I hope this blog finds you refreshed and rejuvenated for the rest of the 2014-2015 school year. Before winter break, the first graders worked on their new year's resolutions. Here's a couple of them.
The following link is a list of the most popular new year's resolutions for 2015: New Year's Resolutions. Each one of the resolution ideas also has a link to a support page with resources. As you can see, some of these resolutions match the first graders: getting fit and helping others. Personally I'm focusing on the former with the help of a fitbit giving me frequent feedback on my progress toward 10,000 steps a day.
With a new year also comes a time of reflection. During the month of January, it is our opportunity to reflect on the SLO goals we've set using new student learning data collected from MAP and individual reading assessments.
On Monday, January 5th classroom teachers will have time at their Day 6 Collaboration to focus planning for whole group/small group instruction in Reader's Workshop or new learning utilizing resources like the Jan Richardson's guided reading videos now inventoried in the media center. Please choose the focus that is the most pending for your team. The January 5th protocol is ready for each grade level team, in their Day 6 google doc folder.
At our Tuesday staff meeting, you'll have time to dig into and reflect on your recent Writer's Workshop professional development, and plan next steps in writing instruction.
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