Shout-Outs & Celebrations
(Consider sharing your shout-out!)
- Thank you for those on the Theme Team committee for taking the time to help with adding items to our Magnet Certification Application. I appreciate all your hard work and time that you put into thinking through the different parts, this will definitely help those of us who will be doing the final part of the application before we submit it.
- Kathy Jeffries, your support is INVALUABLE! Thank you so much for your work and collaboration with staff.
- Thank you, Lynn, for sharing your story at this week’s Staff Meeting. And, thanks Leigh Ann, Meghan, Kelly, Molly, and Whitney for sharing out your ideas around student collaboration.
General Updates
~ END OF YEAR CELEBRATIONS - Don’t forget to email Leslie with your dates, times, locations, etc.
~ INTERNATIONAL CARNIVAL -
- Please have all cars moved from the parking lot on Thursday by 4:15pm to make way for the food trucks!
- Help build excitement around Wiley Gives Back / Spirit Week!
Monday - Wear your boots to Stomp Out Hunger and bring canned food items. (We will have a canstruction station during International Carnival.)
Tuesday - Dress as your favorite book character and bring in used books to go on our summer reading shelf to go home with students. (We will have a school wide drop everything and read from 9:30-10:00). Gift Cards will be given for best team participation!
Wednesday- Dress in your earth loving clothing and take your students out on Wiley grounds to pick up trash and help our campus stay clean.
Thursday- Wear your Wiley wear and be proud to be a part of our wonderful school.
~(repeat) EOG DATES - Mark Your Calendar
Tuesday, May 30 - 3rd Grade ELA and 5th Grade Math
Wednesday, May 31 - 3rd Grade Math and 5th Grade ELA
Thursday, June 1 - 4th Grade Math
Friday, June 2 - 4th Grade ELA and 5th Grade Science
Test Administrator & Proctor Training - Thursday, May 25th
1.) ALL certified staff @ 8am in media center (administrators)
2.) Teaching Assistants @ 10am in media center (proctors)
~ (repeat) Single Subject Acceleration - The testing window is May 4-10. We will start Kindergarten on May 4 (this will probably take 2-3 days of 30 min chunks), May 5th we will test all students that signed up for ELA (from 9:15-11:15), and May 8 we will test all students signed up for Math (from 9:15-11:15). More information is available on http://wakeacceleration.weebly.com/ Thank you!
~ (repeat) WE NEED MORE PROCTORS - All Grade Levels - Please send out this sign up to all parents via email, member hub or newsletter again this week! (I only have 3-5 proctors signed up for each of the days, I am hoping the more we send it out more people will sign up!) Thank you!
Happy Monday to all K-5 Wiley families!
Our End of Grade (EOG) testing week is coming upon us. We need more proctors! Please consider proctoring on at least one of days. Below you will find the list of specific dates. While proctoring is certainly not an exciting job, it’s essential to providing all students with a positive testing environment. As a Wiley family, we look forward to another opportunity to pull together to support our students, staff and school!
Please click on the link to sign up:
Tuesday, May 30th: English Language Arts EOG (3rd Grade), Math EOG (5th Grade)
Wednesday, May 31st: Math EOG (3rd Grade), English Language Arts EOG (5th Grade)
Thursday, June 1st: Math EOG (4th Grade)
Friday, June 2nd: English Language Arts EOG (4th Grade), Science EOG (5th Grade)
~ (Repeat) EVAAS roster verification - Roster verification for teachers opens April 21, and you will receive an email soon with directions for doing so. In an effort to minimize the amount of “cleaning up” that is necessary on my end to balance out student percentages, we will work together on the workday (May 12) to complete this task. It should be quick, and all providers claiming a percentage of your students should be present to ensure that every student is claimed 100%. If you’d like to begin working on your percentages, that’s great … just know that we will work together to finalize the rosters.
~ (Repeat) Cohort Learning Share-Out - Each cohort will provide a 10-15 minute presentation to showcase their new learning beginning at 10:30am on Friday, May 12. Please be sure to highlight implications of your new learning on your instructional practices AND provide clear examples for ways others can replicate your work. Any mode of presentation will work! PDPs: For all teachers (besides BTs), be sure to have your EOY reflection and data entered into your PDP prior to May 12th, when we will be signing off on plans. Thanks!
IRT/Literacy Updates
- EOY mClass Benchmarking: The window opens May 15th and closes June 5th. We will blitz on the 16th and 17th. The schedule for that is HERE. Please note the following reminders:
- Staff who will be helping to assess, if you need a refresher or would like a copy of the passages in advance, please see Kathy Foglia.
- Please look over your class lists in the next week to and let Kathy know if there are any corrections to be made.
- Teachers, please remember that you will be assessing your reds yourselves. **First and Second Grade teachers, ALL of your reds and yellows must be completed for DIBELS by Wednesday the 17th.
- **Calculators: Reminder to ALL 3-5 classroom teachers. Please turn in your calculators to Eman and Kristin no later than Friday the 19th. We would love them earlier if you can swing it but, please have them in by the 19th.
- Quarter 4 Grading Grids: HERE are the grading grids for Q4. Please remember to make a copy of the document that you need so that you can edit.
- (repeat) NKT - EOY Window:
The NKT window is May 22nd - June 2nd. First grade teachers benchmark ALL students. Kindergarten teachers, students who were 13 or above at BOY/MOY do not need to be benchmarked.
Magnet Updates
- RED NOSE DAY - May 25
- What an amazing way to show our students how we as adults do things to give back. This great cause in on a mission to end child poverty.
- Through the power of entertainment, Red Nose Day raises awareness and money to help the kids who need us most, both at home and around the world.
- To learn more check out the website https://rednoseday.org/ or take a moment to watch this video https://rednoseday.org/ed or this one.
- So who is in? Walgreens is selling the red noses for $1 (50 cents of each nose will go to this cause, the rest covers the cost of the red nose). I will go to Walgreens to get some by the end of this week. If you do not have a Walgreens near you and would like me to pick one up for you let me know.
- GRAFFITI WALL- What I Have to Share With Others...My journey begins right here, right now.
- As a grade level think creatively how you might want to fill your grade levels light bulb on the graffiti wall to answer the question above. It could be each class has a puzzle piece of the bulb that they fill, it could be a collage of drawings/pictures put together, it could be positive or any other ideas that come to mind. Please complete this before May 19.
Media & Technology
- LAST DAY FOR STUDENT CHECKOUT IS MAY 19 - After May 19 students will be expected to start returning their books. We will have a fun contest to see which homerooms can return their books the quickest. I will also collect library cards/shelfmarkers the week following. Students will be re-issued their library cards next year.
- Missing Playaway Devices - Playaways are audiobooks that are on an ipod looking device. If you have seen the Frindle, Stone Fox, A Wrinkle in Time, or Bridge to Terabithia playaways, please let Lynn know.
PBIS UPDATES
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Monday Meeting activity: Keeping with the Spirit Week theme of Stomping out Hunger. Have fun with your class with the Cotton Eye Joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGOL-DalV4w
READ THIS: This afternoon there will be some PBIS reps. from Central Office here to check with students and staff about PBIS in our building.
Refresh the Wiley Way with your class and what classroom celebrations that your class has done or that you are trying to earn. (Globetrotters)
PBIS New Learning: Enjoy this article
https://yourot.com/parenting-club/2016/5/16/why-our-children-are-so-bored-at-school-cant-wait-and-get-so-easily-frustrated?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
Important Dates
Happy Birthday: none this week
This Week
Wiley Gives Back / Spirit Week all week (see above for details)
Monday, 5/8 -
Tuesday, 5/9 -
Wednesday, 5/10 - K orientation @ 1:45 in media center
Thursday, 5/11 - UN Council Mtg @ 9:30am; International Carnival - 5 until 8
Friday, 5/12 - Teacher Workday - Cohort Learning Celebration @ 10:30am (have PDPs ready for review); EVAAS data rosters @ 2:30
Upcoming Events
Carpet Shampooing 5/13 and 5/14
Wiley Pal Event-5/18
Calculator Turn-In (3rd - 5th) - May 19
Student Plan Review and Spreadsheet-May 24th PLT (See Case Managers)
EOG test administrator & proctor trainings - Thursday, May 25
Staff/5th Grade Kickball Game - May 26
EOG Dates - May 30 - June 2
Class Lists for 2017-2018 during grade level planning - Tuesday, June 6
PTA Family Fun Night @ Pullen Park - Friday, June 2 from 5-8pm
UN Council Meetings - May 11 @ 9:20am, June 8 @ 3:00pm