November 14, 2016

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

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

social growth.”

Attaining Learning Outcomes = Higher Achievement

• Monday:  Briggs Out
• Tuesday:  Briggs Out.  PLC Meeting:  Mastery Connect Trackers and Student Achievement.  Be prepared to share your data.  Faculty Meeting.  United Way will be at the meeting.  Progress grades must be posted by 3:30 p.m.
•  Wednesday:  Progress Reports Printed.  We really have Pot Luck this week.  Thanks Ashleigh for catching that....
• Thursday:  Brett Out Principal Meeting, Smart Start 8:30 a.m.  Progress Reports go out in Thursday Folders.
• Friday:  Cramer Out

Student Engagement - Authentic Learning - Active Learning
Shout out to Ms. Scott and her class in the ABL lab.  They worked on their letters and sounds while working in the ABL Lab.  Outstanding example Ms. Scott.

• Progress Grades must be posted by 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15th on Infinite Campus.  We will be printing progress reports tomorrow (Wednesday) and they will go home in Thursday folders.  If you need assistance posting progress grades please see Mrs. Ferguson (PreK), Ms. Peake (Sp.Ed.) or Coach Barton (P.E.).

Shout Out:  6th Grade Science - Measurement of Impact Craters:

Hands on activities - student engagement - authentic learning.

Student rending of the lab during science class. 

Take 2:  Increasing the distance

Measuring the impact crater

Review of lesson.

• Time to begin the F & P November assessments.  Please be sure you update your Running Records Tracker on the Google Drive.  You will notice I have added additional information (2nd - 6th grade) concerning 1st quarter grades and color coding student F & P levels.  Wonderings.....If you are red in F & P and Star..... does your 1st quarter grade reflect that?  We will be having this conversation as we use data to drive instruction.  If you are struggling with F&P we have two excellent Instructional Coaches - Ashleigh and Carrie that can assist you.  Do not hesitate to reach out.  

Second quarter assessments will quickly be upon us (December 1st)!  The elementary assessment will cover the following:

• Science (grades 4 and 5)

• Math (grades 1-6)

• Writing Sample (grades K-6)*  I will provide information on the writing sample as soon as I receive it.

The science and math performance assessments will be delivered and scored using Mastery Connect, the new OKCPS digital assessment platform!  If you are struggling with Mastery Connect, please see Kim Hunt (our Mastery Connect building expert).

PBIS

Ø Please complete the following survey link by December 15.

o    https://goo.gl/forms/NiVSLhhGQb8NK3wT2

http://creativitytothecore.blogspot.com/2015/02/literacy-centers-student-achievement.html#

12 Powerful Words....
Do your students know these 12 Powerful words?

In the comment section list 3 things you have observed in the Action Based Learning Lab.

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 2016-2017

• 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%

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)

November 7, 2016

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

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

social growth.”

Attaining Learning Outcomes = Higher Achievement

Find the hidden link and follow it for a possible treat...... 

• Monday:  Regular Day.  Brett and Cramer will be in and out of classrooms from here till the winter holiday break.  
• Tuesday:  PLC's Be sure you bring your laptops to discuss Mastery Connect Data.  GO VOTE.  NO FACULTY MEETING.  
• Wednesday:  Pat will be here.  We will be conducting classroom walk-thrus. Pot luck on Wednesday.  
• Thursday:  After School Tutoring, 3:30 - 4:30.  If you have signed up to tutor and can't make it - please be sure to get a replacement.  Ms. Sanders was awesome and filled in for us Thursday.  
• Friday:  Veterans Day.  Be sure you email Brett and Cramer your Veterans Day lesson plans (this is a state requirement).  Baker and Barton out Friday for Professional Development.  Veterans Day Assembly:
     1:00 – 1:30  PreK – 2nd  
     2:00 – 2:30 3^rd – 6^th  

Time to begin the F & P November assessments.  Please be sure you update your Running Records Tracker on the Google Drive.  You will notice I have added additional information (2nd - 6th grade) concerning 1st quarter grades and color coding student F & P levels.  Wonderings.....If you are red in F & P and Star..... does your 1st quarter grade reflect that?  We will be having this conversation as we use data to drive instruction.

12 Powerful Words.  Every child in 3rd - 6th grade should know the 12 Powerful Words and what they mean.  Can your class create a video to share on the 12 Powerful words.  Here are some examples:

      At the end of each week those teachers who have gone to the ABL lab twice that week will have their name put into a hat.  Every 2 weeks a name will be pulled out of the hat. If your name is pulled then your class will receive an extra PE/recess time the following week (which means an extra plan time for you!!!)  After the 9 weeks those teachers who have visited the Action Based Learning Lab twice a week will be eligible for a gift card.  This starts November 1.

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 2016-2017

• 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%

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)

October 31, 2016

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

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

social growth.”

Attaining Learning Outcomes = Higher Achievement

• Monday - Halloween!
• Tuesday - 1 Hour Faculty Meeting Break Out Sessions.  Please sign up on My Learning Plan and on the Google Form.  AFT in the break room from 10:45 - 1:00.  
• Wednesday:  Leadership in library 3:30 p.m.
• Thursday:  Smart Start in the Library.  Fall Title1 Site Visit. 
• Friday:  Honor Choir to Grant for Aladdin.  Fire Drill 

MYON Challenge

Challenge:  All students must login to MyOn and read at least 1 book by October 30, 2016.  The school with the most students that read at least 1 book receives Halloween goodies on October 31, 2016.

Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports

1. Identify the expected behaviors,
2. Teach, model and practice what those behaviors look like, sound like, and feel like,
3. Specifically praise appropriate behavior with private or public acknowledgement, and
4. Measure outcome data to determine successes and barriers to reaching the desired goals.

 How is your Guided Reading Going?  Do you use thinking partners?  Have you given specific instructions on what turn and talk will look like?  What kind of exit tickets are you using in your classroom?
During lunch I asked students what level they were reading on.  I was disappointed at the number of students who couldn't tell me.  Every child should know what their F & P reading level is and what their goal is for the next reading assessment in December. 

Formal Observations:

Formal observations have begun.  Be sure to check your calendar invites.  Remember that your pre conference form must be complete prior the meeting.

The post conference form must also be complete before the post conference.

Are the activities in your classroom reflected in your lesson plans?  Do your objectives match what is occurring the classroom?

How are you using the leveled book room?  Can your students explain what their current reading level is and what their goal is for the next reading level?  How often do they practice independent reading?  Are they practicing to have the stamina necessary to take a 90 minute test?  During lunch I asked students what level they were reading on.  I was disappointed at the number of students who couldn't tell me.  Every child should know what their F & P reading level is and what their goal is for the next reading assessment in December. 

DQ3: Helping Students Practice and Deepen New Knowledge

Marzano #19 Practicing Skills, Strategies, and Processes

 When the content involves a skill, strategy, or process, the teacher engages students in practice activities that help them develop fluency.

Scale for Practicing Skills, Strategies, and Processes

Innovating	Applying	Developing	Beginning	Not Using
Adapts and creates new strategies for unique student needs and situations in order for the desired effect to be evident in all students.	When content involves a skill, strategy, or process, engages students in practice activities and monitors for evidence of the extent to which the practice is increasing the majority of students' fluency.	When content involves a skill, strategy, or process engages students in practice activities, but the majority of students are not monitored for the desired effect of the strategy.	Uses strategy incorrectly or with parts missing.	Strategy was called for but not exhibited.

FAC meeting notes.  You must be logged into Google Drive to access.

Click here for a special prize:  

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 2016-2017

• 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%

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)

October 24, 2016

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

Attaining Learning Outcomes = Higher Achievement

Take every opportunity to help make this a better place for our children and ourselves.  It starts with a kind word, soft touch, and a smile.

• Monday:  Welcome back from Fall Break.  
• Tuesday:  Google Classroom must be set up for all teachers.  Faculty meeting - vertical alignment.
• Wednesday:  PBIS/GE team meeting
• Thursday:  Fall Into A Good Book/Health Fair 5:00 - 6:30.  Brett Principal Meeting - Southern Hills Elementary
• Friday:  

Rise N Shine:  4th Grade Kappel.  Word of the Week:  Justice

Teacher Attendance:

Teachers who miss 11 days of school a year are considered “frequently absent” (as defined by the National Council on Quality Teaching).  These absences include personal days/sick days/professional development.  Studies from the National Bureau of Academic Research show that classes where the teacher is frequently absent have a significant decrease in student outcomes.  If we want to help our children be their most successful, we have to BE HERE.  The research is definitive- your attendance makes a difference for your students.

Student achievement is directly tied to attendance - theirs and ours.

Coolidge Teachers missed 72 days (sick leave, professional leave, and personal leave) in the first 9 weeks of school (96%)  Teacher attendance was 97% without professional leave.  Our goal is 98% - we almost made it.  Lets try for that 98% for 2nd nine weeks.

Thanksgiving Break is November 23 - 25th.  Please remember by contract you cannot take personal days prior to a break.  If you take sick leave I will need a doctors note.

Google Classroom Code:   crmg8a

www.classoom.google.com  to access assignment.  I have some individuals who have not completed this yet.  Mandy Green will be attending a PLC to show us ways to implement Google Classroom for student engagement.

Safe School's Training:
Safe School Training is DUE to be 100% complete by November 1st.  There are teachers and or staff members that have have not completed their training. Please be sure you are not on this list.

Classroom Management:  CHAMP Your Lesson.

I-Observation:  Formal observations are upon us.  These are scheduled observations with a pre and post conference.  Please be sure you have completed the Pre and Post conference forms prior to your scheduled meeting with your evaluating administrator.

In the comments section please list at least one thing that stuck out to you from the video Every Opportunity.

Fall Break at Coolidge..... Football Practice

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 2016-2017

• 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%

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)