Opportunity Statement: Coolidge Elementary will continue to provide all students with academic, social, and emotional growth opportunities through great teaching and the utilization of our community resources. We will maintain high expectations for all students, as well as expand our efforts to cultivate a positive school culture that encourages intellectual and social growth.”
Coolidge Vision and Mission
Our Mission: “Educate students for lifelong learning and responsible living.”
Our Vision: “Provide a learning environment that promotes and develops academic and
social growth.”
PBIS - This is a GREAT Read. In the comments - what is something you might want to consider doing differently?
Bring work packet, chapter book, and a ChromeBook to work on Lexia, Myon, Khan Academy, Prodogy, and Imagine Math
Where do I find?.........
- Monday - 9:00 a.m. Downtown will be here to meet with parents about transfers, boundaries, etc.
- Tuesday - PreK to the Zoo, Fruit Infused Water a gift from the Health Department
- Wednesday - Fruit Infused Water for teachers - a gift from the Health Department.
- Thursday
- Friday
PBIS - This is a GREAT Read. In the comments - what is something you might want to consider doing differently?
Run in the Halls
Lori Sabo
Issue #560
My heartbeat quickened when I saw the 70 percent off advertisement because I have had my eye on an enameled cast iron pan for quite a while. After going right to the website, I was disappointed to find that the item I have been wanting was not discounted enough for me to afford it. Confused, I looked back at the ad. That is when I saw it . . . the words Up to . . . Ugh! When I initially read it, all that registered in my brain was 70 percent off.
Many of you are shaking your heads, thinking it was obvious from the beginning. And some of you would have internalized the words the same way I did.
The same thing happens in our schools. It is why we are so careful when choosing our words with students. Although 98 percent of our students will hear the whole directive when we say, “Please don’t run in the halls,” 2 percent will hear “run in the halls” and think it is a great idea because they’ll get where they are going much faster.
If we want everyone to hear the message clearly and correctly, we will phrase things in such a way that if they attend only to the end, they will still be successful.
Don’t sitbyyour friends.Find a successful spot.Don’t walk around.Stay in one place.Get started without wasting time.Get started right away.Don’t talk to your friends.Read quietly the whole time.Don’t quit.Build stamina.Don’t pay attention to distractions.Ignore distractions.
Tune in to your written and verbal language this week. See if there are phrases you can tweak so that students, no matter how they hear you, will understand and perform the expectation with accuracy and independence.
Testing Schedule this Week - Subject to Change:
Focused Instruction + Layered Strategies = Powerful, Proficient Reading
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It is gratifying to sit with a child who has an arsenal of strategies to access as they navigate their way through a text. It shows the power of targeted, supportive instruction and the CAFE Menu. Here is a glimpse into a conference I had with a third grader.
I joined Karly just as she pulled The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka out of her book box.
She looked at the title, read "The Frog Prince Connected," and asked, "Why does it say connected?"
"That is a great question," I responded. "It didn't sound right to me either. Let's cross-check that last word. Breaking it into chunks might help you decode it."
She figured it out by breaking it into three syllables.
After asking what she knew about the original fairy tale, I discovered she had never heard it, so she was treated to a condensed version of this childhood favorite of mine. Then she began to read. Here are the errors she made and the strategies she used to fix them up without prompting from me:
- He ran deepier into the forest. (Cross-check plus Back up and reread) He ran deeper into the forest.
- The Prince stopped on the slighty (Cross-check) slightly gummy steps.
- (Hard first g) Gingerbread. (Flip the sound) Gingerbread.
- The Prince walked up to her, hopping she wasn't a witch. (Cross-check. Flip the sound. Back up and reread) The Prince walked up to her, hoping she wasn't a witch.
- Could you help me? Gosh, do you need it? (Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody.) Gosh, do you need it.
- The Prince couldn't believe his roetten luck. (Flip the sound) . . . rotten luck.
- The carriage instidentally (Break the word into chunks) instantly turned back into his former Prince self.
Wow. She was really monitoring for meaning as she read. This conference was a testimony to the power of the CAFE Menu and how focused instruction and layering strategies can help our students be powerful, proficient readers.
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