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Catie is putting together a Launch Pad (newsletter) with important dates.  It will be sent out bi-weekly please make sure you read it.

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Catie is putting together a Launch Pad (newsletter) with important dates.  It will be sent out bi-weekly please make sure you read it.

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Intervention-  I have had multiple conversations with grade levels and have discussed most of the points below, but thought I should send this out anyway.  Thanks.

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Intervention-  I have had multiple conversations with grade levels and have discussed most of the points below, but thought I should send this out anyway.  Thanks.

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Push-in Model

Learning Center staff will be working with a small group while the classroom teacher is meeting with another reading group.  The purpose is for LC staff to focus on reading comprehension with students.

Here is what Learning Center staff will be focusing on:

Learning Center Staff

Focus on reading (listening and speaking)

Decodable Books - K and 1 (after teachers have taught books on Day 4, 5)

Use reading routine protocol

Book in a Bag lesson (Leveled Text)  - Kindergarten through Fifth Grade

Use reading routine protocol and focus on First Read in Teaching Guide and Text Evidence cards

Support staff should not be working with the lowest group of readers

Here is what teachers can do to assist in preparation for Learning Center staff to push-in:

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Please have an area cleared and ready to go for LC staff to use. (table/chairs; student desks grouped)

Please select the group of students that staff will be working with during small group instruction.

Please assign the same group of students to the Learning Center staff for at least 6 weeks.

Please select the “book in a bag” that LC staff will use with their groups.

If there is a decodable book for students to practice, please have that ready to go for the groups needing this practice. (Kinder and First)

Please be sure to keep your lowest students during small group instruction

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Homework.   Hear what Hattie has to say.

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Homework.   Hear what Hattie has to say.

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Home > Principal Learning Teams > John Hattie: Homework and Its Value

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Second Grade Taking a Brain Break!  Don't forget about the importance of brain breaks and movement.

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Second Grade Taking a Brain Break!  Don't forget about the importance of brain breaks and movement.

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See article below

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Edutopia is a free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education. We are published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

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I actually thought about this video yesterday when I was helping my son finish his homework (no, I was not doing it for him) at 9 pm. Alfie asks, "why do students have to work a second shift?" Food for thought.

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Alfie Kohn:  "Making students work a 'second shift'"

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I had mentioned that I would be sending out a positive referral to recognize students demonstrating the three R's.  You have a stack in your boxes.  We will make an announcement to explain it to students on Monday.  Please take a moment to reinforce the announcement in your class.  The process is simple.

1.  If you see a student demonstrating one of the 3Rs.
2.  Fill out the positive referral form and turn it in to Catie.
3.  Catie will have me sign it, I will write a comment and announce it during morning announcements.
4.  The filled out form will be placed in your box for the student to take home.

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STEAM Team for a successful first round of STEAM activities.

Mrs. Gamble and the LC team for a smooth transition into the intervention schedule.

Catie and Leean for all of their help in the front office.

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September 28th – Cindy Bourassa