October!

 

Third grade did some outside measuring this week! While the weather felt like summer this week, the leaves are clearly saying that it's just about October. This is one of my favorite times at school, when routines are in place and the growth is so clear in the past 6.5 weeks. Take a moment to celebrate how far your students have come.

Weekend
Monday 10/2	Happy birthday Jessica K!
Tuesday 10/3	Colorado Food Day Chinobay at TACAW in evening, see below
Wednesday 10/4	MTSS: 1st grader BMH 4th Learning Wednesday ERW: District Wednesday
Thursday 10/5	Aimee/Kendall out in AM Collins/Ruby to RBR in AM Contreras/Madsen to RBR in PM
Friday 10/6	Spirit Day!
Weekend

Friday, October 6th	2 absences
Monday, October 9th	3 absences
Tuesday, October 10th	2 absences
Wednesday, October 11th	2 absences
Monday, October 16th	3 absences
Friday, October 20th	3 absences
Friday, November 3rd	3 absences
Monday, November 6th	2 absences

new information: 

ERW: This is a district Wednesday. For classroom teachers, we will use this time to write Read Plans.  You will have more time allocated on October 11th if needed.  Sarah will be sending out an email with more details at the start of next week. 

Lit Bit:

DIBELS: 

• This week intensive students in ROUND 2 will be progress monitored 1-4.  
• 2-4 will complete a MAZE progress monitor with their entire homeroom class.  This seems easier to manage and we have found kids need more practice in order to understand the platform.  There are graphs in the "DIBELS Goal Setting "folder.  You can also find it at this link

Read Plans: 

• We will use ERW time on October 4th (training/Review of writing them in Educlimber) and 11th (more work time) for Read Plans.  These are needed for conferences.
• Home Connect letters (with the DIBELS BOY data) will be printed and put in your mailboxes before conferences. Thank you, Tamsyn for doing this for all teachers!

Thanks to Tamsyn, Paula, and Marty for helping with a long PM bus duty on Wednesday!

shout out to kinder... the first graders had a big head start this year in reading groups.  They had a pretty good idea about expectations and many had clearly done this before!

-1st Grade 

Thanks to everyone who covered my duties while I was gone, and who reached out to show care. I am so grateful to work with all of you.

Electrical Fire Update

The day of the fire has still been on my mind a lot this past week. I am so glad that all our students knew the evacuation plan and got out safely!

The electrician's analysis was that the actual outlet was loose and did not have a secure connection to the wiring therefore causing the fire. I definitely feel more at ease knowing the reason. 

Thank you to those of you who checked in on me and my students!

Shout out to Hannah for being so patient and willing to try different things to figure out what works for her students! I appreciate your collaborative attitude! 

School Starfall Subscription Renewed

Starfall is accessible on all school computers. There are great activities for pre-k through 5th grade. 

If you would like to share with families how they can access starfall at home you could put the following info in your grade level newsletter...

Students use Starfall at school on the computer to engage in many literacy and math activities. Your child has the opportunity to use Starfall at home as well… for FREE!

On your mobile device or computer…

-www.starfall.com

- press “sign in”

-enter email: starfall@rfschools.com

-enter password: GORAMS!

From TACAW:

When: Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Who: Chinobay and Dance of Hope

Show @ 6:00PM | Doors @ 5:30 PM

Seated Show | All ages

Price: $FREE

Dance of Hope is a youth-based cultural touring ensemble from Uganda and is hailed as Africa’s most impactful arts education program. They explore the transformational power of magic and dance, capturing the messages of hope and resilience that emanate from memorable main-stage productions and outreach. Join us for a captivating and interactive experience!

A first grader gave Sue this amazing sticker..