Today is day 1 on the specials calendar.
Please remember any changes in Blue Diamond are due today in preparation for our first End of Quarter test.
Post any comments from the Cooperative Learning reading by tomorrow, October 9. We shall have workshops as well to learn more about this high yield strategy. See yesterday's blog about which staff meeting dates will be used for training.
Comprehension skill of the week: Sequencing
Marzano strategy of the week: Classifying. Please let your administrator know of special activities you are doing with these skills. We look forward to seeing great examples of these techniques as we visit classrooms.

Don't forget the smartboard training offered next week as well as the Touchmath training offered next week as well.

ESL night tonight 5:30-7:30
PBS corner: Please remember as a part of Dismissal protocols is to have children ready to go when they are called. Please don't wait until a child's group (bus rider, car rider, etc) is called to have them pack up to leave. They should have time before then. Refer to PBS manual for details.

Teachers in grades 3-5 will participate in training in Classscapes, a very powerful tool for creating formative assessments. Kim and I were trained yesterday and the implications are fantastic. Dates to be announced. It will truly make creating, scheduling and administering formative assessments so much easier.