroom educator.  

 

Name of Course:  Dyslexia Training & Resources: For the Classroom Educator

Access Code: JBSVB-5D89J

3 Flex hours

REPORT CARDS

Please include a friendly reminder in your weekly newsletters to make sure your parents know how to access their report cards.  An email will also go out from Leigh Ann, mid-day, with directions for accessing Home Access Center.  Remember, if you have learners below a 70, that you are required to offer tutoring.  We will pay you $25 an hour for tutoring your learners before or after contract hours.

TRUNK OR TREAT

Join us for our first Trunk or Treat on Thursday October 28.  Our staff will be parked in the back parking lot in every other spot.  We will have games, decorations, candy, and FUN.  

PTO SPIRIT NIGHT

Don't worry about cooking dinner next Thursday night.  Call an order in to Papa Johns and tell them you are with Lee Elementary.  Our PTO will get 20% donated back.  

WRITE A CHECK
Write a Check concludes this week.  This is our BIGGEST fundraiser of the year, so it is imperative that you talk up this two week event with our learners so their parents will participate.

RED RIBBON WEEK

Red Ribbon week is in one week, so please share this communication so parents can be prepared for our spirit days.  Thank you, Angela, for organizing. 

 

FROM THE NURSE  PLEASE SHARE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER

Every year, St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Coppell provides Thanksgiving baskets with supplies to cook a turkey dinner to those in need. If you could benefit from this assistance, please click on the link below and fill out the Google form as accurately as possible. By completing this form you understand this information will be shared with St. Ann’s Catholic Church for distribution of your basket. Please fill out this form no later than October 19th, 2021.

ESL UPDATES

Repeat or Rephrase Instructions

Be careful not to assume that everyone understands your directions. Many students (including ELs) will be reluctant to say in front of their peers that they don’t understand. Avoid asking, “Does everyone understand?” It’s not typical for anyone to respond, “No, I don’t understand.” Instead try gauging understanding by asking questions or having students retell the directions to a partner. Then listen in so you can clear up misconceptions by rephrasing the directions. I heard a colleague once say, “I repeated the directions at least five times and they still did it wrong.” Sometimes repeating is not enough. If they don’t understand, then repeating will not work, but perhaps rephrasing will. Try it a different way.

COACHES CORNER

Outside the Box Formative Assessments: 

There are SO many ways to assess formatively: entry or exit tickets, low stake quizzes and polls, quick checks, interviews (casual chats), or self assessments. But have you thought about ART as a formative assessment? Consider using visual art or photography or videography as an assessment tool. Whether students draw, create a collage, or sculpt, you may find that the assessment helps them synthesize their learning. Or think beyond the visual and have kids act out their understanding of the content. 

Please use this link to book a time with me so we can collaborate. Specifically if you want to start working on RTI for your learners.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Oct 17- Hannah J's Birthday

Week of October 18- Digital Citizenship Week

Oct 18- Admin Reading Academy

Oct 19- Cohort B Reading Academy Day

     Ed Foundation t-shirt and jeans

     L'Oreal's Birthday!!

     School Board Visit at Lee (12:30-2:30)

     Flu Clinic (1:00-1:45) Let us know if you need coverage for your class

Oct 20- Cohort B Reading Academy Day

     Grade Shirt and Jeans

     Staff Meeting (3:15 Cafeteria)

Oct 21- Cohort A Reading Academy Day

Oct 22- Cohort A Reading Academy Day

RED RIBBON WEEK IS ONE WEEK AWAY!