Week 8

 

Hello Team! Happy Monday! Thank you to all of those who took the time to complete the Glint Survey. Welcome back Ms. Knikelbine and Mrs. Licht!  You have been missed!

03's and Team Meetings continue this week!  Please be prepared to discuss the transition into Hybrid learning and how you will support the two types of instruction during your 03.  

Considerations for Hybrid

As we plan for hybrid instruction, we need to consider classroom expectations that need to be taught. Think about the expectations and procedures that you will put in place for the following:

• Wearing masks appropriately all day
• Adhering to social distancing in classroom and hallways
• Using sanitizer before entering the room
• Bathroom breaks as a class
• Breakfast and lunch expectations 
• Individual student supplies (Bridges manipulatives)
• Location for charging stations
• Cool down spot in the classroom (Buddy rooms will not be utilized)
• Teaching good handwashing techniques, tissue use, blowing noses, coughing into arms

This is just a few things to start considering before our students come back. Discuss these items with your team and come up with a plan. It is crucial that we have strong procedures in place for the success and safety of us all. 

News to Know...

• 10/29 Thursday: U of M vs Michigan State, Rep your team!!!
• 10/30 Friday: Drive thru Trick or Treat will be held from 2:00-3:30. Please inform your parents in your parent updates. Feel free to wear your costume that day. Class will end about 1:00 so we can all participate in this schoolwide event. 
• 11/3 ELECTION DAY! - We will have an early dismissal at 1:30 pm.  This will enable those of you who are voting in person to have time to vote.  
• 11/5 Flu Vaccines will be administered from 8:00-10:00 if you are interested.

Week 7

 

Good Morning Team and Happy Monday!

I hope each of you had a great weekend and were able to enjoy the good weather on Saturday!  We are really getting into that fall weather.

CONGRATULATIONS...

Sending out love and congratulations to the "new" Mrs. Licht!  As you probably know,  Ms. Celia Devitis got married this past weekend!  We want to send our best wishes to her and her husband as they begin their life's journey together.  We love you!

This Week's Highlights:

NWEA Testing

Please double check to make sure all of your students have completed their testing.

Staff Meeting

Our staff meeting this week will cover Class Kick, so if you have not yet viewed the information below, please take some time to review it before the meeting.

03's and Team Meetings continue this week!

Edcite

This past week, I was in a virtual meeting regarding Edcite. Here are the highlights.

• All Interims are in Edcite. Please print and review when planning for instruction.
• Edcite will automatically integrate grades to Gradebook on Monday, Oct. 19. 
• Grades from Edcite will show up the next day in gradebook.
• Assessments are retroactive, it will automatically transfer all grades over.
• If you manually entered grades into Gradebook, you may need to delete if it shows as a duplicate.
• Do not use reprts from Edcite. Use the student analytics in Gradebook. 

News to know...

• Please remember to complete your Employee Engagement Survey.
• Thursday, Oct. 29th Uof M vs Michigan (Rep your team!)
• We are still collecting candy for the Drive-thru Trick or Treat. The event will take place on Friday, October 30th from 2:00-3:30. Have you picked out your costume yet?

Week 6

Wow...just want to say "hurray" we survived a tumultuous week last week...and we did it with grace.  Thank you so much for your input and involvement in the many meetings that occurred!  I also want to give your props for all of the completed testing, student meetings, progress reports and online program start up's that occurred last week.  You are amazing and I appreciate you sooooo much!  

This Week's Highlights:

NWEA Testing

NWEA testing concludes this week (Monday) with make-ups.  Please try to have these completed by end of day Monday.

Staff Meeting

Our staff meeting this week will cover Class Kick, so if you have not yet viewed the information below, please take some time to review it before the meeting.

Pink Out Day

We have a "Pink Out Day" scheduled for Thursday.  Please wear Pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.

NWEA Parent Letters

The Classroom teachers will be sending these out to parents by end of week.  Just wanted to keep you in the loop. 

Half Day Friday

We have a half day next Friday, October 16. 😊

Candy Donations

Remember, we are collecting donations for Laurus' Drive Thru Trick or Treat Event on Oct. 30th. Please bring your donations (Family size bags: 84 piece minimum) to me and I will record your donations. If you donate, you can dress down for the week. This event will happen during the later part of the school day. Start planning your costume for the event! We will dress up and safely pass out the candy as our families drive by. This should be fun! 

Here are some resources for Class Kick....trainings, tutorials, and documents.  Please take some time to review these materials as this is the next big tech push and expectation for use by NHA.

 à RECORDING OF SESSION

CLICK HERE à http://nha.adobeconnect.com/pegbh4y6bw56/

SESSION TOPICS

·         Key components of effective independent assignments for in-person and online learning

·         Classkick

·         How does Classkick support key components of effective independent assignments?

·         How do you troubleshoot common technology issues with Classkick?

 

à ATTACHED/RESOURCES

DOCUMENTS FROM THE SESSION

• Troubleshooting Common Issues for Classkick
• Accessing Classkick

 

SAMPLE ASSIGNMENTS FROM COACHING ACTIVITY

o    Math Sample from Video

o    K-2 (Science)

§  Original

§  Revised Version

o    3-5  (ELA)

o    6-8 (Social Studies)

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Template for Shared Resources Page
• Accessing Similar Data from Coaching Activity
• Specials: How an Art Teacher using Classkick for Art Critiques

 

CLASSKICK VIDEO TUTORIAL:  https://youtu.be/H7qgiAeLmRk

STAFF VIRTUAL LEARNING HUB:   Classkick Resources on Digital Instructional Tools

• Path:  Staff Virtual Learning Hub > Instructional Practices and Tools > Digital Instructional Tools

 

Reminders...

• Remember to notify parents and students immediately of any issues with our internet or any type of technical difficulties that cause changes to the schedules. 
• Remember to follow this blog...

Upcoming Events...

       - October 16 - All School Reunification  

        - October 19 - Safety Week Begins

     - October 23 - Lockdown Drill (AM)

     - October 29 - UM/MSU Dress Down Day

     - October 30 - Fire Drill (AM)

                       Halloween Costume Day

                       Trick or Treat Drive Through 2:00-3:30

     - November 3 - Election Day....VOTE!

Have a fabulous weekend and week team! 

Week 5

I want to start this week's blog out with a shout out to our team...you all have been amazing while dealing with NWEA testing, AIMSWeb testing, IEP testing, paperwork and meetings, technology issues, and just dealing with the highs and lows of virtual instruction!  Thank you so much for your dedication, diligence and "can-do" spirit.  I appreciate you all so much!

This Week's Highlights:

NWEA Testing

NWEA testing continues this week with Math and some ELA make-ups.  Just a reminder that we will be testing NWEA in the winter this year. Also keep in mind that in our new cohort, we are expected to administer Interim 3 in the spring of this school year. It is around the same time as NWEA.

Count Day

Highly encourage every student to attend at least one live session on that day. If they join a live session, their name will be entered into a drawing to receive lunch that will be delivered by the Dean on the next day. 

Staff Share out

On Oct. 9th, there is no school for the students. However, we will be in attendance. We are planning to have the staff share out best practices with each other. Each grade level will present a technology and one curricular resource to share with the staff. This includes us, so as a team, please decide on one tech and one curricular resource to share.  You will have 15 minutes to present.

Candy Donations

Remember, we are collecting donations for Laurus' Drive Thru Trick or Treat Event on Oct. 30th. Please bring your donations (Family size bags: 84 piece minimum) to me and I will record your donations. If you donate, you can dress down for the week. This event will happen during the later part of the school day. Start planning your costume for the event! We will dress up and safely pass out the candy as our families drive by. This should be fun! 

Class Kick

Here are some resources for Class Kick....trainings, tutorials, and documents.  Please take some time to review these materials as this is the next big tech push and expectation for use by NHA.

 à RECORDING OF SESSION

CLICK HERE à http://nha.adobeconnect.com/pegbh4y6bw56/

SESSION TOPICS

·         Key components of effective independent assignments for in-person and online learning

·         Classkick

·         How does Classkick support key components of effective independent assignments?

·         How do you troubleshoot common technology issues with Classkick?

 

à ATTACHED/RESOURCES

DOCUMENTS FROM THE SESSION

• Troubleshooting Common Issues for Classkick
• Accessing Classkick

 

SAMPLE ASSIGNMENTS FROM COACHING ACTIVITY

o    Math Sample from Video

o    K-2 (Science)

§  Original

§  Revised Version

o    3-5  (ELA)

o    6-8 (Social Studies)

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Template for Shared Resources Page
• Accessing Similar Data from Coaching Activity
• Specials: How an Art Teacher using Classkick for Art Critiques

 

CLASSKICK VIDEO TUTORIAL:  https://youtu.be/H7qgiAeLmRk

STAFF VIRTUAL LEARNING HUB:   Classkick Resources on Digital Instructional Tools

• Path:  Staff Virtual Learning Hub > Instructional Practices and Tools > Digital Instructional Tools

 

News to Know...

• Remember to notify parents and students immediately of any issues with our internet or any type of technical difficulties that cause changes to the schedules. 
• Staff Meeting is Wednesday, October 7 at 7:45 am. We will be covering Count Day procedures.
• Remember to follow this blog...

Have a fabulous week team!