GUIDED READING

SDGs (PEOPLE ) Brainstorm

Thank you for sharing your ideas around integrating the SDGs into our units on Monday. Here is a record of what was shared: SDGs Teacher Brainstorm (PEOPLE) 2022-2023. This can also be found on our SDG Faculty Page. This document will be revisited when we are planning around our People SDGs next year.

Also, on our SDG Faculty Page, you will now see links to learning objectives for all of our SDGs. These objectives are only provided to give some guidance as to what we could focus on for each SDG. They don’t need to be taught like we do our academic standards.

As you start thinking ahead to Quarter 2 units, please keep in mind what SDG(s) you might be able to integrate into these units (no need to consider all of them!) and how you might be able to do that.

Thank you also for some insightful ideas on how we can simplify the planning process around SDGs. We will be confirming our Quarter 2 (PROSPERITY) Scope and Sequences during the week of October 24-28.

MAP Growth Reports

We still have a couple of students who we will try to catch up next week. In the meantime, you can access your student reports by clicking on ‘MAP Growth Reports’ on the left menu as you log into your account.

There are different reports to be used for different purposes. The descriptions of the reports are useful, and you can also filter the reports based on what you are doing – for example, grouping students.

Professional Growth Plans

Everything can be found on our ISY Faculty Pages.

As a reminder, the following is what you need to do this Quarter. They can be done in any order:

Reflect on a Colleague Walkthrough
Reflect on a Student Survey

Sandy will do a walk-through at some point this Quarter and will share the guided reflection at your professional goals planning meeting.

Once these 3 things have happened, make time to meet with your Principal. You can see from Faculty Pages whether Sandy or Christina, and Mike will be working with you on this.

If you have any questions at all or feel that you need more time to do these things by the end of the Quarter, please let Sandy, Christina, or Mike know, and we will be happy to help.

Quarter 1 Report Cards and ‘Subject Blurbs’

Report cards will be posted for parents on Powerschool on Friday, November 4.

Here is the organization and timeline for report writing:

3rd October – work on subject blogs
31st October – Buddy Reading
2nd November – Reports in PowerSchool
4th November – Reports go out
6th November – Parent Conferences

As we did last year, we will also use report card comments as unit summaries for our Quarter 1 curriculum maps. You will write one or two sentences as a ‘subject blurb’ to describe what was covered in your class. Every student’s report card comment will begin with this blurb, and then you will add a short comment specific to that student’s achievement.

Please write your subject blurbs on these grade-level documents – you should find your courses on these documents, but if you don’t, please let Mike know. We are using these documents so Mike can copy and paste the blurbs into your Quarter 1 Curriculum Maps. There will be no Monday afternoon meetings on October 3 to give you some time to do this:

Subject Blurbs: PK
Subject Blurbs: KG
Subject Blurbs: Grade 1
Subject Blurbs: Grade 2
Subject Blurbs: Grade 3
Subject Blurbs: Grade 4
Subject Blurbs: Grade 5

Quarter 1 Curriculum Planning

Please use this Connected Curriculum: Getting Started to guide you in completing your Quarter 1 Curriculum Maps and related tasks.

STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

• There is still room in the UWS ASA if anyone wants to sign up.
• Please sit when eating at both breaks.
• Please do not purchase food or eat your lunch prior to your scheduled eating time.
• Don’t forget Math Monday.
• On Tuesdays, students/teachers are invited to the music room (A304) to come listen to performances during the morning/snack recess. Students that wish to perform can sign up on a sign up sheet located on the outside of Ms. Bekka’s office door the Thursday before. There is only time for about 4 performances each week. If the sign up is full for that week, they will have to wait until the following week to sign up. Performances can be anything: magic, drama, singing, instruments… Please contact Ms. Bekka if there are any questions.