Sunday, September 16, 2018

September 17th

Weekly Blog (9/17/2018)

     "Our shared values define us more than our differences"

John McCain

Celebrations

  • We completed our Beginning of the Grade assessments for our third graders. Congrats to Mallory and Jen Page for executing their first testing plan. 
  • Electives started... we can get into our scheduled routine!
  • Christine, Brenda, and specialists with their help in MClass!

Wish Well

  • Everyone affected by the hurricane!

Communication: 

MClass and Interims-  We will update you on these new deadlines as soon as we have them.  Thank you for your patience and flexibility.  

Building Relationships takes 6 weeks to build!  Take the time to get to know your students and do those connection activities!  Don't give up right away!  

Big Universe -- Big U Students:  (same as Discovery Ed. for students)

username:  wcp and wakeid(no spaces)

password:   student number

group:  wcpss

Other login information can be found at -- Login and Passwords

K-2 Foundation to Literacy Training-  We wanted to inform K-2 teachers and support staff that they will be expected to complete a K-2 Foundation to Literacy Training.  It is something that we have just been made aware of and will do what we can to support you to complete this.  We have added it to our cohorts during ER days, could see teams complete this during team learning during PLT's and could also be worked on during a percentage of Quarterly Planning Days.  We will discuss with teams in the near future.  

Powerschool Outage:  In an effort to update the math standards and correct inaccuracies with the math standards within PowerTeacher Pro, teachers in grades K-5 will be unable to enter any math grades in the program beginning Friday, September 14 until Monday, September 24. Interims for traditional calendar schools are delayed one week and should be distributed the week of October 1. 

Share Ready4K with your Families!

Read! Talk! Play! School Every Day!
Ready4K is a FREE research-based text-messaging program for parents of children ages birth through third grade. Each week, parents will receive three text messages with FUN FACTS and EASY tips to boost their child's learning. Sign up is easy: TEXT: R4K to 70138. Learn more at www.wakeupandread.org.

Creativity

Leadership opportunities -- We are looking for 1 to 2 staff members that will be a part of the Underwood Foundation board. As a representative from the staff you would provide feedback to the board (received from the staff), assist in planning events and support the school's effort in raising funds additional months of employment. We met the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30-6:30ish. Email or see Travis if you are interested in participating on the board.

 Elective Opportunity -If you are interested in having your elective showcased on the new bulletin boards (outside girls bathroom in the PE/Cafeteria hallway), contact Ashley.

Collaboration

Battle of the Books - Kerry Miquel (WCPSS teacher and Underwood parent) would like to start a Battle of the Books Team at Underwood this year.  She would be happy to run one after school if a meeting space could be provided or a teacher sponsor is interested in sharing duties.  If you are interested in sponsporing the club, email Travis and he will coordinate with Mrs. Miquel. 

Letterland :  Here is the Letterland presentation for our K-2, intervention support, ESL and special educations teams that begins the conversation on full implementation of Letterland in all k-2 classrooms and for Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions. More dialogue will take place in PLTs and team meetings. 
Letterland Presentation 

Writing Continuum Training
We are seeking teams of teachers who are interested in focusing on writing across the content areas within their school and growing students as writers. Please see information here to participate in this opportunity.

Critical Thinking 


K-5 Report Cards - Revised Report Card Templates

Below you will find revised versions of the report card template. The revised templates of the report card were necessary to accommodate the new PowerTeacher Pro software and reflect the revised standards. Changes include:


  • No overall ELA or Math Grade
  • There will be four ELA grades based on the clusters (Language, Reading, Speaking & Listening, and Writing).
  • There will be five Math grades based on the domains. The domains vary based on the grade level.
The district will generate an optional letter to be distributed with the report card that explains the revisions to parents. At this time, the report card templates should be shared with teachers but not with parents.

3-5 EL Education and NC ELA Standards Crosswalk
We recognize that the change in standards bring forth questions regarding alignment to EL Education curriculum. With that we have developed a document to support this alignment. It can be found here.

New Math Standards Webinars:
Use the links below to access the archived webinars on the new math standards.  

Please note: There may be a long pause at the beginning as these webinars were recorded live. You have the ability to fast forward to the start of the webinar.


New Math Standards Face to Face Trainings:

Grade
Band
SRN #
Date/Time
Location
K-2
194100301
Sept 6
(4:30-6:30)
CR 2
194100302
Sept 18
(4:30-6:30)
Garner Science Center
3-5
194100401
Sept 11
(4:30-6:30)
Garner Science Center
194100402
Oct 4
(4:30-6:30)
CR 2

Calendar/Important Links:
Important Dates Document-  Please double check this against the school calendar.

September 19th -- No School 
September 24th--  Kindergarten Quarterly Planning Day (AM)
September 25th--  Interims Go Home
September 27th -- School Family Picnic 
September 28th -- Early Release 
October 2nd - Business meeting 
October 9th -- Leadership Meeting 
October 19th - Unicorn Trot / Early Release 

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