October 22nd Rise n Shine Snow

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:  Pam Munoz Ryan.  
Word of the Month:  Inspirational  Rise N Shine:  Ms. Russell

Building Problem of Practice: Helping Students Practice Skills, Strategies, and Processes

Focus Statement: When the content involves a skill, strategy, or process, the teacher engages students in practice activities that help them develop fluency and alternative ways of executing procedures.

Desired Effect: Evidence (formative data) demonstrates students develop automaticity with skills, strategies, or processes.

• Monday, Oct 23 - Welcome back from Fall Break!  
• Tuesday, Oct 24, PLC Meetings, Faculty Meetings (Committee Reports, Andrew Rose Working with ELL students), PreK Field Trip
• Wednesday, Oct 25
• Thursday, Oct 26 - Brett out Principal Meeting
• Friday, Oct 27

Standards Based Rubrics/ Standards Based Instruction/Marzano

Everyone should be teaching with standards based instruction and utilizing standard based rubrics.  On the Google Classroom and in the Google Drive are samples of Standards Based Rubrics.  If you are not using standards based rubrics with your students 
Benchmark Literacy - Integrating Skills Thru Readers Theater.  Continue working on visualizing and analyzing characters.  Looking at the online resources there are a texts for close reading provided.  4 - 6 Continue to work on sequence of events.  


Make Content Comprehensible for ELLs

Beginning

Allow ELLs to participate through active listening while other students demonstrate pausing.

Intermediate and Advanced

Allow ELLs to read parts of the script chorally with you or other students as they demonstrate the correct utilization of pauses.

All Levels

Pair ELLs with fluent English speakers during partner reading practice.

Model the use of academic sentence frames to support ELLs' academic vocabulary and language development. (See suggested sentence frames provided.)

Fluency Quick-Check

As students practice oral reading with a partner, note students who would benefit from additional repeated oral reading practice during independent workstation time.

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All students should be working on word study/phonics daily.  

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

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OKCPS Math Standards

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Melissa Brett | Principal

Coolidge Elementary School | Oklahoma City Public Schools

5212 S. Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73119

(405) 587-2800

(405) 208-1581 (cell)