Weekly #18

This Week's Schedule

Monday, January 17, 2022                                   No School - MLK. Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 18, 2022                                   

Wednesday, January 19, 2022                             Early Release (1:15pm)

Thursday, January 20, 2022                               

Friday, January 21, 2022                                              

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Things to Consider

Please read the weekly update carefully.

  

Operational: 

There are NO PLT's this week.

• This week has been another tough week with teacher absences. Thank you for the support that you have given us at Connery this week.  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
• Planning Expectations - Please send us your sub plans when you are out.  Especially if you are out for a series of days.  Remember that sub folders are for unexpected emergencies.  Since our school structure is set up to plan during PLTs for a week out, all lessons should already be planned for the following week. Therefore, we ask that you share your most updated plans so that students do not fall behind and so that our classes are moving along at the same typical pace as their grade level peers.  
• If you aren't well, please let us know of a team member that can share your grade level plans.
• Report Cards - Please let parents know that report cards went out.  They might need support with student IDs and we want to make sure that they have received them.
• Progress Reports - Admin shared that they are not pushing the date on progress reports because marks were still closed on the same date and parents should be aware of students' current progress.  This date is January 28, 2022.
• Peer Observations - scheduling is underway and teachers have already observed others.  If you have not begun peer observations, please reach out to your CITs and/or Math Teacher.
• Resources for to consider using for Social Studies/History
• Kidscast are some podcasts for kids with topics involving US History Kidcasts Podcasts
• MLK Rap
• Kids Explain Black History
• Can Kids Change The World?
• Black History PPT
• ACCESS Window at Connery - January 6 - March 4. 
• This week, Grades 3, 4 & 5: Listening & Reading testing
• School Improvement Plan - I need 4 staff members to work with me on the SIP Action Plan for Connery. This work is a total of 6 hours and needs to be completed by February 18, 2022.  If you are interested in joining a team with me to plan our the goals for our school, please email me ASAP.
• Revised Lunch Plan - Click here for our new lunch model in support of the DESE guidance. Please let us know if there are any lunch issues.
• Assessment Calendar - please note that the assessment calendar was updated.  Click here for all dates including the Star Renaissance Expectations.
• Teachpoint - Artifacts were due on January 15.
• Connery Assembly Schedule: 
• Friday, 01/21/22: Grade 1 - 1pm
• Friday, 02/18/22: Grade 3 - 1pm
• Friday, 03/18/22: Grade 5 - 1pm
• Friday, 04/08/22: Grade 2 - 1pm
• Friday, 05/20/22: Grades PreK & K - 1pm    
• Behavior Management Resource - Minors and Major Behaviors and De-escalation Strategies  

Staff Information

• • Office Referral
  • Updated Calendar

Math:

• Night Back and Family Huddles - please share your attendance for night back and family huddles with Glenda and Liz.  They would like to see the pre and post data for these groups as well.
• iReady Winter Diagnostic Window - February 7-18.
• Continue to monitor progress on iReady.
• January 18-22 – Winter Fluency Assessment dates ›
•  Grade K- assess February 16, data in by February 18 › 
• Grade 1- assessed January 10, data in by January 14 › 
• Grade 2- assessed January 13 › 
• Grade 3-assessed January 13 › 
• Grade 4- assessment moved to week of January 18-21 › 
• Grade 5- assess January 19 – 
• Blended Learning Lessons › 
• Grades 1-5 please upload your math lesson/video to Connery Share – Blended Learning SY 21-22 Products– 
• Math PLTs- February 1 & 3 › Please talk with your team about an upcoming unit and pick a task that we can plan as a team! 

    Social Work Updates:

• Incident Report/Office Referral Requests:                                               
• Please place all completed forms in the Social Work mailbox.                                   
• Please ensure that each section/prompt on the form is filled out completely (i.e. child's full name, grade, steps taken, etc.) before submitting.                                                              
• If there is more than one child engaging in a behavior/incident, please make the appropriate number of copies for filing purposes.                                                      
• Glenda has asked that the following scenarios be an immediate phone call to either her office or the SW office in addition to completing an incident report/office referral as soon as possible:                                                                                                        
• physical unsafe behaviors with staff members or other students (hitting, kicking, etc.)               
• self-harm or threats of any kind                                                               
• Next Food Pantry: Thursday, January 27th 2:30-4pm. Please let us know if you are interested in or able to volunteer!
• Winter Gear: We have some remaining hats, coats & gloves the SW office. Please call the SW office to arrange pick up of any of these items.

Health and Safety:

• Recess has presented an increase of injuries.  The injuries occur most during activities that are unstructured.  Please use this resource guide as a means to support full class activities.
• Please remind students to wear their masks properly.  Here is an awesome PPT that Marla, our behavioral specialist created.  
• Connery Do Not Admit List: PendingResultsLog_DoNotAdmit_Connery.xlsx  This has been updated

Misc. Info: Inventory for Professional Development - please complete so that we can track the books that we each have in our classrooms.

Book Recommendations

The books listed below have characters that defy stereotypes and are complex characters

- Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez (Holiday House, 2019)

- Ho’onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale, illustrated by Mika Song (Tundra, 2019)

- My Footprints by Bao Phi, illustrated by Basia Tran (Capstone, 2019)

- A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Nina Crews (Millbrook, 2020)

- Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell (Tu Books/Lee & Low, 2019)

- Blended by Sharon Draper (Atheneum, 2018)

- What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado (Nancy Paulsen, 2020)

- The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman (Nancy Paulsen, 2019)

- Stargazing by Jen Wang (First Second, 2019)

- Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (Nancy Paulsen, 2018)

- King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (Scholastic, 2020)

- Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices, edited by S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed (Amulet, 2020)

- Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park (Clarion, 2020)

- Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Alexander Nabaum (Atheneum, 2019)

Technology Issues

• Please remember to submit all technology issues to the Helpdesk by emailing: servicedesk@lynnschools.org . Be sure to provide as many details as possible including name of user having issue (email or stu#), problem, program being used, etc.
• Please enter tickets for EACH problem they encounter with as much information as possible included. 

Looking Ahead

• January 24 - 28   ACCESS : Writing - Grades 1-5
• January 24 - Mentor Meeting
• January 25 - Running Records Misconceptions (Optional PD)
• January 26 - Half Day (12:15 release)
• February 2 - Early Release ( 1:15 release)