It's "A" Week!

Star Students

Wed: Collins

Thurs: Mann

Fri: Wessel

Rish will have Monday

Walker Pass Colors

Wed: Yellow

Thurs: Blue

Fri: White

Duty this week...

AM

Kindergarten: Pennington

First Grade: Latham

Cafeteria: Harrington

Carline: Garrett and Fulmer

Zone 1: Dickerson

Zone 2: Collins

Zone 3: D. Franklin

PM

Radio: Prickett

End of Car Line: Osburn

Monitor Car Riders: Lipford and Windham

Intersection of Front Hall: Searcy

Front lawn (buses only): Jackson

On the Calendar

Thursday- No Staff Meeting 

Friday - District Spelling Bee for Leon Zeng and Henry Hallman

Heads Up - 3-5 Progress Reports go home 1/13

Congratulations to Porshia and the other District gifted teachers!  They were awarded a grant for $26,000.  The money will be shared between all the GaTE teachers in TCS.

Congratulations to Chris Killmeyer! She is expecting a baby boy in May.

Tuesday is a Work Day!

Leadership Team will meet 11:30 -1:00

Grade Level Meetings to define Data Notebooks

Please upload common pages, data collection charts ect..  

Also upload your schedule for when these will be sent home.  

Each Grade Level has a folder within the folder labeled Data Notebooks.  You can find this in the Teacher Resources Drive

Please make sure each of these areas are covered: (you may add others!)

1. AR (are you tracking points, words read? do you have short and long term goals? how often are test records printed and added to the notebook?)

2. AIMSWeb Math and Reading

3. SuccessMaker Math (required) Reading (optional)

4. Personal Student goals that may or may not be academic

4. Math Facts (track what is applicable for your grade)

5. RAZ kids for Kinder (can be used for selected kiddos in other grades)

6. Sight Words for K and 1 

7. Signature page for parents to sign

Other things to note.......

AIMSWeb results should be printed and placed behind a tab in the back of the NB

ALL students should be able to "talk through" their data NB with their parents. 

PST is scheduled for January 12 and 13.  Please make sure your plans have been updated and any new referrals have been made.

Information from Mrs. Rosetta

Item Banks are in Schoology for practice à Group Code: HPGZ-SP5H-C7JV3

• I changed the code, and created a Group just for TCS and pulled in the resources.
• The teachers can join the group using this code and then copy the materials to their classes.
• Please share – this is a fantastic resource for our teachers

Item Specs, Instructional Supports, Blueprints and TDW are on the state website https://www.alabamaachieves.org/assessment/acap/

• I’m going to place these in Schoology too
• This includes the updated ones for ELA

2^nd and 3^rd WILL be taking the TDW this year – OTT will be updated in November (tentatively November 21) to reflect this

• This is a field test year

OUR Testing Dates

March 22 - ELA (Session 3)

March 23 - ELA (Sessions 1, 2, 4)

April 5 - Science (Sessions 1, 2)

April 11 - Math (Sessions 1, 2)

Morning Meetings

Let's take some time to revisit your Classroom Behavior Contract and spend some time talking about SMART goals! PACE Characteristic for this month: Integrity

Prize Patrol will start back on January 13th!

 It's "B" Week!

On the Calendar this Week

Mon: Announce and Award PaceSetters - myON Candy Cane and Cookie Rewards - Elf Day- 

Tues: Tom's Truck 9-11 (if you don't have a break during that time a sub will come to your room) -MUSH Grants Awarded~ Christmas Tree Day - SHINE gone caroling - myON Ice Cream and Dance Parties - Prize Patrol

Wed: Santa/Reindeer Day - Classroom Christmas Parties

Thurs: Polar Express Day - PaceSetter Breakfast -Classroom Christmas Parties - Secret Pal Reveal 

Fri: Tacky Christmas Day - Cahaba Sing Along Variety Show - Early Dismissal - Santa on the Lawn 1-3

More information about myON awards will be sent out ASAP

Star Students

Mon: Mills

Tues: D. Franklin

Wed: Wilkerson

Thurs: Moore

Fri: Windham

Wed (our first day back): Collins

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Yellow

Tues: Blue

Wed: Pink

Thurs: White

Fri: Green

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Jones

First Grade Hall: Harrison

Cafeteria: Garrett

Car Line: Harrington and Porshia  Franklin

Zone 1: Marshall

Zone 2: Rish

Zone 3: Mills

PM

Radio: Jackson

End of Car Line: Ellis

Monitor Car Riders: Odom and Collins

Intersection of the Front Hall: Fulmer

Front Lawn (buses only): Smith

Let's go ahead and honor a staff member for our December Team Member of the Month before the break!  Please nominate a Specialist or Exceptional Education Teacher.  Our last honorees from this group were Amy Prickett and Michelle Searcy.

It's "A" Week

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Bamberg

First Grade: Bridges

Cafeteria: Harrington

Car Line: Garrett and Searcy

Zone 1: Lipford

Zone 2: Kibbey

Zone 3: Windham

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Car Line: Wessel

Monitor Car Line: Marshall and Donna Franklin

Intersection of front hall: Young

Front lawn (buses): Prickett

On the Calendar this Week.....

Math AIMSWeb -myON Christmas Challenge

Monday: SHINE concert (evening) - Fifth Grade Spelling Bee 

Tuesday: 4th and 5th GaTE field trip -

Friday: Friday Freeze - All Math AIMS should be completed - myON Challenge over at 3PM

and Next Week......

Announcing December PaceSetters -Dress Up Days EVERY Day -myON Challenge Parties - Classroom Christmas Parties -Fifth Grade Math Tournament -Christmas Sing-a-long- Friday Early Dismissal - Santa and Cookies on the Lawn (afterschool Friday)

Star Students

Mon: Pennington

Tues: Summers

Wed: Jones

Thurs: Bamberg

Fri: Shorter

Monday will be Mills

Walker Pass Colors

Mon:  White

Tues: Blue

Wed: Green

Thurs: Pink

Fri: Yellow

The mail box is beside the library.  Please make sure they include a return address.

The Board voted to change the requirements for TCS Substitutes.  The application process is now open to anyone who graduated High School.  College is not required.

This will be the last week for 4th and 5th grade EnRICh  and after school tutoring to meet before Christmas.  EnRICh and Tutoring are canceled for the week of Dec. 12-14 

Recess

We are going to take a break from football. Please let your students know that they are NOT allowed to bring footballs to school or play football during recess until further notice.  We may reconsider later.  We are spending way too much time refereeing disagreements and rough play.  Not to mention extra time spent retrieving footballs from the roof. They seem to all think they are playing in the Super Bowl!

Data Notebooks

After Christmas we will be taking a closer look at our Data Notebooks and establishing some norms.  So start thinking!  

1. Common pages/data that are consistent throughout the grade level

2. Expectations for sending them home

3. Review/Revise expectations detailed in our Handbook

Please keep Peggy in your prayers.  Her sister is gravely ill.