Hey Panda Family,
Week 5 and we are still alive 😊🙌 Thanks for all your hard work this past week! Hope you've enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend. Here are our updates for the week.
September 25th Workday: This upcoming Friday, September 25 is a Teacher Workday. You will not be required to complete student office hours this day. The district has required training sessions on this workday. Here is the statement from the district - In an effort to provide on-going support for all educators by ensuring we provide the best learning experiences for our students, the Instructional Services team would like to invite you to the September 25, 2020 RC Day Playlist. The September 25 RC Day offers both required and optional learning experiences for educators in synchronous and asynchronous environments. The synchronous (live) and asynchronous (self-paced) sessions are designed to offer both support for the remote learning environment and to offer choice options to differentiate learning based on interest and need.
Progress Reports: Here is the link to the google folder for K-2 Progress Reports (please make a copy before you begin typing in it). Grades 3-5, please make sure you see the email from me on 9/17 for your student Progress Report instructions. Progress reports are due on Wednesday, September 30.
Classroom Preparations: Thank you for starting to prepare your classroom for students to return. It is important to let Mr. Elkins or Mrs. Gardner know when your classroom is ready. We will check to make sure all guidelines were followed then tag your door with a sticky note. This will alert SMO that the room is ready to be detailed. (dusting, cleaning hard surfaces, cleaning the sink, sweeping, and mopping). Classrooms should be set up and checked by Elkins or Gardner by September 25th.
Lesson Plans Update: At the beginning of the year we shared that our focus word for 2020-2021 was "flexibility". We have tried to let our actions speak that, and in an effort to be as flexible as possible we are suspending the submission of lesson plans until we return to in-person learning. We feel the amount of detail that is in each of your Canvas pages is nearly sufficient. There are only a few things we would like for you to add to your daily Canvas pages to replace turning in lesson plans:
- Please add your "I can" statements in your subject blocks on your schedule
- Please add the standards for the week as a new button that we can access or add them to your daily schedule page at the top
We hope you find this helpful. We care about each of you and I hope this helps save you a few hours in the weeks ahead.
PLT Participation: In order to make sure that we have lots of participation in our PLT, we ask that everyone keeps their camera on during PLT. If you camera isn’t working, just let us know and we will help you address that. Thank you for helping with this!
Timothy's Tech Corner: Please click on the following link to see Mr. Younts' technology updates for the week - Timothy's Tech Corner
Technology in the Classrooms: The district technology department has begun upgrading/adding some devices in our classrooms to help with instruction as we prepare for Plan B in-person learning. When we get details on training for the technology we will share it with you.
- Benita and Jessica will be making home visits/packet deliveries on Monday. Reach out if you have a need.
- We are currently at 82.3% of students doing at least 50% of their work.
- Continue to tell Jessica when you are concerned about a student's lack of participation.
- Jessica just learned (Thank you Gant!) that your Powerschool and her Powerschool look very different and you do not, in fact, have access to the long list of contacts like she does. So, please feel free to ask Jessica to check contacts for anyone you want to get in contact with and she will get that for you.
- If anyone is willing to approach your church or another organization about supporting a PGE Panda monetarily at a remote learning center, there will likely be need to help cover the cost. If you know anyone who is interested, link them up with Ceglowski. Thanks!
Thanks so much for all your advocacy, and determination in getting our students connected to eLearning. You are all amazing!
Thoughts and Prayers: Here is the obituary for Mr. V's father - Robert Vorbroker Sr.. Also, former Panda, Ms. Barneycastle's, husband has been diagnosed with liver cancer. Please keep both of them in your thoughts and prayers.
Packet Materials: I encourage each of you to continue sending out tangible packet materials for your students as needed (novels, worksheets, manipulatives, etc.). Please coordinate the pickup with your families. Every parent that I have talked with mentions how helpful it is to have a combination of tangible and virtual assignments. If the office can support you with this please let us know.
Morning Announcements: Here are the YouTube links for this week's Morning Announcements. Please include them on your Canvas page.
Monday (9/21) – https://youtu.be/Q8L1h9bUvVw
Tuesday (9/22) – https://youtu.be/JLBf-BkkSxw
Wednesday (9/23) – https://youtu.be/j9RVWSRpbM8
Thursday (9/24) – https://youtu.be/8Km4jbJbQhU
Friday (9/25) - Teacher Workday
Staff Spotlight: A big shoutout from the Specialists to Kaylie Fox for helping with many of their technology needs!
Shoutout from Mr. Elkins to Ms. Adams for always making sure Tank is fed! 🐸
IF Updates
K-2 Teachers: Please name all of your remote learning assignments starting with “RL”. For example, you will name a letter identification activity as this: “RL Letter Identification”.
iReady math: This week, we will take the iReady math. Please follow this schedule. Remember that we will use September 28-October 2 to finish up any diagnostics that were not completed during the initial windows.
Upcoming Dates:
September 21 - iReady Math BOY window opens for K-5
September 22 - SCC & Wellness Committees meet @ 3:30
September 25 - PDPs Conference due and signed off on
September 25 - Classroom Preparation complete for reopening
September 25 - Teacher Workday
September 30 - Student Progress Reports due
September 30 - Positive Communication Form due - Positive Communication Form
October 1 - Staff PD training @ 3:30
October 6 - PBIS & MTAC Committees meet @ 3:30
October 13 - SIT @ 3:30
October 20 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
October 22 - End of 1st Quarter
October 23 - Teacher Workday
Need some ideas for fun virtual or socially distanced Math Games? Check out this awesome video!
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