Crown Point Junior Music Academy 

Monday Morning Memo

Week of 10/30-11/3


We had a great week with Red Ribbon Week celebrations and dressing up for Trunk or Treat.  Please continue the high energy levels for the upcoming weeks. We only have three weeks to go then Thanksgiving break...then three more weeks until Winter break.  Keep up the great work!!!

I am currently ordering the Continuum of Literacy Learning for all teachers to use.  This resource directly impacts your responsive teaching during Guided Reading.  This book is also a critical resource that you need at your fingertips supporting your planning for Guided Reading.  In the next few weeks, I will be asking for you to clearly show on your schedule when you teach your Guided Reading Groups so I can observe and give feedback.

Instructional focus-

I will continue to give observational feedback throughout the week as I visit classrooms.  Please be prepared to have discussions about the formative assessments you use in the classroom and the data you analyzed to make decisions about the differentiation of your instruction.

Schedule Updates- 
Please be prepared to have your finalized weekly schedule showing 100 minutes of PE in one week or 200 minutes of PE over the course of two weeks.  It will need to be electronic and It will need to be uploaded before Friday 11/3.  As I know more information about uploading, I will let you know.

***PLEASE NOTE***
Unless you are actively teaching during PLAY PE, it does not count towards your minutes.  I will review weekly schedules and work with ILT to inform my decision-making on if it will be necessary for teachers to participate in PLAY PE and if it makes sense for our school to retain the services of PLAY PE.  

Release-

I almost finished planning for ILT/all staff release to focus on backward mapping the Critical Concepts.  It is likely that ILT may be released Thursday and half the school on Friday, 11/3 and the other half on Tuesday, 11/7.  More information to come to confirm those dates.

Federal Survey Cards- 
All survey cards were due last week.  If you have any laying around, please send them to the office ASAP.   Mrs. Tra-Viecia will be pulling students a few minutes before school is out to talk to parents in the office.  

Universal Forms- 
We do not have all forms turned in.  Please review the highlighted names on the roster that you were given and help us collect all forms ASAP.

Lunch Applications- 
We are funded by the number of these applications that are completely filled out (whether or not the students receive free and reduced lunch).  They are due October 31st.  Mrs. Tra-Viecia will be pulling students a few minutes before school is out to talk to parents in the office.

Recess Duty- 
Group B

Upcoming Dates in relation to PLC and Report Period

10/30-11/3        

• 10/30 Haloween
• 11/1 Prep after school
• 11/2 Classics for Kids assemblies (see master calendar)
• 11/3 All $$$$ for Classic for Kids due today,  All data for report cards due Friday

11/6-11/10 

• Tra-Viecia prints report cards this week 
• 11/7 Classics for Kids Concert at Balboa Theatre (see master calendar)
• 11/8  PLC
• 11/9 Classics for Kids Concert at Balboa Theatre (see master calendar)
• 11/10 Veteran's Day- Holiday

11/13-11/17 

• Conferences all week 
• 11/15 Certificated PREP

11/20-11/24

• Thanksgiving Vacation