WEEK AT A GLANCE
Dear Colleagues,
With the full moon present during the daytime and also at night, what a week it’s been! In spite of the Noreaster in the forecast, let’s look forward to the weekend as a time to rest and regroup. Enjoy!
Warmly,
Sharon
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Points: It’s that time of the year again when you are invited to submit proposals for earning points for time spent with students during lunch and before or after the school day during the 2018-19 school year. You may submit your ideas by copying and completing this SHARED DOCUMENT. Click on the link to access the template. After completing the document, please share it with Resa, Sharon and me. I will review and inform you of the approval of submissions. (Please note, in this blog, links do not appear in blue. I have typed the link using the words “shared document” in upper case letters.)
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP (YWW) is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 17 at SMS. The workshop catalog is now ready to view and is up on the YWW website, https://www.scarsdaleschools.
| REPORT CARD DUE DATES | |||
| If the conference date is… | November 28 | December 4 | December 6 |
| Report card due to principal… | November 19 | November 26 | November 29 |
If you have not done so, please complete the following documents: (Click on the text below)
Superintendent’s Conference Day
You are invited to join Michelle Lian and Jeremy Guski as leaders of the STI Course described below. Sign up in MLP if you are interested.
Dates: 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/29, 12/13, 12/20, 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14
Participants in this course will reflect on current teaching practices, and use a variety of tools to strengthen and develop their methods of instruction. Teachers will work closely using both The Reading Strategies Book and The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo’s collection of the most effective strategies to share with readers and writers. This course will help teachers develop individual goals for every reader and writer. Additionally, this course will dive into Cathy Fosnot’s Context for Learning and help teachers develop their questioning and reasoning skills, which in turn will allow for more rich mathematical conversations and lessons.
Course coordinators will present texts that support a genre and strategy and show teachers how to adjust instruction to meet individual needs. Suggestions for stocking your literacy and math centers, planning units of study, planning math routines, celebrating student reading, celebrating mathematical conjectures, and creating powerful exit tickets will also be discussed.
GREENACRES GALLERY
Station Teaching in 5RR – All minds on deck!
FACULTY MEETING SNACK SCHEDULE
November 5th: Specials – Carole, Lynne, Elizabeth
KITCHEN DUTY: November
11/5 Francesca Ross
11/13 Karen Guardino
11/9 Sharon Rosenthal
11/26 Cathy Manin