Dec 17 to Dec 19 BE 212 and Hopeful

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The job of keeping our children safe is something we all do together.
We bear accountability for every child.  They are all our children.
It’s our first job – caring for our children. And that is how we will be measured as a nation.

President Obama, Memorial in Newtown, CT

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Instructional Framework 101:  IF 101
Domain 3: Instruction - the heart of the framework
Component e: Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness

Element: Response to students

Application: How do you balance the needs of the lesson with the spontaneous teachable moments?  How do you develop a deep knowledge of your students so that you can be flexible and responsive to each child?  How will you respond to the needs of your students in light of Friday’s tragedy?  The business of our business is learning, but this week, let learning be around inclusion, building community, assuring safety, and predictable environments. 

Danielson Quote:   She would tell you to love the children unconditionally!

Bits 'n Pieces + 1 degree more!
Monday Morning Gathering
In preparation for the initial minutes with students on Monday, please gather in the gym at 8:20am to draw strength from each other and become aware of a common message.  We will continue with the planned Lock Down Safety Drill. Friday was hard, but Monday may be harder.

Staff Meeting – Dec 18 @ 7:45am

Agenda: Post Cards to 5 students; AR Update; Science Fair; Who’s the Hero – Anti-Bullying
Cinnamon Rolls, Cutie Oranges, and Coffee will be served at 7:30am

Furlough – Dec 19
NEWS UPDATE!  Our start time with students is a regular Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri start time – 8:50am with the tardy bell at 8:55am.  This matters because buses will pick up students ‘late’ compared to other Wednesdays.  We’ll communicate via School Messenger, but please inform your students, too.

Most of you know what time to leave to honor the furlough expectations.  Office staff will be leaving as soon as students are home and accounted for.  Thank you for all you do!

IXL – Are you monitoring its use? How’s it going?  What do you love?  How can this resource be used to inform instruction?

Classroom Newsletter Ditty’s

Feel free to cut ‘n paste

Early Release and Furlough Days – Newsletter Ditty

Due to cuts at the legislative level, December 19^th is a furlough half-day.  School starts at 8:50am, and students will be dismissed from school at 12:01pm.  No lunches will be served.  Teaching and support staff will also dismiss early.  Winter Break follows from Dec 20 to Jan 2.  Students and staff return to school Jan 3, 2013.

School District Bond Proposal – classroom newsletter ditty

Registered voters will consider a bond measure on February 12, 2013.  For more information about Puyallup School District’s Bond Measure see the website at www.puyallup.k12.wa.us.

ProDev
**Be sure to visit the District ProDev website often. Christine Moloney and John Parker have been busy posting classes!**

Hunt Events
Staff Meeting – Dec 18 @ 7:45am

Agenda:  Promoting Connections with Students & other business

Next LIC ProDev – Jan 9 PR @ 1:06 – 2:36pm
Agenda:  Danielson Instructional Framework & Boundary Training

Student Learning Events
Jan 8 – Class #4582
Read Well Kindergarten – Review

Jan 10 – Class #4583
Read Well Grade 1 – Review

Jan 15 – Class #4575

Read Well Grade 1 Part 1 of 2

Jan 17 – Class #4576

Read Well Grade 1 Part 2 of 2

Jan 22 – Class #4577

Read Well Grade 1 Part 1 of 2

Jan 24 – Class # 4591

Using Data to Inform

Feb 5 – Class #4579

Read Well Grade 1 Part 2 of 2

Mar 21 – Class #4590

Using Data to Inform

Culture & Arts Events

To be updated

BE 212:  Every Monday Matters
Every Monday does matter, and this is no ordinary Monday. The thought that we get to return to our school, to our students, to our colleagues, and to our community is a gift.  Let us BE grateful for relationships; let us BE vigilant in our watch over kids and each other; and let us BE hopeful that something good will come from tragedy.  Please make plans to meet in the gym at 8:20 on Monday morning to draw strength from each other before greeting the children.

 

 

Dec 3 to Dec 7 BE 212 Disciplined

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Many of life's circumstances are created by three basic choices:
the disciplines you choose to keep;
the people you choose to be with;
and the laws you choose to obey.

Charles Millhuff, Evangelist

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Instructional Framework 101: IF 101

Domain 3: Instruction - the heart of the framework
Component d: Using Assessment in Instruction
Element: Monitoring of Student Learning

Application: How are you systematically monitoring everything that goes on in your classroom? How are you monitoring groups of students and individuals before, during, and after instruction?

Danielson Quote: They (teachers) monitor everything going on in the class: student engagement in the activities, the appropriateness of the materials and groupings, and the extent to which students are actually learning what the teacher intended. (from Enhancing Professional Practice, p.86)


Bits 'n Pieces + 1 degree more!

Report Cards
Super job, Highlanders! The task always seems daunting at first, but reading how our students are doing and knowing how much YOU are doing to support learning is INSPIRING! Thank you for having your reports done on-time (and especially early!), and for welcoming our feedback with such professionalism!

IXL - Class Set Up Due Dec 3
Please let Lisa or Rebecca know if you need help setting up your roster. Please use the letter to communicate with families by the end of this week about this resource.

United Way Campaign – Talk About 212!
All together, Hunt staff donated $760 through United Way. Thank you for your generosity!

WERA Conference
Lisa and Rebecca will be attending the Washington Educational Research Association conference on Thursday and Friday. We will have an opportunity to hear Dr. Charlotte Danielson, and learn the latest information about the Smarter Balanced Assessments that will begin in two years and connect to the Common Core. While we are out of the building Lorraine Hirakawa will be providing administrative coverage. She is currently an administrative intern at Emerald Ridge High School. No doubt she’ll have a GREAT couple of days with YOU and our students!

A Dozen A Day! Celebrating 12-12-12
Let’s make this a date Highlanders will remember! It won’t happen again until the next century! You all have the BEST ideas for how to make unique events fun by wrapping instruction around it! Share your ideas….here’s a start from some of your colleagues:

Math: problem solving with 12; factors of 12; addends to 12;
Reading: there must be stories with 12?
Writing: List things that come in 12s; Where does ‘Imperial Measurement’ come from?
Real World: Baker’s dozen; ‘12th Man’;

Anyone know anyone who might donate a dozen of something to each classroom for dividing up and sharing?

Classroom Newsletter Ditty’s
Feel free to cut ‘n paste

Early Release and Furlough Days
Due to cuts at the legislative level, December 19th is a furlough half-day. Students will be dismissed from school at 12:01pm. No lunches will be served. Teaching and support staff will also dismiss early. Winter Break follows from Dec 20 to Jan 2. Students and staff return to school Jan 3, 2013.

School District Bond Proposal
Registered voters will consider a bond measure on February 12, 2013. For more information about Puyallup School District’s Bond Measure see the website at www.puyallup.k12.wa.us.

ProDev
**Be sure to visit the District ProDev website often. Christine Moloney and John Parker have been busy posting classes!**

Hunt Events
Next LIC ProDev – Dec 5 PR @ 1:06 – 2:36pm
Agenda: Danielson Instructional Framework

Student Learning Events
**Newly Added Due to Popular Demand**
Dec 4 – Class #4604
SIPPS

Dec 6 – Class # 4581
SIPPS

Jan 8 – Class #4582
Read Well Kindergarten – Review

Jan 10 – Class #4583
Read Well Grade 1 – Review

Jan 15 – Class #4575
Read Well Grade 1 Part 1 of 2

Jan 17 – Class #4576
Read Well Grade 1 Part 2 of 2

Jan 22 – Class #4577
Read Well Grade 1 Part 1 of 2

Jan 24 – Class # 4591
Using Data to Inform

Feb 5 – Class #4579
Read Well Grade 1 Part 2 of 2

Mar 21 – Class #4590
Using Data to Inform

Culture & Arts Events
November 27 - Class #4568
Culture and Art: Poetry, Art, Movement and More, Active Arts Strategies to Integrate with Cultures of the World

Dec 3, 4 - Class #4566
Who’s The Hero, Anti-Bullying Workshop

December 11 - Class #4569 **taught by our own Donna K!**
Culture and Arts: Dance, Pound and Play: Active Arts Strategies to Integrate with Literature of the World

BE 212: Every Monday Matters
Choice: the platform for self-discipline. Know that every day you are helping students improve their circumstances because of how you:

• are disciplined in your work;
• choose to BE with kids all day;
• you model good citizenship.

Someone looks forward to seeing you every day – thank you for making it worth their while!

November 26 to 30 BE Routinely 212

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Making you smile is part of my daily routine.
That is my way of letting you know that you mean the world to me.

Unknown

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Instructional Framework 101: IF 101

Domain 3: Instruction - the heart of the framework
Component c: Engaging Students in Learning
Element: Grouping of students

Application: How are you using grouping scenarios? How are students invited to take initiative in the formation or adjustment of instructional groups? Are instructional groupings productive and appropriate to the learning goals?

Danielson Quote: In grouping students…most important, the type of instructional group should reflect what a teacher is trying to accomplish and should serve that purpose (from Enhancing Professional Practice, p.84).

Bits 'n Pieces + 1 degree more!

Report Cards
Lisa and Rebecca will review and provide feedback to you as quick as possible. Thank you in advance for being honest and positive, and for documenting the areas of necessary improvement.

Drafts due to Admin – Wed, Nov 28
Final Print – Fri, Nov 30 **Colleen will take over the Richo Copier to make all copies**
Trimester Ends – Mon, Dec 3
Report Cards Go Home – Tue, Dec 4 **New Practice! Report Cards go home the day after the trimester ends – for Trimester 1**

IXL - Updates From Student Learning
All elementary students have access to IXL – per John Parker’s email. Please have your classroom account set up before December 3. Information about how to communicate the ‘How Tos’ with families is coming soon. See the email trails from John Parker or Liz Knox for set-up directions.

Group Support Sessions for Hunt teachers are scheduled for – place to be determined:
Monday, Nov 26 @ 3:30pm **change from last Blog post**
Thursday, Nov 29 @ 8:15am
Thursday, Nov 29 @ 3:30pm
Friday, Nov 30 @ 8:15am

United Way Campaign – Ends Nov 30
See the email from 2012 United Way Campaign for your personal user name and password. Follow the steps on the webpage to make your donation. Thank you for giving – whether it’s through United Way or some other form.

Tri 1 PAWSitive Character Recognition Assemblies – Nov 27
**Parents should have been contacted by teachers last week.**
Teachers will call students to the stage steps to receive their certificates – see the assembly protocol sent by email. We’ll have parent guests in the audience – here’s another chance to show how GREAT Hunt is to the community!
Kinders – in class
Grades 1-3 @ 9:15am **please be seated in the gym by 9:15**
Grades 4-6 @ 10am **please be seated in the gym by 10:00**

Early Release and Furlough Days
Wed, Dec 19 – Furlough Day for some
Student Dismissal – 12:01pm **no lunches served**
Cert Staff Dismissal – 12:31pm
Para Staff – after student dismissal; staff can take leave hours
Office Staff – after students are safely home
Admin Staff – after students are safely home

ProDev
**Be sure to visit the District ProDev website often. Christine Moloney and John Parker have been busy posting classes!**

Hunt Events
Nov Staff Meeting - Nov 27 @ 7:45am
Agenda: Celebrations, AVID Strategy, AR Update, and Tech Tools

Next LIC ProDev – Dec 5 PR @ 1:06 – 2:36pm
Agenda: Danielson Instructional Framework

Student Learning Events
Nov 27 – Class #4576
Read Well Grade 1 – Part 2 of 2

Nov 29 – Class #4577
Read Well Kindergarten – Part 1 of 2

Dec 4 – Class #4579
Read Well Kindergarten – Part 2 of 2

Dec 6 – Class # 4581
SIPPS

Jan 8 – Class #4582
Read Well Kindergarten – Review

Jan 10 – Class #4583
Read Well Grade 1 - Review

Jan 24 – Class # 4591
Using Data to Inform

Culture & Arts Events
November 27 - Class #4568
Culture and Art: Poetry, Art, Movement and More, Active Arts Strategies to Integrate with Cultures of the World

Dec 3, 4 - Class #4566
Who’s The Hero, Anti-Bullying Workshop

December 11 - Class #4569 **taught by our own Donna K!**
Culture and Arts: Dance, Pound and Play: Active Arts Strategies to Integrate with Literature of the World


BE 212: Every Monday Matters
♫It’s the most wonderful time of the year….♫

For some of our families, this song line rings true. For MANY of our families, it’s a reminder of what they don’t have, and even worse, what they can’t have. As we move into the ‘Season,’ the GREATEST gift we can give our students right now is a predictable and meaningful school day – keep the routine, routine. In the words of AVID – keep the 5 Ps in mind: Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.

Nov 12 to Nov 16 BE Happily Thankful & 212

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The happiest people do not have the best of everything. They make the best of everything they have.

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Instructional Framework 101: IF 101

Domain 3: Instruction - the heart of the framework
Component b: Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques
Element: Discussion Techniques

Application: Who is the “the Speaker of the House” in your classroom or teaching space? Is it You? Is it one or two ‘star’ students? Even more importantly, who isn’t speaking up?

Danielson Quote: …class discussions are animated, engaging all students in important questions and using the discussion format as a technique to extend knowledge. (from Enhancing Professional Practice, p.81)


Bits 'n Pieces + 1 degree more!

Report Cards
*Update From Student Learning Department*
See the attachment with this week’s email for report card comment reminders.

• Drafts due to Admin – Wed, Nov 28
• Trimester Ends – Mon, Dec 3
• Report Cards Go Home – Tue, Dec 4

**New Practice! Report Cards go home the day after the trimester ends – for Trimester 1**

IXL - Updates From Student Learning
All elementary students have access to IXL – per John Parker’s email. Please have your classroom account set up before December 3. Information about how to communicate the ‘How Tos’ with families is coming soon. See the email trails from John Parker or Liz Knox for set-up directions.

Group Support Sessions for Hunt teachers are scheduled for – place to be determined:

• Tuesday, Nov 27 @ 3:30pm
• Thursday, Nov 29 @ 8:15am

Thursday, Nov 29 @ 3:30pm

Friday, Nov 30 @ 8:15am

United Way Campaign
This campaign ends on Nov 30. Many of you give in other ways…if you can, consider United Way as one way to donate. All donations are made online, but if you prefer a paper copy, see Lisa.

Tri 1 PAWSitive Character Recognition Assemblies – Nov 27
**Certificates due to Colleen on Nov 19**

Colleen sent out electronic forms of the PAWSITIVE Character Certificates. Please select 2 students per trait (Respect, Responsibility, Caring) to recognize at the assembly scheduled for Nov 27. Electronic certificates are due to Colleen by November 19. Please contact the parents of your students by November 20. See your email for the assembly organization. Kinders will be recognized in class; Grades 1-3 at 9:15am and Grades 4-6 at 10:00am. Please be in the gym and seated by the start time – we’ve got a tight schedule.

**New this Year: Specialists and playground will also be selecting students for special recognition in each trait.**


Early Release and Furlough Days
This week each staff member within applicable bargaining groups will receive a letter from HR. Letters are specific to each bargaining group (ie: certificated, transportation, principal, etc). Review your letter and if you have questions, see Rebecca or Lisa.

Wed, Nov 19 – LIC Release for students – NOT a Furlough Day

• Cert Staff – may leave at 12:51pm due to Planning Make-up Time
• Para Staff – work usual schedule, unless other plans are approved by administration
• Office Staff – work usual schedule, unless other plans are approved by administration

Wed, Dec 19 – Furlough Day for some – students dismissed on half day schedule

• Cert Staff – dismissal time to be confirmed
• Para Staff – work usual schedule, unless other plans are approved by administration
• Office Staff – dismissal time to be confirmed

ProDev
**Be sure to visit the District ProDev website often. Christine Moloney and John Parker have been busy posting classes!**

Hunt Events
Nov Staff Meeting - Nov 27 @ 7:45am
Agenda: Celebrations, AVID Strategy, AR Update, and Tech Tools
Required Training: Boundary Invasion

Next LIC ProDev – Dec 5 PR @ 1:06 – 2:36pm
Agenda: Danielson Instructional Framework


Student Learning Events
Nov 20 – Class #4575
Read Well Grade 1 – Part 1 of 2

Nov 27 – Class #4576
Read Well Grade 1 – Part 2 of 2

Nov 29 – Class #4577
Read Well Kindergarten – Part 1 of 2

Dec 4 – Class #4579
Read Well Kindergarten – Part 2 of 2

Dec 6 – Class # 4581
SIPPS

Jan 8 – Class #4582
Read Well Kindergarten – Review

Jan 10 – Class #4583
Read Well Grade 1 - Review

Jan 24 – Class # 4591
Using Data to Inform

Culture & Arts Events
November 13 - Class #4564
Culture and Arts: Dance, Pound and Play: Active Arts Strategies to Integrate with Literature of the World

November 15 - Class #4565
Folkdancing Around the World

November 27 - Class #4568
Culture and Art: Poetry, Art, Movement and More, Active Arts Strategies to Integrate with Cultures of the World

Dec 3, 4 - Class #4566
Who’s The Hero, Anti-Bullying Workshop

December 11 Class #4569 **taught by our own Donna K!**
Culture and Arts: Dance, Pound and Play: Active Arts Strategies to Integrate with Literature of the World

Coming in January - Hunt Advisory Sessions
More to come...

BE 212: Every Monday Matters
Happy is a state of mind, right? It’s a decision each of us made when we started this profession. Making the most of what we have in the classroom is a challenge and a blessing. We know the best we have are the faces looking back at you during the school day. What do you think they see? What do you think they believe about YOU! What do you believe about EACH of them? Are you capturing the BEST of each child every day?