March 13, 2020

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

• Teachers giving direct feedback respectfully and kindly to parents this week to problem solve as a team.  The student was at the forefront of all decisions.
• Flexibility shown with unexpected news that allows are students to learn from our responses to  unexpected schedule changes.
• Teachers stepping in to help out at the last minute to provide a productive day for our students.
• Opinion writing in 1st grade is a multi-sensory experience.  Students told which Doritos they preferred this week and why.
• A couple of 3rd grade students continue to be good citizens of our school community by assisting Kari everyday with the lunch table chairs in their sections.  It is much appreciated!

What's Happening at Dodgeland?

• Monday, March 16
• PD DAY!!  :-). I'm so excited for our work. Click here for schedule

• Tuesday, March 17
• 5th grade Field Trip to Riveredge Nature Center
• Bellxcel training in the PLTW lab all day (Jenny will be with them for a majority of the day.)
• Beginning Band Parents Meeting 6:30-7:30

• Wednesday, March 18
• Workout Wednesday
• 5th grade Data Meeting at 12:05 in Rachael's room (Hope this is okay Rachael)

• Thursday, March 19
• Dodgeland Dress up like a DES staff member

• Friday, March 20
• End of 3rd Quarter
• TalkRead Play Group from 9-10am in room 109

Nitty-Gritty

• Teacher Recommended Courses for Summer School
• The summer school booklets will be coming out next week.  Late Friday, there will be a stack of forms to include with students that you would like to recommend for a remedial math or reading class.  Please send me a list of students that you are recommending for a remedial course so that I can watch the registrations as they come in.

• Popcorn Fridays
• As Dr. Thompson shared in her update regarding precautions we are taking in response to the COVID-19 situation, we will be not have popcorn available on Fridays for the foreseeable future.  Please share with your students.

• Assembly
• Please click here to let me know what your preference is about the Pride Assembly on April 2.  The Staff v. Students Basketball game will be held in the MS Gym on Friday, April 3 at the end of the day.

• Thank you
• Thank you all for your feedback on Wednesday.  I very much appreciate your thoughtful critiques.  Feel free to add anything that you think of later through email or rounding.  I am always open to feedback.

PD Spotlight

This week the PD Spotlight is going to be just a bit different.  This week the learning that I have spent the most time on (besides Powerschool, which we will talk about on Monday) is on the COVID-19 virus. In case you are like me and needed to read up on this, the link here has some information from the CDC.

Friday Funny