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Intermediate NoteCatcher 8-29-24

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Updated 10-8-24

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Critical Concepts - Mastery Learning - MCSD

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Critical Concepts - Mastery Learning - MCSD

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To read more about the review and revision of the Colorado Academic Standards, along with previous drafts, committee meeting summaries, and public feedback, see a complete listing of resources for all the content areas.

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dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills

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The DIBELS Data System enables districts and schools to enter and monitor student scores from DIBELS 8th Edition, DIBELS 6th edition, DIBELS Next, IDEL, Progress Monitoring and Local Outcome Measure. Log In to the data system that provides DIBELS data entry and reports for only $1 per student, per year.

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Support Responsive Teaching and Foster Knowledge Transfer

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K-5 * Print + Digital * (English) & (Spanish)

Professional Learning

Live virtual and hybrid training sessions, on-demand implementation modules, and online communities provide limitless support.

Technology

A comprehensive digital platform hosts all Benchmark Workshop resources and includes interactive books and videos to support teachers, students, and parents alike.

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In a Bridges classroom, students gather evidence, explain their results, and develop respect for others' opinions. Teachers encourage students to employ multiple strategies when solving problems. They foster student initiative by providing opportunities to work in pairs, discuss in small groups, or share with the whole class. As a result, students develop positive math identities while building problem-solving skills, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency.

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Bridges in Mathematics Third Edition | The Math Learning Center

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In a Bridges classroom, students gather evidence, explain their results, and develop respect for others' opinions. Teachers encourage students to employ multiple strategies when solving problems. They foster student initiative by providing opportunities to work in pairs, discuss in small groups, or share with the whole class.

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As a Capturing Kids' Hearts School, we are committed to the following every day!

Greetings and Good Things

Social Contracts

The 5 Questions

Affirmations

Launches

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All classrooms will plan for and conduct class circles daily!

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Establish the routine from Day 1

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Learning Target: By the end of September, all students will know and be able to define conflict vs. bullying, and identify a strategy for addressing both issues. Students will be able to explain the difference between tattling and reporting.

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Training, lessons, and family resources developed to put research-based strategies in the hands of educators to create spaces safe for learning.
Jump to research.

Via online training, school staff learn to work with all students involved in bullying, including bystanders, for an improved school climate.

Jump to staff training demo.

When all staff learn how to recognize and respond to bullying effectively, students understand that they can trust staff to deal with it appropriately.

With the help of acclaimed author Trudy Ludwig, we've woven engaging live action and animated videos into every lesson.

Jump to sample lesson video.

The Bullying Prevention Unit includes principal resources, staff training, and student lessons to help everyone learn bullying prevention techniques.

Jump to sample lessons.

"Relationships are so key in solving bullying issues. Kids love to trust that the adult cares. That's why it's so important that every single adult in a building has the strategy and the knowledge to listen to a student and validate what they're saying."

Kim Bilanko, Principal, Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Kirkland, WA

Scope & Sequence

A complete list of lessons and learning objectives for the Bullying Prevention Unit, Kindergarten-Grade 5.
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The Bullying Prevention Unit features training modules to help staff develop ways to effectively identify and deal with bullying throughout the school. Staff education is easy to implement and will help make a difference in students' lives.
Try Out the Sample Training Scenario

Research continues to show that bullying negatively affects the social, emotional, and academic health of all involved-victims, offenders, and bystanders. We're committed to translating up-to-date and reliable research into tools schools can easily integrate into creating safe and successful learning environments.

Review of Research
As with all of our programs, we've designed the Bullying Prevention Unit based on best practices according to current, reliable research in the field. Learn more about the research that informed the design and content of this highly effective program. See Research Summary (PDF)

"Bullying Prevention in Schools Starts with SEL"
This white paper highlights research showing that effective bullying prevention requires a multi-pronged approach that starts with social-emotional learning (SEL).
Download White Paper in English (PDF)
Download White Paper in Spanish (PDF)

Current Research
Dr. Dorothy Espelage (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Dr. Todd Little (Texas Tech University) are conducting a randomized control trial, involving 108 classrooms across nine Illinois K-5 schools, to assess the impact of the Bullying Prevention Unit on bullying and peer victimization.
View All Research

Academic Standards
Find out how Second Step's Bullying Prevention Unit complements academic standards, frameworks, and practices, including Common Core and McREL.
See Chart (PDF)

Anti-Bullying Legislation
Learn how Second Step's Bullying Prevention Unit aligns with common anti-bullying laws, including those pertaining to school policies, professional development, parent education, and student education.
See Connections

Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools
See how Second Step supports trauma-informed practices to create a climate of social-emotional safety in schools.
See Chart (PDF)

Related Blog Posts

Keep families informed about classroom instruction and help them actively participate with online family resources.

Encourage family discussions and help students reinforce skills with these Take-Home Activities.

Sample Take-Home Activity (PDF)

See all our Bullying Prevention Unit products for Kindergarten through Grade 5

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Buy Now Training, lessons, and family resources developed to put research-based strategies in the hands of educators to create spaces safe for learning. Jump to research. Via online training, school staff learn to work with all students involved in bullying, including bystanders, for an improved school climate. Jump to staff training demo.

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Trauma Responsive Strategies and Interventions - Elementary

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Policy development in a modern, forward-looking school system is a dynamic on-going process. New problems, issues and needs give rise to the continuing need to develop new policies or to revise existing ones.

This school district operates according to policies established by the Board of Education. The Board, which represents the state and local community, develops policies after careful deliberation, and the school administration implements them through specific regulations and procedures. The Board then appraises the effects of its policies and makes revisions as necessary.

It is the hope of the Board of Education that this collection of policies and regulations will make greater harmony and efficiency possible in all areas of school operations. This will enable the Board to devote more time to its primary duty -- the development of long-range policies and planning for the future of the school system.

For Student & Family Code of Conduct in English, click here---
For Selected Policies in Spanish, click here--
Technology and Internet Acceptable Student Use Policy, click here---

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Policy development in a modern, forward-looking school system is a dynamic on-going process. New problems, issues and needs give rise to the continuing need to develop new policies or to revise existing ones. This school district operates according to policies established by the Board of Education.

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ClassDojo helps teachers, parents, and students build amazing classroom communities.

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Twig Science Next Gen is a complete Pre-K-8 program built for the NGSS.

Welcome to Twig Science Next Gen

Interactive and hands-on learning plays an essential part in understanding science. Twig Science is dedicated to providing an interactive science program that gets students immersed in the exciting world of science and natural phenomena.

Three Interactive Teaching Tools for Three-Dimensional Success

Teacher

Print and Digital

Designed to make delivering the NGSS straightforward even for nonspecialist science teachers, Twig Science Next Gen includes comprehensive Teacher Editions in print and digital for flexible lesson planning, a state-of-the-art 3-D Performance Assessment suite, and an innovative, easy-to-use digital platform.

Student

Print and Digital

Twig Science Next Gen transforms 3‑D standards into dynamic visual, digital, and hands-on learning that students will remember forever. It brings real-world phenomena into students' lives through interactive Twig Books, theater-quality video, and engaging multimedia.

Science Kits or Video Labs

Students experience science and engineering firsthand as a dynamic, creative, and collaborative process-just like real working scientists and engineers in the 21st century. They develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills through a range of investigation types, from hands-on activities and digital interactives to on-demand Video Labs.

A New Way to Teach Science

Are you ready to celebrate plant shapes by curating your own Museum of Leafology? How about designing the Ultimate Playground through learning about pushes, pulls, and playground forces? Egg car crashes, anyone?

Flexible Tools for Any Instructional Delivery Method

Twig Science Next Gen gives teachers a flexible way of delivering comprehensive, standards-based instruction, both in the classroom and in a hybrid teaching model.

Assign and GO!

* 3,000+ video lessons and video labs

* Flexible delivery: in-person, hybrid and/or remote

* Device agnostic: use with any digital device

* Adapts to instructional and/or review time

* Built-in teacher-student feedback

Virtual Hands-On Video Labs

* Video Labs support teaching hands-on science experiments as students take part at home

* Performance Expectations covered through entertaining and involving activities

* Labs prepare students for success in Benchmark Assessments

On-Demand Instruction-Twig Coach Videos

* On-demand, bite-sized, studio-quality lesson videos presented by experienced teachers to encourage participation and engagement

* Self-guided or assigned pace

* Students interact with lessons through high-quality rich media and text

Culturally Responsive and Accessible Instruction

Twig Science Next Gen promotes equitable, inclusive, and accessible learning environments for 21st century students.

The program is designed to be inclusive of all students, regardless of race, gender, (dis)ability, language ability, socioeconomic background, or national origin.

An Easy-to-Use Digital Platform

Clean, Modern, Tile-Based Design keyboard_arrow_down

* Use as-is or share content to Google Classroom or your LMS

* Toggle between teacher and student views

* Pin lessons to your dashboard for quick access during your teaching sessions

* Teacher Background Knowledge articles provided to support all modules

Secure and Safe Learning Environment keyboard_arrow_down

* Device-agnostic platform

* Built using modern technologies and fully HTML5 compliant

* Automated rostering and single sign-on integrations available (Clever, Classlink) for seamless user provisioning and access

* Supports rostering via CSV, with configurable password policy options

* Meets latest security and accessibility requirements

* Prompt product and technical support

Assignable Lessons keyboard_arrow_down

* Assign lessons to students using the digital version of the Twig Book

* Interactivity includes read, highlight, investigate, annotate, model, draw/design, explain, and reflect functions

* Students can upload pictures, drawings, visual observations, and snapshots to build up a digital portfolio

* Teachers provide feedback directly in each student's digital Twig Book

Equitable Access to Phenomena keyboard_arrow_down

* Point-of-use scaffolds with cultural connections and differentiation for special education students

* English Learner differentiation for Emerging, Bridging, and Expanding levels of language acquisition

* Text-to-speech functionality

* Accessibility options include full customization of the display, with built-in epilepsy-safe, visually impaired, cognitive disability, and ADHD-friendly profiles

Student-Centered Investigations

Beyond the STEM roles students take on during the immersive storylines in Twig Science Next Gen, students encounter hundreds more STEM careers in film and text. Exposure to science and engineering careers at the elementary level inspires and engages students-a great indicator of success at later stages of school, college, and career.

STEM-Role Investigations

Hands-on, digital, and video investigations provide captivating real- world experiences in dozens of STEM roles-from park rangers and earthquake engineers to deep-space explorers and time-traveling tour guides.

Thousands of Award-Winning, Theater-Quality Videos and Interactives

All students regardless of socioeconomic background are transported to gather evidence of both local and global phenomena, experiencing science and engineering careers directly through thousands of high-quality videos and interactives.

1:1 Print and Digital Equity

Driving Questions challenge students to solve phenomena and design problems. PEs are described in student-friendly language. Student-friendly text features highlight instructional shifts and act as meta-cognitive cues.

NGSS instructional shifts require a new system of three-dimensional performance assessment, emulating the real-world experiences of scientists and engineers.

Twig Science Next Gen partnered with Stanford's SCALE team to develop engaging and reliable assessment in which students demonstrate thinking, knowledge, and practices to unpack phenomena and solve design challenges.

After teaching for 27 years, Twig Science Next Gen has brought the spark back into teaching for me... How lucky I am to be part of this incredible program.

"I Absolutely Love Twig Science!"

It's so exciting when teachers like Kati tell us the difference Twig Science Next Gen makes in their classrooms. We hear this a lot, but it never gets old!

Benicia, a Grade 5 teacher, loves that everything she needs to teach science is "all right there!"

Share the unique issues in your classrooms and we'll show you how we can help.

Our parent company, Weld North Education, is becoming Imagine Learning

We are taking the next step on our journey to empower more educators, engage more students, and connect more families to learning, by bringing together our products under one brand, united by a shared mission.

Imagine with us at imaginethefutureoflearning.com

Get the latest news from Twig Science Next Gen.

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Twig Science Next Gen is a complete Pre-K-8 program built for the NGSS. Interactive and hands-on learning plays an essential part in understanding science. Twig Science is dedicated to providing an interactive science program that gets students immersed in the exciting world of science and natural phenomena.

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The Colorado State Model Performance Management System (COPMS) in RANDA is an optional tool to support districts in the implementation, data collection and effective use of the Colorado State Model Evaluation System. The Colorado State Model Performance Management System was available to use beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.

COPMS includes an electronic interface and data collection tools for the state model evaluation rubrics, measures of student learning/outcomes, final effectiveness ratings, and aggregate reports to support principals and district leaders in providing useful and actionable feedback and possible professional development opportunities for educators. For more information, please download our fact sheet (PDF) or contact Educator_Effectiveness@cde.state.co.us.

Note: Districts do not have to use this online system to use the State Model Evaluation System. The use of COPMS in RANDA is completely optional as a support to district/BOCES in the implementation of educator evaluations.

Compatible web browsers

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Colorado State Model Performance Management System (RANDA)

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The Colorado State Model Performance Management System (COPMS) in RANDA is an optional tool to support districts in the implementation, data collection and effective use of the Colorado State Model Evaluation System. The Colorado State Model Performance Management System was available to use beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.

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Activity Books have been developed by the Colorado Foundation for Agriculture in cooperation with community partners. They are available free to educators and students! The Activity Books are designed to increase the level of understanding of a particular topic. While each book varies in length, they have a higher page count, ranging from 24 to 72 pages and can be taught over multiple class periods. They include a variety of reading and activity pages to make learning fun!

Activity Books

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Jennifer Scharpe, Administrator and Yasuko Mitsuoka Grow, Designer

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Colorado Agriculture in the Classroom website provides K-12 educators with engaging resources to increase agricultural literacy among their students.

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Sibme has revolutionized our approach to educator development, shifting our focus from compliance-driven activities to meaningful impact on student learning. It's the catalyst for real, measurable growth in both educators and students alike.

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Sibme | AI-Enabled Coaching and Collaboration

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Improve learning with Sibme. Sibme brings out the best in your team and helps you create engaging, curated, and personalized experiences built to sustain long-term professional learning and personal growth.

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New pick-up loop map

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Beginning of Year

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NWEA: Advancing learning outcomes for all kids

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We empower educators and learners with evidence-based products and services that unlock opportunity.

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Newsletter fall 2024

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MCSD training video for accessing screener.