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Nuts and Bolts:
- Byram Day: We have been asked by the BOE to have some new exhibits at Byram Day. If you have any student projects, that students have created, or they can bring from home we would love to be able to store them here for the summer and have them ready for Byram Day. Unfortunately, there are no plugs at this location so technology requiring power will not be available.
- Grade levels please make sure you have a school appropriate song and lots of pictures for Jimmy by Wednesday so he can have some time to put together videos for the last day of school.
- Move-up Day will take place on the last day of school. During this time we will run it very similar to what we did last year, trying to highlight the best parts of being in this grade. Field trips, fun projects, etc. It is not a time to go over rules and procedures, there will be plenty of time for this moving forward. This is a time to get the students excited about working with you next year. Students will report to the following locations for periods 7-8.
- 5th grade - Annex Cafe with 6th grade teachers
- 6th grade - APR with 7th grade teachers
- 7th grade - Mrs. Stevens room in OS with 8th grade teachers
- 8th grade - Gym - Sign Yearbooks with 5th grade teachers
- Our final BIS Spotlight will happen on the last day of school periods 13-17. We will call each grade level down. We will have award winners for May and June combined, please go to the Google Doc here to enter the names of students. We think it last about 45 min. Please help us to manage student behavior during this assembly by sitting with students.
- Supply Lists: Please create a grade level supply list and share it with me before school is out. We will make a Supply page and attach it to the website.
- Next Year we are starting a new BSI program for those regular ed students who seem to struggle in class. We will be using testing data, grades, and teacher recommendations to determine what students would benefit the most. We are asking each grade level to create a list of 20 regular ed students who you feel would benefit most from this program. 10 for ELA and 10 for Math, no student can be on both lists. Please create and share the list with me by the EOY.
- June 16 – Half Day for students. Teachers to work on ID units and rubrics in the afternoon.
- June 17 - 5th Grade Picnic
- June 17 - 7th Grade Field Day
- July 17 -18 - Half Day for students. Teachers can pack up their rooms for the custodians to move.
- June 18 8th Grade Awards Ceremony, 9:30 a.m., APR
- June 19 Transition Day, 4th grade visits BIS, Periods 3-4-5-6
- June 19 - Genesis closes at 4:00 PM for Grade Reporting
- June 22 - End of Year BIS Spotlight
- June 22 - Move-Up Day
- June 19 - Genesis closes at 4:00 PM for Grade Reporting
- June 22 - Graduation 7PM
Tech Tips:
Google Classroom – Using RubricTab to Assess Students
Book Recommendation:
"In Learn Like a PIRATE, Paul Solarz explains how to design classroom experiences that encourage students to take risks and explore their passions in a stimulating, motivating, and supportive environment where improvement, rather than grades, is the focus. The particular techniques (and the underlying philosophy) he offers are highly consistent with teaching practice at the distinguished level in my Framework for Teaching. In that model, I tried to describe, at the distinguished level, classrooms in which the teacher has created a community of learners, with the students themselves assuming much of the responsibility for what occurs there. Mr. Solarz offers specific ideas for how to accomplish that."
- Charlotte Danielson, author of Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching
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