Thursday Thriller
September 30, 2021
These pics and short videos are from Beth's class when she was doing the market trading activity. Heather and Charlie participated with her students. It was crazy fun!!!
Nuts-n-Bolts
1. If you are using supplementary materials with the core curriculum, you will need to keep a list so that if parents ask for it you are able to provide the list. Please read over Policy and Procedures 2020. You do have professional judgement on what you can choose to use in your classroom to support the grade level standards. It is no secret that parents are expressing their concern for materials used in the classroom. This is not meant to scare or prohibit your professionalism. This is so we are following procedures. If questioned, we have all of our bases covered.
Supplementary Materials:
1. Must be tied to the standards
2. If a video or video clip, complete the Classroom Video Approval Form
3. The district has identified Common Sense Media (www.commonsensemedia.org) as a tool to help inform age-level appropriateness for novels, and when principal/parent notification is required.
4. List of supplementary materials that can be shared with parents/admin if asked.
2. We will have more students throughout the year who are going to have to quarantine-it's our reality. Please make sure to upload assignments to Google classroom or print and bring to the office. The family or Alex/Yaneth deliver work to homes. Students may email you to let you know that they are in quarantine please respond to them in a timely manner. I recognize it is an added layer and an additional step for classroom teachers. Know that the families are appreciative of what you do.
3. School pictures for both staff and students will be on Wednesday, October 6th. Pictures will be taken during PE classes. Armida is working on the schedule.
4. CERTIFICATED Staff: Next Friday, October 8th is a non student day. This is a day in which you have to be present in order to be paid. Carina and I want to set up 1:1 goal setting conferences. They will be 15-20mins in length. Other than the 20 mins the day is yours!!!!
Here is quick video on what you will need for our conversation on Friday, October 8th:
https://watch.screencastify.com/v/yOQ9qzgHHCt2n7Zb0ayy
CLASSIFIED Link: : https://watch.screencastify.com/v/Z9Z87ETrbDVskHGGgAdK
5. Mirk and Mike Bertram have created a Google classroom for staff! It will be a one stop shopping for all information so you won't have to search for it. Carina and I will have it completed and ready to roll out by next week.
6. IEPs are being scheduled. Garrison has an INCREDIBLE showing of gen ed teachers at the IEP meetings -THANK YOU!! I have asked our Sped team to schedule IEPs outside of conferences since our time is pretty limited. They will do their best. Our resource team will reach out to you via email if you are unable to attend an IEP. They will ask you for what strengths and stretches you are seeing in the classroom. I can tell you when parents are able to hear from all their child's teachers it truly makes a difference.
7. Congratulations to Doug! He is got the head custodian job at Prospect Point! We wish him well! His last day at Garrison is this Friday.
8. Please make sure to communicate with your grade level counselor if you are unable to attend your SST meeting. I have heard good feedback that this system is working well.
9. There are a small handful of you who need to get your conference calendar link into Armida. Let's have 100% by end of contract day tomorrow! We can do it!!!
Something to Ponder
Enjoy this video production from Gonzalo and his students. You may not know this about Gonzalo but he is INCREDIBLE with finding and creating amazing things with technology!!
