What an incredible staff you are! Thank you for preparing and starting to host your learner-led conferences. I know you have all spent a great deal of time preparing with your children. What a perfect time to build connections with our famiLEEs. I want you to know I appreciate all of your hard work to communicate the strengths and areas for growth on each child. Enjoy the upcoming three day weekend- YOU DESERVE IT!
DID YOU KNOW:
- front doors will be keyed down and parents should come straight to your spaces for conferences on Friday?
- parents can sign up to attend lunches on Fridays? Lunch with Your Lee Learner Google Form is open. Please post in your weekly newsletters for the remainder of the year.
- we have a PTO parent that wants to help you when you need volunteers for an event or your class? Please reach out to Julie McConnell for assistance. Her email is: juliescottmcconnell@gmail.com
- your staff badge gets you +1 into district varsity sport events, including football?
- the Technology Department is collaborating with a vendor to identify a cost-effective solution for providing a 10-port charger in each classroom, specifically designed to charge the Meta Pens? Thanks for your patience, but a solution is on its way.
- Chantel will be off campus Wednesday through Friday? Please let Angel and Kat know if you are going to be out sick or arriving late.
- we will be having a 2 day a week tutor to help Kara and Zeal? Her name is Aishwarya Krishnan and she is a Lee parent. Please welcome her to our famiLEE.
TACO 'BOUT AN AWESOME TEAM
October 4 is typically National Taco Day. Did you know they moved it, this year, to the first Tuesday of the October? In celebration of our incredible people, World Teacher Day on Saturday, and National Taco Day (whenever it is- ha) we will have a taco bar in the lounge on Friday. Thank you for all of your efforts, hard work and dedication to our children and school. We appreciate you more than words!
THANK YOU LEARNING COACHES
October 6, is National Instructional Coaches Day. Join me in thanking D'Ann, Shayla, and DianaLyn, for leading us all so well. We appreciate our south side squad, loads!
WORLD DAY OF BULLYING PREVENTION
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and the first Monday of every October is World Day of Bullying Prevention. On this day students, schools, and communities all over the world go BLUE together against bullying. We want you and your learners to join us to stop bullying and cyberbullying by wearing a blue shirt on Monday, October 7.
UPCOMING DRILL REMINDER
LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING
We will have a LEEdership Council meeting on Monday morning. Please send them down with their iPad when the announcement is made.
SCIENCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
Join Kara at Wilson Elementary on Tuesday from 3:30-4:30 to learn more about meeting the needs of our EB learners through the lens of Science. Registration link is here.
VIRTUAL PTO MEETING
Our next virtual PTO Meeting is coming up this Tuesday October 8th at 6pm. We hope you can join us for some important and exciting updates from your PTO and Lee Admin Team. We will also have a Coppell ISD Board of Trustees member present to review the upcoming VATRE proposition and answer any questions you may have. Hope we see everyone there! *Link to join will be emailed home*
SPIRIT RALLY
We will host our Fall Spirit Rally on Thursday from 2:00-3:00. Please have learners packed up in your spaces before we call you down over the intercom.
SILENT SPUR GRAPHIC
Thanks for adopting our new "silent spur" idea into your classroom routines. Want to use this in your space? Here is a graphic Angel designed for us.
SWEETEN UP TO RJL TRUNK OR TREAT
The Annual RJL Trunk or Treat on October 24th at 5:30pm is one of our favorite community events of the year, but we can't do it without our FamiLEE! To help support the work our designer teams put into their fabulous trunks, we will be gathering candy donations for them to hand out on the big night! Please sign up to send in a bag of 150+ pieces of candy with your learner by Wednesday, October 23rd. bit.ly/rjlcandy
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
An online absence note is required for any part of the day that a student is missing from school: an hour, a half day, a full day. For your convenience, this is the link to the online absence note form: School Absence Note
As you make vacation plans this year, remember that missing school can impact your child's learning and success, and it also affects attendance laws. Please schedule trips following the holidays on the CISD academic calendar to ensure compliance and support your child's education.
OCTOBER IS DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH
OCTOBER 11 CONFERENCE DAY
Please make sure you are at work during normal contract hours on Friday (7:15-3:35). HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE BETA "UNCOVER INSIGHTS" BUTTON AT THE TOP OF PANORAMA? You might find it helpful to identify trends in data as you visit with your learners and their parents.
RESPECT AGREEMENTS
October 14 starts the 2nd 9 weeks. Please build time in your SS lesson design, for the week of October 14, to include time to revisit and update your respect agreements with your classes. New copies should be sent to Kat and Angel for our discipline binder.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
Speaking of a new 9 weeks, remember to review digital citizenship with your class. Revisiting digital citizenship conversations throughout the year helps to keep a healthy digital classroom environment. Common Sense Media is a fabulous resource for supporting children as they navigate the waters of digital learning. Please make sure all new learners to your class have signed your digital citizenship contracts hanging in your spaces.
MORNING / CLASS MEETINGS
Class circles are going to help learners (and you) as we maintain relationships. THEY ARE A REQUIREMENT IN CISD. They provide social/emotional support in your space. You should have a structure within the class meeting to foster authentic relationships, provide safety for everyone's voice to be heard and allow vulnerability to occur. Class meetings build secure relationships in a safe and structured setting. Remember to be completing your Second Step lessons once a week.
REPORT CARD COMMENTS
As you work on adding comments to K-3 report cards, remember that comments can extend beyond the classroom and influence a child's self-esteem, motivation, and future learning experiences. Meaningful comments can inspire life long love of learning and personal growth. Need some ideas or a place to start? Here are some.
WALKTHROUGHS IN OCTOBER
For this month, we will be giving you feedback on Domain 2.5: Monitor and Adjust. We will be looking for:
How you adjusts instruction and activities to maintain student engagement (movement, music, manipulatives, small groups and individual work, conferences with learners).
How you address learner engagement/disengagement.
Questioning and feedback used to check for understanding.
How you use of a variety of assessment/input from learners to gather data.
Checks for understanding through purposeful questioning and feedback.
The pacing of the lesson.
RED RIBBON WEEK APPROACHING IN TWO WEEKS
We will participate in these Spirit Days, the last full week in October, in celebration of Red Ribbon Week. Here are the theme days, now, so you and your families can prepare.
PLANNING AHEAD
This information was shared in our Principal's Meeting this week. I wanted to share with you so that you can plan accordingly.
ESL UPDATES
Reminder: I am available for PT conferences if you have any translating needs using Language Line. I am also available if you would like me to join and share any ESL information or language data. Please send me a calendar invite or an email. -Kara
LESSON IN LEEDERSHIP
DATES TO REMEMBER:
- GLOBAL MATH WEEK
- PURPLE HOUSE TAKES CARE OF THE LOUNGE THIS MONTH
- HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
- NATIONAL DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH
- STOMP OUT BULLYING MONTH
- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
- HINDU HERITAGE MONTH
Oct 6- Audrey's Birthday
Oct 7- Wear Blue for Bullying
LEEdership Council Meeting (9:00 Cafe)
Oct 8- Write a Check campaign begins through Oct. 31
Virtual PTO Meeting (6:00 PM)
Oct 9- Leadership Meeting (3:15 PM- Laura's Space)
Oct 10- Curtis' Birthday
Spirit Rally (2:00)
End of 1st Grading Period
Oct 11- Conference Day
Oct 14- NO SCHOOL
RED RIBBON WEEK IS TWO WEEKS AWAY!
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