Meadow Hall Staff Newsletter

We are so lucky to have three new Autism paraeducators starting today!! Please welcome Suchita Vozenilek (Beckford's class), Seema Riaz (Neidhart's class) and Ivana Baggan (Maloney's class). We're excited to have you part of the Meadow Hall Family!!

The Leader in Me summer training was scheduled on PDO on a different date than originally requested and advertised. Please go ahead and sign up for June 28-29 Meadow Hall training and we'll just stick with that date.

What a huge success we had last Thursday for Game Night and Science Fair. Thank you to all the committee members and staff that took the time to make the event such a success. We had a fantastic turn out and students were incredibly excited.

Get ready for our next event on Thursday, April 20th - Autism Carnival!!

Just a reminder that we have 8 more school days to complete your March Madness boards!

As a reminder, the rules are:

Practice your Equity skills this month! Check off each activity you do with your students, add the date, and post a picture to Dojo! Turn it in by March 30th for a chance to win prizes. Complete a minimum of 12 boxes to be eligible with Dojo evidence of 4.

Please make sure that boards are turned in to Jennifer by 9am on March 30 so that we can announce prizes later that day. Please make sure to note which activities you posted to Dojo.

We’ve seen some great entries already!

Good luck!

Resources for Topic Quizzes (SHARE WITH TEACHERS)

Topic quizzes are a popular tool for gathering formative data about student learning. Teachers can create a formative assessment with questions from:

1. Concept development problems that have not been used in instruction

1. Problem set problems that have not been used in instruction

1. Homework problems that have not been assigned

• Remember that all problems in the Eureka Math materials are at grade level, however, they do increase in complexity. Often the unused problems are the final and most complex. Since tasks in the Eureka materials increase in complexity, teacher-built formative assessments should include questions with a range of complexity.

However, the following Topic Quiz DON’Ts may need to be reiterated:

• Do not download from TPT
• Do not download from Embarc
• Do not make up problems and quizzes

When assessing the students, it’s essential to stay aligned to the standard and within the grade level learning. Unvetted external sites are not valid and reliable tools to be used in classrooms. Refer to the 2022-23 Elementary Grading and Reporting Resources for further information.

CREATIVE ADVENTURES ART AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM

Creative Adventures is offering a six-week art class after school on Tuesdays from 3:30-5 p.m. beginning on March 28. In Inspiration 2 Action, students will have fun designing, printing, creating relief collage, painting, making imaginative portraits, and more! Over the six sessions artists will practice the principles of art and learn about unstoppable artists like Faith Ringgold and DC-native, Martin Puryear. The Creative Adventures team is very excited to bring the Winter/Spring 2023 art projects to the creative kids at Meadow Hall!

Additional information is available on the attached flyers or on their website at School Year Classes | Creativeadventures (artinyou.com)

**Update Grades** - the 3rd quarter ends in less than two weeks. Please update grades so parents aren't surprised at the end of the quarter.

Bring donations for the Autism Carnival (individual food items to sell and/or drinks)

K-2 Dibels Progress Monitoring - students in red are every 2 weeks and students in yellow every 4 weeks

Nominate Students for the next Celebration Assembly! Nomination Spreadsheet

Tuesday, March 21st - Equity PLC mtg @ 3:45pm

Wednesday, March 22nd - Maryland School Survey (grade 5)

Friday, March 24th - Small Things Matter Food Distribution

Thursday, March 30th - March Madness raffle!

Friday, March 31st - Professional Day (report cards)

Spring Break!!!

Friday, April 14th - Celebration Assembly (grades K-3 @ 2pm and grades 4-5 @ 2:40pm)

Email: Ilana_N_Simhon@mcpsmd.org
Website: https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/meadowhalles/
Location: 951 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, USA
Phone: 240-740-5260