Week 35

 

Happy Thursday Team...

Welcome to the LAST Holiday Break of the 24/25 School Year!  Wow...we are getting there!

I hope you all have a wonderful and well deserved holiday break, full of good food, good people, and good fun...and get some rest too, as it will be a whirlwind when we return.

Room Tear Down

Room Tear Down should not begin until Tuesday, June 10th.  That includes all classroom bulletin boards.  Rooms should remain intact with everything up and unchanged until that day.

Hallway Bulletin Board Welcome Letters to Incoming Students

It is a Laurus tradition that we create Summer Hallway Bulletin Boards that include Welcome Letters written by your students to the incoming grade level students.  Please plan to include that in your writing plans for the next couple of weeks.  These letters should talk about the best things that the students have done/experienced/like about their year in your grade level.  Please allow time for the final draft to be neatly typed or written in their best handwriting, as these will be utilized for summer marketing purposes too.

NWEA Testing

NWEA testing ends Friday, May 30th.  Please ensure that all students have completed this testing. 

AIMSWeb End of Year Benchmarking

AIMSWeb testing is occuring throughout the school for ONE more week. If the At Risk Interventionists come to your room to pull students for benchmarking, please release the students to be tested.

Week 35 Instruction 

 

Much of our Year Long Scope and Sequence is coming to an end.  This is a perfect time to integrate project based learning activities, hitting Social Studies and Science learning that was rushed through or missed, working on Math activites that hit Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Time, and Money, novel studies, etc.

This is not a time to show movies just for the convience of showing a movie.  It should be used as a culmination of a book study or at the end of a unit of study. 

It is very important during these last weeks to maintain a structure of teaching and learning.

Final Class Lists, Grade Level Welcome Letters and Supply Lists

These are due to your Dean by next Friday, May 30th.   We will discuss the class lists during your LAST Grade Level Team meeting next week.  If you have any questions, please reach out to your Dean.

Housekeeping Issues

Arrival:  Please...we only have 3 weeks left.  I am noticing a large number of you arriving late to work.  I do not want to have to start having you sign in upon your arrival.  Please make sure that you are here and at your door at 7:35 each morning.  

 Birthday Celebrations

Our next Birthday Celebration Friday is May 30th.  We will hold June Birthday Celebrations on the last day of school.

Attendance

Please make sure you have printed, signed and turned in your weekly attendance sheets.

03's and GLTs

These "officially" end this week.  Please know that you can reach out/stop by on an as-need basis.

Grading/Grade Book

Grade Book closes Wednesday, June 4th.  It is imperative that you keep up with grading students work.  Also, once student work is graded, please send any work/papers home.  This helps to keep parents informed and updated.

Upcoming Events:

Fri, May 23 and Mon, May 26 - NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day Break)

Tues - Fri, May 27-30 - K-2 Numeracy Assessment Week

Thurs, May 28 - Kona Ice Truck Reward - Cookie Sales

Fri, May 30 -  Progress Reports (Parent Portal); May Birthday Celebration Day; 25/26 Classlists, Supply Lists, Grade Level Welcome Letters Due to Dean;

Friday, May 30 - Music Concert (In School-Not Open to Parents). Grades 3-8 Performing.

Tues - Wed, June 3-4 - 8th Grade Chicago Trip

Wednesday, June 4 - Gradebook Closes

Monday, June 9 - 8th Grade Graduation 5:00 pm Westfield Prep High School

Tuesday, June 10 - Kindergarten Field Day

Wednesday, June 11 - Kindergarten Step Up Day

Tuesday, June 12 - Gr. 1-7 FIELD DAY

June 13 - HALF DAY - Last Day of School; Report Cards Home; June Birthday Celebration Day