Monster Memo

Welcome to the Monster Memo! Here you can find all things TEAM Mitchell!

1. The Monster of the Month Community Meeting for January will be Friday 1/31. Nominate your Monster here.
2. The 100th day is coming up, please cast your vote on how you'd like to celebrate below. Voting closes Wednesday.
3. If you'd like to donate a grade level raffle basket to the GMSPA fundraiser, please let Dennis know by tomorrow (1/28) afternoon. Thank you to the grade levels who already donated!
4. From Kristine: Please plan to have grade 1-8 family reports sent home on Friday, January 31st and kindergarten reports on Friday, February 14th.
5. This week's grade level meeting focus is grade level choice. If you would Dennis or Michelle to attend your meeting, please let us know.
6. WIDA Access testing is coming up in January. Some students may have to be pulled during core blocks to complete testing. Thank you for your understanding.
7. iReady Winter benchmark window will open Jan 20-31 for kindergarten. Please remember to consult the Administration Guidelines for specifics on testing, accommodations, ELs, etc. Thank you!
8. From Nicole & Renee:

   Welcome back! It is that time of year again to do the Winter Literacy Assessments. In your mailbox you will find a copy of the Winter DIBELS Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) subtest. Please administer this one-minute task anytime between January 13th-28th and enter it into the DIBELS database by January 28th. We will be completing the Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) subtest with your students. *Please see the email sent for your scheduled time. There will be no Title l support between January 13th-29th as we will be completing the testing across the district. If you need any help with administering or entering the data or if there are any conflicts with the schedule, please let us know.

• 1/29 Early Release - Wellness Fair
• 1/31 Monster of the Month Community Meeting - January
• 2/4 Wit & Wisdom walkthrough
• 2/5 Grade 2 visit with meteorologist Jacob Wycoff from WBV-TV/CBS Boston @ 1:30 in the cafe
• 2/12 Early Release - Edcamp
• 2/17-2/21 School vacation
• 2/26 Faculty Meeting

Nela Almeida-Salema for showing up to help out without even being asked!

Nikki Littlefield for giving her heart at exactly the right time!

Krista Tierney for being a team player and always keeping her students' best interests in mind! She is a joy to work with!

Gina Acone & Julie Lynch for being flexible and willing to change their schedules and step up to support different students in a staff member's absence.

Michelle Zachary for being a happy welcoming presence each day at school - Mrs. S

Kelly Shaw for always going above and beyond to make students smile!

Jen Collins - Her expertise in math is truly unmatched! I appreciate her willingness to help with quite literally anything within the classroom and for helping to keep my students engaged and challenged! - Chelsea Frizzell

Jules Andrade for always being there to help within the classroom, whether it is working with kids or making our I-Ready posters! And for always taking on so many different roles throughout the day! You are appreciated :) - Chelsea Frizzell

Emma Sullivan for making learning fun. She is always making the kids laugh and getting them excited to try new things.

Faculty Member of the Week: Emma Sullivan

Respect

PBIS Committee Meeting Dates - Last Conference Room

11/20 - In school meeting 9:40 in the Office Conference Room

12/17 - 8:15 am

1/14 - 8:15 am (PBIS coach attending)

3/4

5/13

If you need printed and cut tickets, please email Kathleen MacFadzen. She will leave them in your mailbox. Thank you Kathleen!

• Mrs. Littlefield's Class
• Ms. Ducharme's Class
• Ms. Ladurantaye's Class
• Mrs. Dudek's Class
• Mrs. Costa's Class
• Mrs. Lazarakis' Class

January's focus on breath - Breathe for Compassion

Erica DeAssis 1/4

Lillian Silva 1/9

Scott McGrail 1/9

Katie Costa 1/12

Chelsea Levesque 1/15

Jennifer Hartsell 1/17

Meghan White 1/26

Want to help us to celebrate you? Share your birthday by clicking the link below:

https://forms.gle/inXbv2w38goQ51Qf9

Jan 20-31 for kindergarten.

Also, please remember to consult the Administration Guidelines for specifics on testing, accommodations, ELs, etc. Thank you!

DIBELS

• Testing Window: January 13th-28th

• Enter data into the DIBELS Database by January 28th

• Title l Testing Schedule- Please let Nicole or Renee know if you have any schedule conflicts or if you have any questions about administering your subtest.

• Classroom teachers and Title l teachers will administer the following subtests:

• Kindergarten- LNF (Teachers), NWF (Title l)

• Grade 1- ORF (Teachers), NWF (Title l)

• Grade 2- ORF (Teachers), NWF (Title l)

• *Title l may administer additional RAN tasks for students flagged on iReady*

Fundations Winter Dictation: Grades 1-2

• Administer between January 20th- 31st

• Input data into your Literacy Data Trackers by January 31st

• Grade 1 Dictation

• Grade 2 Dictation

*Please note: There will be no Title l groups during the DIBELS testing block from January 13th-January 28th. Title l will distribute the DIBELS and Fundations Dictation materials in your mailboxes after the December break. *

*iReady My Path weekly requirements are 30-49 minutes per week in each subject.

https://tntp.org/assets/documents/TNTP_Opportunity-Myth_Executive-Summary_WEB.pdf

Language Standards

https://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/ela/standards/prek-12language.pdf