It's "B" Week!

On the Calendar

Kindergarten working on AlaKids Assessments

AIMSweb Math and Reading Test Nav portions given

Wednesday - STAR Window Opens - 1-5 take STAR, K - take STAR EL

Friday - Testing Team at Cahaba 

Walker Pass Colors 

if you find yourself with leftover Walker passes, please put them in 

Cissie's Box

Mon: Yellow

Tues: Green

Wed: Blue

Thurs: White

Fri: Pink

Star Students this Week

Mon: F. Smith

Tues: Vincent

Wed: Odom

Thurs: Dickerson

Friday: Marshall

(Johnson you'll have the Tuesday after Labor Day!)

Duty this Week

Thank you to ALL of you who have helped with Rainy day dismissal - 

Looks like more this week

AM

Kindergarten Holding: Jones

First Grade Hall: Patterson

Cafeteria: Harrington

Car Line: Young and Garrett

Zone 1, Grades 2/3: Marshall

Zone 2, Grades 3/4: Collins

Zone 3: Grades 4/5: Moore

PM

Radio: Prickett

Monitor Car Riders: Pennington and Dickerson

Intersection of the Front Hall: Searcy

Reminders about AIMSWeb and STAR testing

IEPs, 504s and I-ELPs all have a page with testing accommodations listed.  Please know who your IEP, I-ELP and 504 students are and follow their accommodations 

Considerations ....

Small group testing - this means they DO NOT test with your class. Young, Searcy or possibly Rachel will pull them for small group testing.  All students on 504s, I-ELPs and IEP do not have this accommodation listed.  If it's not listed, we don't pull them.

ORF -Individually tested - obviously this is given in a small group.  I ask that their Case Manager, teacher or Rachel sit with or give the ORF to students with articulation issues or strong accents that may cause their ORF to lower because an unfamiliar person does not understand them.  ALSO, anxiety - if one of the afore mentioned students has anxiety mentioned on their IEP, I-ELP or 504 - Someone that comforts them should sit with them while the ORF is given.

PLEASE ask questions, if you are confused about any of your students.  Ask their Case Manager, Rachel or me 

It's really important to me that we are giving these kids and all our kids their best shot at success.

Our Cahaba Prayer Group will start back up this Wednesday morning around 7:25.  We meet in the front conference room beside the front door.  I've placed a beautiful prayer bowl that Jenn Ellis gave me on the conference room table. If you have a prayer request that you would like to share anonymously, please drop it in the prayer bowl.  Or, you can always text me, Jami Mills or Linda Odom. Everyone is invited. Come every week, once a month, or whenever you can. 

If  you would like to contribute to the "Date Night Basket" for the Mead's family, you can do that through Venmo or catch the envelope as it's passed around this week.

Just a reminder that Student Data Notebooks are important and a Cahaba expectation.  Grade levels should have a common plan (individually you can always add more) and have students update them.  I know it's teacher driven in Kindergarten and first grade, but the more the students take ownership, the bigger the impact!  Please let me know if you need some help brainstorming your grade level plan.  I look forward to students taking these home sometime in mid September to share their goals with their parents.