This Week's Schedule
Monday, February 21 - 25, 2022 Winter Vacation
Monday, February 28, 2022 School Support Meeting (Mentors) 2:30
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Early Release (1:15)
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Friday, March 4, 2022
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Things to Consider
Please read the weekly update carefully.
Operational:
PLT's are ELA with Cyndi and Tracey
- A note from our ESL Team: Thank you to all who helped out with ACCESS testing this year. Thank you for your patience and your dedication to our students. You are wonderful people and amazing teachers! Have a great (and well deserved) vacation!
- MCAS Infrastructure will be Friday, March 4 - Grades 3-5 from 9:00 - 9:30 am. Please practice on TestNav throughout the week.
- TeachPoint Reminder- All teachers: Don't forget to upload any pictures and/or evidence throughout the spring to TeachPoint. Include the standard and/or goal that the evidence covers and a brief summary.
- New Teachers - Formative/Mid Cycle Evaluations have been posted to your TeachPoint. Please review these evaluations and then sign them. Also, sign any other TeachPoint forms that are unsigned. If you have any questions, please see Glenda and Liz.
- 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.
- As a reminder, when you have an absence you need to contact Glenda, Liz and your CIT before 8am. Also, your absence must be posted in AESOP before 8am.
- 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.
- Small Group Observations - Glenda and Liz will be coming around to all classrooms to observe small groups after Winter Break. Small groups should be taking place in both ELA and Math. Please ensure that you have a rotation board/schedule visible, differentiated activities/skills connected to the whole group learning or grade-level fluency standards. Classroom teachers should be planning and implementing Guided Reading or Strand 1 lessons in ELA and planned and targeted small group lessons in Math.
- 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
- 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.
- Connery Assembly Schedule:
- Friday, 03/18/22: Grade 5 - 1pm
- Friday, 04/08/22: Grade 2 - 1pm
- Friday, 05/20/22: Grades PreK & K - 1pm
Literacy:
- Renaissance Testing begins February 7 - March 4: Refer to Tracey's email regarding testing days and grades sent on Thursday, February 3.
Staff Information
Math:
- i-Ready Winter Diagnostic Window : February 7-March 4
- Makeups done ASAP- Please look through your diagnostic status to ensure that students have completed their assessment.
- Once diagnostic is complete, students should resume personalized instruction lessons 2-3x a week.
- Math Fluency
- Make sure your growth analysis document is complete.
- Use your growth analysis plan created during Math PLT to target student intervention.
- Winter Fluency Data •
- Math PLT March 8 & 10- We will be analyzing Winter i-Ready Diagnostic Data
Social Work Updates:
- Exciting News! This week, a third Social Worker joined our team. Please join us in welcoming Danielle Bornstein to Connery!
- SW Extension Update: We now have two phones. Our original extension, 2914 remains in use. Please generally use this extension to get in touch with Jess. Our new extension, 2951 is also now in use. Please generally use this extension to get in touch with Kristel & Danielle.
- SW Support Referral Form- This is a friendly reminder to please utilize the Social Work support referral form that was emailed out/discussed at staff meeting early in the school year. This form should be used when requesting non-emergency/crisis support. Some examples include: *An observation request *A social-emotional wonder/concern *Collaboration/discussion of strategies to support a student or general concerns regarding a student
- Part Two of our De-escalation Presentation: We are looking forward to sharing the second part of our De-escalation presentation with you during the March staff meeting on March 22nd at 2:30pm
- Behavior Management Resource - Minors and Major Behaviors and De-escalation Strategies
- 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
- 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.
PendingResultsLog_DoNotAdmit_Connery.xlsxMisc. Info: Inventory for Professional Development - please complete so that we can track the books that we each have in our classrooms.
Book Recommendations
Technology Issues
- Reminder: Please let Liz or your CIT know if a student is not bringing their laptop to school daily.
- 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.
- February 28 - School Support Mtg. (Mentor)
- March 2 - Early Release (1:15pm)
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