August 28, 2017 Rise N Shine Harris

Our Mission:  “Educate students for lifelong learning and responsible living.”

Our Vision:  “Provide a learning environment that promotes and develops academic and

social growth.”

Author of the Month:  Kevin Henkes 

Word of the Month:  Reliable.  Rise N Shine:  Ms. Harris

The Week At A Glance:

• Monday:  28th:  Barnett out with maternity leave.  Pat will be here.  We will be visiting classrooms checking for lessons and use of district "bundle curriculum", objectives, and goals.  Benchmark Literacy Assessment Alignment at Rancho Village 3:30 p.m., New Teachers Meeting with Huggins  
• Tuesday:  29th:  PLC meetings, Conference Room.  Begin planning Unit 1 Benchmark Literacy.  TLE Optional Meeting after school.  How will the new model affect your TLE evaluation score?
• Wednesday:  30th  Leadership/RSA meeting after school
• Thursday:  31st  Evening Parent Teacher Conferences
• Friday:  Sept 1  No School, Parent/Teacher Conferences

BOOK Fair is this week so the library is "closed" for classes.  Please bring your students to "shop" in the book fair.  Get with Ms. Nelson to schedule a time....

10:30-11:10	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Harris	Art	Music	PE	PE	PE
Goodall	Music	PE	Art	PE	Art
McNeill	PE	Art	PE	Music	Music
Jackson	PE	PE	Music	Art	PE
12:15-12:55	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Anderson	Art	Music	PE	PE	PE
Strawn	Music	PE	Art	PE	Art
Leeson	PE	Art	PE	Music	Music
O'Shields	PE	PE	Music	Art	PE
1:00-1:40	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Werito	PE	Art	PE	Art	Music
Keys	Art	Music	PE	Music	PE
Reinhardt	Music	PE	Art	PE	PE
Smith	PE	PE	Music	PE	Art
1:45-2:25	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Wendling	Split	PE	Music	PE	Art
Gill	Art	Split	PE	Music	PE
Hall	PE	Art	PE	Split	Music
Russelll	Music	PE	Split	Art	PE
Opheim	PE	Music	Art	PE	Split

TLE Guidelines: Teacher Evaluations are NOW open.  I will continue walk thru's and begin unannounced informal observations after Labor Day.  It is the expectation that every classroom is will be using Benchmark Literacy and the instructional bundles.  If you have forgotten where to locate the bundles the are on the district curriculum page.  Here is a link to the ELA Bundles,  Math Bundles, Science Bundles, Social Studies Bundles.  When I check your lesson plans I'm checking to be sure you are using the bundles as well as the Benchmark Literacy Kits.

Professional Learning Focus Due September 12th.  We will discuss during PLC.  

September 22, 2017-Unannounced Informal Observation                                                      

December 8th, 2017-Announced Formal Observations                                                     

March 30, 2018-Unannounced Informal Observation

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AFT UPCOMING MARZANO AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS

AFT will offer Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers as well as Marzano workshops in September.  All teachers may attend at no charge.  The workshops will be offered at the AFT office at 2915 N. Classen, Suite 420.  The workshops will count for snow day credit.  Please RSVP by emailing Kelli at kelli@okcaft.org<mailto:kelli@okcaft.org>.

 *   September 7, 2017--Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers -- 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
 *   September 13, 2017—Marzano Basics – 4:30 to 6 p.m.
 *   September 20, 2017—Marzano Elements – 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Mary Best
OKC-AFT
Valued Teachers. Strong Schools. Successful Students.

Registration is now open! | Trouble reading this?

On behalf of the Thunder, I wanted to let you know about an opportunity for your teachers to use the fun of Thunder Basketball to inspire a love of reading in young students. Open to kindergarten through third grades, the Thunder Reading Challenge invites every student in a classroom to track their time spent reading throughout the year. The Thunder awards the top reader in every classroom each month with a prize and certificate. At the end of the year, the top reader statewide for each grade level receives a Thunder-autographed item and plaque. During the last school year, more than 2,000 Oklahoma classrooms participated, with 46,000 students reading more than 28 million minutes. We are excited to let you know that registration is now open for the 2017-18 Thunder Reading Challenge on our website, okcthunder.com/readingchallenge. THUNDER READING CHALLENGE: REGISTER NOW >> Please note: Registration closes on Sept. 30, and the Reading Challenge will begin on Nov. 1. We will send additional details and materials in October to all registered teachers. I hope you'll share this information with anyone who might be interested in taking part in the Thunder Reading Challenge. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. Thank you, and GO Thunder! Debbie Williams Community Relations Programs Manager dwilliams@okcthunder.com

To Develop Every Child Into a Reader:

• Everyday a child reads something they choose to read.
• Every child reads accurately
• Every child reads something they understand.
• Every child writes something that is personal and meaningful daily.
• Every child talks with peers about reading and writing.
• Every child hears an adult reader read fluently.

Coolidge Elementary Academic Goals for 2017- 2018

• All Students WILL achieve academically.
• Reading:  Increase reading proficiency by at least one grade level, and know their current F & P 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%

OKCPS Literacy Standards

ELA Bundles,  Math Bundles, Science Bundles, Social Studies Bundles, 

          1^st Grade

          2^nd Grade

          3^rd Grade

          4^th Grade

          5^th Grade

          6^th Grade

OKCPS Math Standards

          Pre-K

          Kindergarten

          1^st Grade

          2^nd Grade

          3^rd Grade

          4^th Grade

          5^th Grade

          6^th Grade

Melissa Brett | Principal

Coolidge Elementary School | Oklahoma City Public Schools

5212 S. Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73119

(405) 587-2800

(405) 208-1581 (cell)

August 21, 2017 Rise N Shine Harden

Our Mission:  “Educate students for lifelong learning and responsible living.”

Our Vision:  “Provide a learning environment that promotes and develops academic and

social growth.”

Author of the Month:  Kevin Henkes  

Word of the Month:  Reliable  Rise N Shine:  Ms. Harden

• Monday:  NO OUTDOOR RECESS, NO EXCEPTIONS due to the Eclipse.  Oklahoma Eye Doctors Warn Solar Eclipse Viewing Can Damage Vision. The eclipse will end at 2:37.  Discovery Ed is doing a livestream and I believe there is one on You Tube as well. 
• Tuesday:  Nelson Out - Library Meeting.  PLC's Gifted and Talented in Conference Room.  Mandatory Faculty Meeting in the Library 3:30 p.m. 
• Wednesday:  Regular Day
• Thursday:  Brett Out - Principal Meeting, KONA Ice
• Friday:  Complete F&P Testing.  Be sure to record information in Running Records Tracker.  We will be using this information during PLC's.  

The First 30 Days Continues....

K - 2

Week 4: Reading	Lesson 20 & 21 – Problem & Solution / Review of Character & Setting.	Lesson 22 – Nonfiction Text Features: Table of Contents & Index	Lesson 23 – Nonfiction Text Features: Glossary	Lesson 24 & 25 – Nonfiction Text Features: Graphics & Review of 22 & 23.	Lesson 26 – Good Readers use Pictures
Week 4: Writing	Lesson 20 – Completing the Rough Draft	Lesson 21- Introduce Revising : Using a Caret	Lesson 22  & 23 – Using Spider Legs & an Asterisk	Lesson 24 – Introduce Response Groups	Lesson 25 – Introduce Editing

3 - 6 

Week 4: Reading	Lesson 18 & 19 – Fiction: Character Development & Setting	Lesson 20 & 21 – Fiction: Plot & Point of View	Lesson 22 – Nonfiction Text Features: Table of Contents & Index	Lesson 23 & 24 Nonfiction Text Features: Glossary & Fonts / Graphics	Lesson 26 – Make Connections: Text to Self
Week 4: Writing	Lesson 20 – Completing the Rough Draft	Lesson 21- Introduce Revising : Using a Caret	Lesson 22  & 23 – Using Spider Legs & an Asterisk	Lesson 24 – Introduce Response Groups	Lesson 25 – Introduce Editing

Take a Look At Our Book

Shout out to Ms. O'Shields for having the class Look at Our Book posted in the main hallway.  This bulletin board is a monthly opportunity for the grade level to show something that you are reading or learning about that has to do with reading! Miss O’Shields volunteered to get Kindergartens section up as an example of what we mean! The pictures below are an example of what it can look like. 

Thank you so much for all you do.

Lesson Plans and Grades

It is the expectation that everyone will post their lesson plans in the Google Drive.  This is part of the Marzano Evaluation Process.  It is also the expectation that teachers will post at least 3 grades a week for English/Language Arts and Math.  Science and Social Studies should have at least 2 grades per week.  If you need help with Infinite Campus setting up your grade book Ms. Hunt, Ms. Peake, Ms. Ferguson, and Coach Barton are all very skilled with the program.

Jordan (ELA Coordinator) asked Scholastic and Benchmark to work together to create a spreadsheet of titles that would work for each unit based on the books you received from your Scholastic Library. Below is the link to the spreadsheet, at the bottom are tabs for each grade level and it has marked which book box they come from and what unit they will work with! This is an awesome resource! Take a look at it and let me know if you have any questions!  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z9wP5PNWdtYty4xWGXZcDTJP2wDlqdnf8WRlbQCvvC0/edit?usp=sharing  

Begin browsing which books you will be using with your Benchmark Unit 1 (that starts after Labor Day).  In the comment section please list at list 1 title that you will be using.

TOPIC: Classroom Management

Career Advice

4 Things to Remember If You Practice Tough Love Teaching

Why the right balance can really make a difference in how students view you.

Jeremy Knoll on August 11, 2017

I am almost paralyzed by heights. I have to take deep breaths while driving over bridges, can’t speak while riding a ski lift, and constantly struggle when a hike with my family nears the edge. Yet I still believe in tough love. This summer, I took the tough love approach with myself, pushing myself to face my fear of heights by embracing the Vermont tradition of jumping off of rock outcrops into clear waters.

The emotions I experienced while getting through those fears are similar to what I see in so many of my students. I watch them taking deep breaths when they sit down to write an in-class essay. I know the wheels are churning in their heads even as some fear or anxiety holds them silent during a discussion, and I puzzle away at how to help them approach the edge and take that leap.

My summer has made me realize a few things about being a tough love teacher. Here are the lessons I’m reminding myself of this school year. From first-year newbies and lifers alike, I hope these help you, too! 

 1. A pat on the back beats a kick in the pants

When I first started teaching 20 years ago, I thought that if you push kids hard enough they will rise to the occasion. What I have realized over two decades is that some kids simply crumble under that kind of hard-sell approach. Every year now, I set the goal of softening up a bit. Instead of saying, “everyone else is reading a poem in front of the class,” I now tell my students how positive I am they can do it, how excited I am to hear what they have written. Then I give them the option of an assignment to replace the oral presentation they are so scared of.

I think it’s important to remember that lots of jumpers need some encouragement. Very few respond well to aggressive pressure, and nobody wants to get pushed over the edge.

2. Get comfortable because this could take a while

I once watched a kid stand atop a rock for more than two hours. Peering down the ten feet or so to the water below, he watched a parade of other kids launch off the edge with ease. After each jumper he would step back up, tense his body like he was going to jump, and then back away. For two hours he did this. His family just hung out on the rocks below, chatting and snacking. They said very little, choosing to just give him some time.

Each year, I have debated this approach with my colleagues. I have had several students paralyzed by public speaking, and in the most extreme cases, I have offered an alternative assessment. Several of my colleagues have argued that I need to give a zero if the student won’t present, but each time I come across this situation I choose a different path. Sometimes students just aren’t ready for a particular challenge.

Not everyone is going to jump off of the rock right away. I am 41 years old and just now managing to jump. If my students need a bit more time, I can wait.

 3.  Community is better than competition

Call it differentiated instruction or just call it good teaching. Shift your classroom away from competition and toward community. The student who writes beautiful and technically sound prose can certainly help the student struggling with sentence construction. But, it is not a contest. The student struggling with sentence construction may have a more insightful and original view of the literature we read that can really benefit the more technically proficient writer.

4.  We can all use a little more patience 

We all aspire to help our students overcome their fears, take responsible risks, and find the joy of overcoming something that was once a daunting source of fear and anxiety. Keep trying to refocus on pointing out what students are doing well.

It can be exasperating when a student isn’t picking up an idea, but remember that after a certain point more attempts are reinforcing failure rather than gaining mastery. I want them all to write beautiful prose, but must remember that it is a process of many increasing degrees.

As you start the year, keep these ideas in mind. Before you know it all of your students will be flying through the air, splashing down into invigorating waters, and coming to the surface with smiles that remind you why you teach.

Boy Scouts would like to start at troop at Coolidge for boys in 1st to 4th grade.  They are offering to pay 2 staff members $10.00 a week to be "troop leaders".  Boys Scouts will be providing all supplies and curriculum.  Ms. Goodall has expressed interest.  If you are also interested please in being a troop leader for the boys please let me know.

Photo's for the Coolidge Yearbook can be uploaded in our Google Folder, Photo's for Yearbook, https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3X94wORxmtXdXZDMGMwQ3pNMTg.  Please add photo's throughout the year.  

To Develop Every Child Into a Reader:

• Everyday a child reads something they choose to read.
• Every child reads accurately
• Every child reads something they understand.
• Every child writes something that is personal and meaningful daily.
• Every child talks with peers about reading and writing.
• Every child hears an adult reader read fluently.

Coolidge Elementary Academic Goals for 2017- 2018

• All Students WILL achieve academically.
• Reading:  Increase reading proficiency by at least one grade level, and know their current F & P 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%

OKCPS Literacy Standards

          1^st Grade

          2^nd Grade

          3^rd Grade

          4^th Grade

          5^th Grade

          6^th Grade

OKCPS Math Standards

          Pre-K

          Kindergarten

          1^st Grade

          2^nd Grade

          3^rd Grade

          4^th Grade

          5^th Grade

          6^th Grade

Melissa Brett | Principal

Coolidge Elementary School | Oklahoma City Public Schools

5212 S. Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73119

(405) 587-2800

(405) 208-1581 (cell)