Feb 15 - 19

Our Mission:  “Educate students for lifelong learning and responsible living.”
Our Vision:  “Provide a learning environment that promotes and develops academic and
social growth.”

Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes.  It is great to have a wonderful Coolidge family.  The cards, flowers, balloons, and well wishes were greatly appreciated.  I am truly blessed to work with such wonderful people.

Positive School/Classroom Environment:

Narrate the positive - describe what students are doing well.
Give the students a simple challenge to complete a task.  "Our last center transition took 45 seconds.  I bet you can do even better this time."  Ms. Ivie has incorporated a "table gem" that she is using to help encourage transition and clean up time in kindergarten.
Given an instruction, narrate the positive, then redirect student who is not complying using the least invasive possible.  (Examples:  proximity, nonverbal, eye contact, students name, small consequence) 

Week At A Glance:

• Your are expected to be in the gym for Rise N Shine at 8:00 a.m.  Please be respectful to your teammates by being on time.
• Monday 2-15  NO SCHOOL - Professional Development.  Please be sure you have signed up on Generation Ready for New Teacher Training at NW Classen or the Coolidge PBIS/Behaviors.  
• Tuesday 2-16  Edusoft Benchmark window opens.
• Wednesday 2-17  Great Expectations Toni here  6+1 Writing Workshop  Self Discipline Awards are due.
• Thursday 2-18 Great Expectations Toni here
• Friday 2-19 If you want to wear jeans everyday next week for Jump rope for Heart please give your $10.00 to Coach Barton.
• Ms. Keys class will lead Rise N Shine.  Word of the Week Self-Discipline.  Self-discipline awards will be given out Friday.  Be sure to turn these into Ms. Ozoyca by Wednesday. 

Great Expectations Practice #17  Educators and learners celebrate the success of others and PBIS use the praise, encouragement and affirmations to bolster student morale and motivate.  A strategy would be to target positive feedback to match students' needs.  Sometimes we have to coach students in appreciating others and n acknowledging others' accomplishments.  As adults we must model what we expect from students.

Looking Ahead:
Feb 23rd:  5th Grade State Writing Test
Feb 26th:  Thunder Bus


Please review the state testing PowerPoint concerning procedures for the tests that was sent my email on 2.10.16.



MyOn Stats:  2.10.16  

Level:                    # of Students            # Books Finished            # of Hours Reading
Pre K                           80                                  64                                 6.55
Kindergarten              130                                 59                                 9.70
1st Grade                    120                               212                               30.83
2nd Grade                   106                               319                               61.50
3rd Grade                    134                             1378                              262.94
4th Grade                     111                            1750                              334.68
5th Grade                       78                              539                              127.35
6th Grade                       84                              447                              130.81


Lexia Stats:
Think Thru Math Stats:

Coolidge Elementary Academic Goals for 2015-2016

• All Students WILL achieve academically.
• Reading:  Increase reading proficiency by at least one grade level.
• Math:  Increase math achievement by 10% with 80% mastery of math facts on grade level.  
• Writing:  Increase writing proficiency by 15%
• Student Attendance:  Increase student attendance to 98%.
• Increase Faculty Attendance to 98%
• Decrease suspensions by 25%.

STAR:  https://hosted58.renlearn.com/217454/

Oklahoma State Blueprints:

http://ok.gov/sde/oklahoma-academic-standards

Melissa Brett | Principal

Coolidge Elementary School | Oklahoma City Public Schools

5212 S. Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73119

(405) 587-2800