PATRIOT POST

Liberty Point Family,

The Fulton County Board of Education supports our vision that each child should be given the opportunity to learn to his or her full potential. To that end, our continuous achievement framework for advancement allows each child to progress in language arts and math at his or her appropriate instructional pace and depth, expanding and compacting the curriculum as

appropriate. I am proud that Liberty Point has 20% of our students enrolled in advanced courses in math which exceeds the district average of 10%. In English Language Arts, we have 18% of our students enrolled in advanced courses which exceeds the district average of 12%. Let's continue to push our students to ensure that they are all being challenged at the appropriate level. We are doing amazing work and I am proud of our school community! If you have any questions about this information, please let us know.

Thank you,

Mr. Payne

K-2

P.E. - PE Nearpod

Art - Art Choice Board

METI - Dr. King's Holiday + Time to Climb

Music - An Overview of Tempo

3-5

P.E. - PE Nearpod

Art - Art Choice Board

METI - Dr. King's Holiday + Time to Climb

Music - An Overview of Tempo

Monday, January 18th

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School

Tuesday, January 19th

• Teaching & Learning

• Kid Talk during Specials
• Literacy Instructional Rounds

• Math Instructional Rounds

Friday, January 22nd

• iReady Winter Diagnostic Window Closes
• 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, January 22nd: iReady Diagnostic Window Closes
• Tuesday, January 26th: myON Advanced Training with myON coach
• February 8th & 9th: Literary & Informational Interim Assessment
• February?- WriteScore

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

• Provide students with opportunities to share their thinking
• Talk less...let the students do the majority of the work
• Use virtual resources that allow for just-in-time feedback and opportunities for you to assess student understanding immediately.

Platforms to try:

• Braining Camp
• Nearpod
• Whiteboard.fi
• SeeSaw

Math Block Format

Problem of the Day

• 5-10 minutes
• Problem solving strategies and higher order thinking questions

• 15-20 minutes
• Focused on a specific skill or strategy
• Vary your teaching delivery method (Inquiry, Example and Explanation, Demonstration, Guided Practice)
• Give students the opportunity to practice the strategy

• 45-60 minutes
• Allow students to work through tasks independently, while you pull groups.
• Small group plans are done, make sure students and parents know which days they are expected to stay logged in after the mini lesson for small group instruction

Closing

• 5 minutes
• Allow students to discuss what they have learned or their takeaways from the day.

Unit Post Assessments Data Analysis

Student Work Analysis

Mid-February - 3-5 Interim Assessments

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.

Email: PayneJ@Fultonschools.org
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