Week of October 23, 2017
October 26, 2017, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, UO campus, Crater Lake South, Erb Memorial Union (EMU), Room 145, 1222 E. 13th Ave.-Eugene, OR 97403
A conversation about undocumented America-Jose Antonio Vargas is the 2017-2018 Morse Chair and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. In 2011, he published a story in the New York Times Magazine titled “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” Since then, he has devoted himself to changing the cultural and policy conversations about immigration through filmmaking and activism. His organization, Define American is a non-profit media and culture organization that uses the power of story to transcend politics and shift the conversation about immigrants, identity, and citizenship in a changing America. This conversation with Vargas will be moderated by Chris Chávez (School of Journalism and Communication).
Sponsored by CLLAS, UO School of Journalism and Communication, and the School of Journalism and Communication.
• Number Talks Follow-Up – Thank you, teachers, for continuing to learn and implement Number Talks with your students. I know it’s a lot of work on top of already learning LearnZillion (along with the new science, reading, and writing curriculums the past three years), but you all are amazing and Reid has commented on how many teachers are utilizing his help in class rooms. Keep it up! A few items that were covered or maybe we did not get to from Friday’s Number Talks training:
• Number Talks Cliff Notes: The green 4J Number Talks 101 Notebook is a nice Readers Digest version of the big fat Number Talks book, but here are some pages from the big book to take note of:
⁃ K-2 Number Talks Overarching Goals – Page 25
⁃ K-2 Possible Focus – Page 67
⁃ K-2 Rekenreks Uses – Page 82
⁃ 3-5 Number Talks Overarching Goals – Page 230
⁃ 3-5 Highlights importance of developing strong foundations before moving into Number Talks that focus on computation with larger numbers – Page 230 & Page 182
⁃ Question/Answer Area – Page 368
⁃ General Prep for Number Talks – Page 16
• How to Access Online Video Clips: If you would like to access all the clips at once, follow these instructions:
1. Go to http://mathsolutions.com/myvideos and click the Create New Account button at the bottom of the Log In form.
2. Create an account, even if you have created one with Math Solutions bookstore. You will receive a confirmation email when your account has been created.
3. Once your account has been created, you will be taken to the Product Registration page. Click Register on the product you would like to access (in this case, Number Talks: Whole Number Computation).
4. Enter key code NTWNC and click or tap the Submit Key Code button.
5. Click or tap the Complete Registration button.
6. To access videos at any time, visit your account page.
Page XXVII shows the video clips by chapter. Page 337 of the book has comments from the author on each of the videos, which are more for teacher prep than student viewing. At 3-5 Number Talks per week, the progress students make will start to shine through over time. Maybe not during Number talks right away, but students also make connections in whole group math time. And remember that Reid is available to come out to meet with folks to provide any support or assistance you might need.
• When Students Are Traumatized, Teachers Are Too – Trauma in students’ lives takes an emotional and physical toll on teachers as well. See this Edutopia article where experts weigh in on the best ways to cope, which include talking it out with colleagues, building coping strategies (whether it’s deep breaths or drinking coffee), and establish some coming home rituals.
•New EA opening- There will be a spot for one assistant to work 5 hours in mid November: This position will be focused on title One reading groups. Strong biliteracy and bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English is vital to this role. This employee will run reading groups in Spanish and English. This employee will also support our response to intervention reading program for both Spanish and English in grades k through 5. Time will be spent recording data about student growth and progress, instructing small groups, and being involved in helping students get to grade level in Spanish or English reading. Supervision at recess is also a part of the duties in this position.
•Conference Sign Up Information-Please share with families ASAP so you get a full schedule. Also, an item of note for teachers with large class sizes from the CBA-
10.1.9 ELEMENTARY CONFERENCES: Elementary school principals will collaborate with the school’s unit members before deciding when and how to conduct all-school parent conferences. Elementary school unit members who participate in all-school parent conferences after 4:00 p.m. will be compensated with an equal amount of workday hours off. If an elementary school unit member has greater than twenty-eight (28) students for the all-school parent conference, he/she will be compensated for one half (1/2) day at his/her per diem rate.
Here are some upcoming events and my schedule for the next two weeks:
October 23 (M)
Joel in meeting at 8:30
Classroom Observations – 9:00-11:00
Lunch and Recess Supervision- 11:00-11:50
12:30-2:30- Office Hours
2:40, BEST After School Program Begins
3:00 PM- Discussion and decision of Tier 2 Spanish Interventions in classrooms in the conference. Room. Any teacher or EA welcome to attend.
October 24 (T)
8:15-11:15, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
Joel on lunch duty.
Joel in classrooms all afternoon.
3:00 PM- Goals Support Completion
October 25 (W)
8:20-8:40- Caminata Goal Reveal Assembly and Virtudes
Classroom Observations – 9:00-11:00
2:30-3:30, Student Care Team Meeting ( Howard Conference Room)
6:00-7:30, Talking With Books Parent Involvement Activity for K and 1st Grades
Isaac Johnson’s Birthday
October 26 (H)
In late @ 8:30- Meeting with mastermind PD group 7:00-8:00 AM.
9:00-11:00, Classroom Observations
3:00-4:00, IPBIS Meeting (GOTG)- In Skoubo’s Room
6:00-7:00, Zumba for Families in the Cafeteria
October 27 (F)
9:00-11:00, Classroom Observations
3:00-5:30, Produce Plus Program after school in Cafeteria.
3:00- 3:30, PLT- Focus planning
AGENDA Science Grant Implementation Ballet Folkorico Grant Implementation Art Spark Implementation Setting Math Peer Observation Dates Instructional leadership overview of teams- graphic build PBIS Posters Update
October 30 (M)
9:00-11:00, Classroom Observations
October 31 (T)
9:00-11:00, Classroom Observations
3:00-4:00, Alice Refresher in Conference Room
No costumes or parties.
November 1 (W)
9:00-11:00, Classroom Observations
4:00-5:00, Joel to North Region Principals’ Meeting (NEHS)
6:00-8:00, El Día de los Muertos- (Gym, Cafeteria, Lobby, Library)
November 2 (H)
9:00-11:00, Classroom Observations
3:00-4:00, Guardians of the Galaxy
6:00-7:00, Zumba for Families in the Cafeteria
November 3 (F)
9:00-11:00, Classroom Observations
Joel to LatinX Alliance Meeting
Looking a little further ahead:
November 7, ALICE Lesson
November 8, ALICE Drill
November 20, Parent Teacher Conferences
November 21, Parent Teacher Conferences
Can’t wait to be in your classrooms this week!
Joel
