The route to having students College and Career Ready

Remember that the standards serve as the road map that guides our work. Last year we spent a significant amount of time and effort on unpacking. That work does not stop. As you saw in the beginning of the year, there have been changes in the standards which will be reflected for upper grades in the EOG assessments this year.  Although these differences seem subtle, even the smallest changes can necessitate a change in classroom assessments and instructional tasks. It is important to clearly understand what the standard is asking students to know or be able to do before you can craft an assessment that will accurately tell you if they have mastered it.

K-5 the standards align. Students need to enter your classroom ready to master standards for your grade level and they should enter the next grade level ready to master those standards. To that end it is helpful to follow a strand from one grade to the next. Below is an example.

An excellent resource for understanding the progression of the standards can be found at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dSeOPgEdiU73EnfU5ZCETy4WrphZCaN4/view

Thanks for all of your support of Anti Bullying Spirit Week! Thank you to Ms. Tew for planning!

     

Orange you glad you supported Unity Day?

A student in Mrs. Henderson's class shares her thinking with her classmates. Way to gain perspective!

 Reminders

• Tuesday October 30th 8:00 am all staff meeting in the Media Center (Pierce Group Benefits- I promise!)
• Tuesday October 30th Boosterthon Pep Rally 

Grades 3-5 : 2:00-2:30

Grades K-2: 2:45-3:15

• Wednesday October 31st - Deadline for signing up for Health Insurance.
• Wednesday October 31st - Dress as your favorite storybook character!
• Remember nominations for Teacher of the Year candidates are due on the Google Doc by this Sunday, October 28th!
• Please check that you are only using approved digital resources. You can find this out on the portal by looking at "The Digital Resource Product Library. 

Hall of Fame

• Another successful Chick Fil A Spirit Night! Thanks to the cow and to our PTA and families!

• Thank you to those who stepped up to be a Falcon Friend!

• Thanks to those who nominated their fellow teachers for the honor of Teacher of the Year

• Thank you to Ms. Haywood, Ms. Tew, and Ms. Smith for presenting to us about some hard topics this week.

• Thank you to all of you for being attentive to the well- being of all students!

• Welcome Jennifer Kelly our new technology teacher!