Monday, January 18, 2010

Jan. 18 - 22

DIBELS
I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! I'm sure after all the DIBELing last week we all needed that extra day. Thanks to everyone for your hard work and flexibility last week during our Middle of Year DIBLES benchmark assessments. This is our learning year and we had too much time during the sweep at the beginning of the year. This time we didn't have enough time. Hopefully by our third try at the end of the year we will get it right. I will be visiting your classes again on Tuesday to try and finish DIBELS make-ups. We will examine our DIBELS data at your planning meetings next week. We will also be creating some activities you can use for remediation and progress monitoring.

Progress Monitoring Schedule
Jan. 29 - Red
Feb. 12 - Red & Yellow
Feb. 26 - Red
March 12 - Red & Yellow
March 26 - Red
April 9 - Red & Yellow
April 23 - Red

Kindergarten Registration

Spread the word! We are looking for upcoming Kindergarten students for next year! A flyer will go home soon with all the information. We will hold Kindergarten registration at Gibson on February 25 and March 1. Remember students must be five years old on or before August 31, 2010.

Mark Your Calendar
Jan. 25 - Names due for students in danger of retention (sheet in your box Tuesday, Jan. 19)
Jan. 26 - First grade planning - AM
Jan. 27 - Second grade planning - AM
Jan. 28 - Kindergarten Parent Conferences
Feb. 1 - PhotoStory Basics Technology workshop at 3:15
Feb. 3 - Report Cards go home
Feb. 3 - Feedback due from each grade level on ELA & SS essential standards
Feb. 5 - Literacy folders and math cards due

Monday, January 11, 2010

Jan. 11-15

DIBELS

Please refer to the MOY DIBELS Sweep Team schedule and have your students divided into two groups ahead of time. Also please prepare two areas for testing and plans for students not being tested. The sweep team members will bring a Nokia, sync cord and benchmark testing book for classroom teachers to use. Please remember to sync your Nokia device before testing and after to ensure your data is saved. If you have new students that are not on your class list or students absent on your testing day please email me their names so I can make sure they are tested.

ACCESS Testing for ESL Students

All ESL students must take the ACCESS test during the testing window - Feb. 1 - March 19.

Kindergarten Registration

Spread the word! We are looking for upcoming Kindergarten students for next year! A flyer will go home soon with all the information. We will hold Kindergarten registration at Gibson on February 25 and March 1. Remember students must be five years old on or before August 31, 2010.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Happy New Year!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful holiday break.

DIBELS
Remember before the break I reviewed with each grade level the middle of year benchmark assessments. If you need or want to practice you may come by and check out a device this week. We will begin testing on Tuesday, January 12th. I will email the schedule to everyone again as a reminder. Remember to plan something for students to work on independently or with your assistant while we are testing. I am also going to place a MOY DIBELS Reminders sheet in your box. Please review that before testing begins next week. If you have questions or concerns please let me know. Thanks and I can't wait to see the growth in your students' results!
Reminders
Jan. 5 - Kindergarten ESL tutoring begins
Jan. 12 - 14 - DIBELS MOY Benchmark Assessments
Jan. 22 - End of Quarter
Jan. 25 - Names due for students in danger of retention
Jan. 26 - First grade planning - AM
Jan. 27 - Second grade planning - AM
Jan. 28 - Kindergarten Parent Conferences
Feb. 3 - Report Cards go home
Feb. 5 - Literacy folders and math cards due
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