Week of November 27, 2017 at Diario Camino del Río

Week of November 27, 2017

November 26th, 2017

Hello Shining Stars,

I hope everyone had a refreshing extended weekend and is ready for the three weeks leading up to winter break. With last week so short, there’s not too many announcements this time around. However, I do want to commend the third grade team for their amazing efforts to restructure reading time. Erin Reckers, Erin Piper, and Zelene Flores have been doing amazing work to support our 3rd graders with inclusive tier 3 group time. It is already making a big difference in student reading skills. If you have time to come see them, I encourage you to see these innovative teachers in action. It is pretty impressive.

I also want to recognize the whole staff for pulling together a strong and highly involved fall parent conference session. I believe we helped families become well informed about their children and we too learned a lot about our students.

We do not have a lot of specific things to share this week but please read through the events coming up:

• Fire Drill Tuesday at 2:10- We will be having a fire drill on Tuesday at 2:10. Please check that you have current attendance sheets and have reviewed exit routes with your students. Rain or shine.

• Hour of Code Next Week – The Hour of Code is happening next week, December 4-8, during Computer Science Education Week, if teachers can squeeze in an hour of coding. One other resource, besides Code.org, HourofCode.org, and Edutopia shared earlier, there’s also some good resources at Khan Academy. I’ve added a link to Code.org on Howard’s Links for Learners webpages, but let me know if you’d like any other links added.

• Instructional Technology Winter Workshops – Available to all 4J K-12 staff are FREE instructional technology workshops now through January. Workshops being offered include:

• Google Classroom for K-5 Teachers
• Creativity & Digital Storytelling
• Foundations of Google Apps Part 1 & 2
• Digital Portfolios with Seesaw
• Edpuzzle – Engage students with videos
• Create, Update, and Maintain a classroom website
• Introd uiten to SMART Notebook
• Advanced SMART Notebook & CCSS/NGSS Standards

Detailed information for all workshops being offered and online registration can be found at: http://www-old.4j.lane.edu/workshops

Winter Walk & Roll to School Day!

Wednesday, December 6^th, is our Winter Walk & Roll Day! We’re encouraging all students to walk, bike, carpool or ride the bus to school. If you live a long way from school, try parking a ten minute walk from school and walking the rest of the way. Older students can walk on their own; younger students will need to walk or bike with an adult. The class with the most “walkers and rollers” (including bus riders and carpoolers) will win a hot cocoa party!

Our goal is to reduce traffic and pollution around our school and to promote physical activity for our students. Students who ride the bus are doing their part by participating in the biggest carpool of all! Teaching your child to use their body to get to school and other places builds their confidence, keeps them physically fit, and can be fun for the whole family!

You can find walking and biking groups by clicking here.

Schedule of Upcoming Events

November 27 (M)

9:00-9:30- In Piper’s classroom.

9:30-11:30, Joel in attendance support meetings.

12:00-2:30, Joel in Classroom Observations

4:00-5:30, AIM4S3 Webinar Begins in Library

November 28 (T)
8:15-11:15, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
12:00-1:30, Joel in Classroom Observations

2:10 PM, Fire Drill

3:15-5:00, Joel to the Immersion Task Force Meeting

November 29 (W)
Asemblea, 8:10-8:35, Special assembly guest, short Tae Kwan Do performance.

8:30-11:00, Charis McGaughy, Assistant Sup. School Visit

12:00- 12:30, Audrey Lucero Meeting

2:00-3:00, Grade Level PLC in classrooms

November 30 (H)