PATRIOT POST

Mrs. Kisha Parker, Autism, Teacher of the Year Finalist

Mrs. Ruth Evans, Kindergarten Paraprofessional, Professional of the Year Finalist

Mrs. Vernell Sirmans, Autism Paraprofessional, Professional of the Year Finalist

Learning with Nearpod - Teacher Session 101 - Nearpod Certified Trainer - Level 1 Series

(an introduction to transforming student devices into powerful learning tools with Nearpod)

1. Open and complete the "Learning with Nearpod - Nearpod Teacher Session"
2. WHILE watching and following along with the Video - Nearpod Teacher Session 101 - at the SAME TIME

Directions on how to login to your FCS Nearpod Teacher account captured in the video:

Login to FCS ClassLink - Click-Find-Open Nearpod SSO and/or Select Office 365

If you have issues with logging in to your Nearpod account or have questions about the session, please contact Mrs. Fannin.

K-2

P.E. - Full Name Workout

Art - Art Choice Board

METI

• K-1 - Teddy's Valentine
• 2nd - METI Choice Board

Music - ARTiculation

3-5

P.E. - Full Name Workout

Art - Art Choice Board

METI - METI Choice Board

Music - ARTiculation

Monday, February 15th

• No School

Tuesday, February 16th

Wednesday, February 17th

• 3-5 Math Interim <-Click here for the Schedule
• CISS Training with Ms. Maddox during Specials

• 3-5 Math Interim Make Up Testing
• Asynchronous Literacy Prep via Nearpod
• Teacher and Professional of the Year Interviews/Observations

Friday, February 19th

• 3-5 TCRWP Visit - Alicia Luick
• 3-5 Math Interim Make Up Testing
• Lesson Plans Due @ 8:00 a.m.
  

We will return to using the weights we used last year. You DO NOT have to change any settings in your gradebook, the update has already been made. You DO have to start using the different grading categories.

Category Weights

Formative - 60%

• Daily Assignments
• Weekly Quizzes/Assessments

• Unit Assessments
• Projects

• Homework Assignments

• BAS
• iReady Scores

• Friday, February 19th: 3-5 TCRWP Staff Developer Alicia Luick to Lead Test Prep Unit Professional Learning
  
• Tuesday, February 23rd: K-2 TCRWP Staff Developer Casey Maxwell Professional Learning
• Wednesday, February 24th: 4th Grade Super Specials March Madness Test Prep Day
• Thursday, February 25th: 3rd Grade Super Specials March Madness Test Prep Day
• Friday, February 26th: 5th Grade Super Specials March Madness Test Prep Day
• Monday, March 1st: 3-5 Test Prep Launch

You will have an asynchronous Literacy Prep during your specials on Thursday, February 17th. The Link to the Asynchronous Prep will be will be emailed Tuesday Afternoon. It will consist of:

• Part two of 90 Day Plan Focus: Aggressive Monitoring (We covered active-engagement during last week's prep)
• Plan for March Madness Soft Launch Week February 22nd-February 26th

It's time to tighten up structures that promote maximum student learning, engagement, and agency.

-Read Alouds should include focused standard work, Skill work, and Vocabulary work to lift the level of student's thinking. Use the Breakout rooms for partnerships to talk. Student engagement is dropping only using the chat feature and cold calls. We have to ramp up the engagement.

-Mini-Lessons in 10 minutes or less(Revised) (Active Engagement can still be 2-3 minutes in breakout rooms)

-Aggressively Monitor the Active Engagement Portions of the Mini-Lessons

-Allow Students to do independent work in Table Groups

-Shoot for at Least one small group per day in Reading and Writing Workshop (Being Realistic with the times we are in; You are permitted to do up to two groups, but communicate it with the parents on your schedule)

-If doing one group, shoot for 4 conferences, if doing two groups, shoot for 2 conferences

• iReady Lessons
• Active Engagement student discourse notes
• Daily Independent Writing
• Daily Writing about Reading through myON Notebooks
• Running Records
• Interim Assessments

February 17th-19th - 3-5 Interim Assessments (CLICK HERE for Blueprints)

February 24th-26th - 3-5 Super Specials

Pacing

• Pacing Chart (Located in Teams -> A - Curriculum Maps and Planning)
  

Lesson Plans

• Template Located in Teams -> B - Team Plans and Playbooks -> Science and Social Studies Plans
  
• Grade Level Plans are acceptable
• First plans are due by Friday @ 8am

Email me or schedule a support/coaching session.

Don't suffer/struggle in silence.

• The more they will understand
• The more they will retain important information
• The more they will succeed

Note-taking skills are the foundation for student success in academic classes and study groups in content that is difficult or rigorous.

Learning to take thorough, usable, and reference-handy notes takes time, practice, and familiarity with note-taking strategies.

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