Sunday, May 1, 2022

Sunday, May 1

May, here we come! As we enter the last month of school, be sure to review the PACK expectations and flood with positive reinforcement. We have added some things to our reward system to make it new and exciting. This will help us end the year on a positive note. Please show the video (in the email) to your students on Monday. A few classes did the raffle last Friday and the kids were beyond excited. 

PBIS: Please share the update video with students on Monday. There is one change to the weekly drawings, I will come in on Friday mornings and pick the names. 

KIND Assembly date change: Assembly will be next Friday, 5/13.

Just a reminder that Wild Things is coming on Monday!!! I am so super excited about this assembly and hope that you are too! Please have your kids seated by your 9:00 or 10:00 start time so each group gets a full program. 

TK-2: 9:00-9:45
3-5: 10:00-10:50
Please talk with your kids beforehand about the importance of being quiet as they enter so we don't scare any of the amazing animals.
iReady: Good news, grades 2-5 will have iReady instruction in either math or ELA. 
I will be by on Monday to talk iReady! 
Thank you to all of you for testing out Raptor during our fire drill. We will have a drill this week or next. It will be a Shelter In Place drill. I don't want to interrupt the students too much, but I do want to take time to work with Raptor. I will be working on some of the issues, but in the meantime, see this Q/A. It has answers to many of our issues and questions. 

Raptor Q/A 

End of Year Check Out: It is that time of year. Here is the form for you. Remember, you will have to do the Multi-factor authentication before you can check out. I included the steps below, but I think they are in the form. 

End of Year Check Out

  • Multi-factor authentication is a proven approach to drastically reducing automated cybersecurity attacks.

  • In compliance with the District’s cyber and ransomware insurance coverage, all RCSD employees will be required to enable 2-Step verification on or before May 27, 2022.

Please feel free to reference the below link for what to expect, instructional videos and support:

https://www.rcsdk8.org/secureaccess



Our end of year celebration will be at the Yard House on Wednesday, May 18th from 4:00-6:00. Sunshine Committee is out of funds so everyone will be responsible for their own bill but their Happy Hour is pretty amazing and super affordable. 
Can't wait to celebrate the start of summer after a very crazy year with all of you! 

Date for next year: Back to School Night will be Tuesday, August 9th from 5-6:30pm. School starts August 11. 

TOSA Tidbits

A few weeks ago I shared links for a couple fluency games using doubles facts. 
Double Doubles (3rd-5th) and Dominating Doubles (1st-2nd)
Over the next 2 Fridays, if you would like to sign up for a 30 minutes time slot, I can come in to facilitate the game with your students. It might not be suitable for TK or kinders but I can always adapt this game or come in to facilitate a different math game. I taught the game to first grade and it was really fun! 

EL Update: RFEP Monitoring Round 2
If you have received an email from ELLevation with a request to complete the RFEP monitoring form, please take a moment to complete it. This is all done on ELLevation. This monitoring form needs to be completed by May 6. If you have any questions, please let Poppi or me know.  

Coming Up This Week:
Monday: Wild Things Assembly
TK-2: 9:00-9:45
3-5: 10:00-10:50
Tuesday: 5:30-6:30pm Ensemble Performance in the MP
Wednesday: Staff Luncheon, PBIS Meeting at 3:30pm


Have a wonderful week full of the spoiling you deserve! 


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