Great Things We Noticed:
- Student Council Induction. Thank you Tina Sumerford!
- AVID/PL Share out with mixed teams!
- The Community Walk Through!
- Student of the Month Assemblies!
- Book Fair Grand Parents Day!
Nuts and Bolts:
- On Friday 10/4 Longi and I will be walking classrooms with Mariana Robles. The purpose of this walk if to calibrate our knowledge of Danielson with what we observe in classrooms. This is not evaluative and is a learning opportunity for us to deepen our knowledge of the application of the four domains of Danielson.
- The third and final opportunity to learn the Gateway 10-Step Lesson Plan for our K-2 reading intervention is scheduled for October 8 & October 10. Both days are required. This training will take place at the District Office, Rm 1 from 3:45-6:45. Emails were sent to teachers currently on the waitlist. Please encourage them to indicate their intent to participate here (link). Official enrollment on Sched is forthcoming. Questions should be directed to Judy Fuhrman, x41638
- Smithsonian Science How will be broadcasting live from the Carrie Bow Cay Field Station off the coast of Belize on 10/8 at 11:00 am and 12:30 pm. The broadcasts are 30 minutes long. During this time, Smithsonian marine scientists will introduce students to coral and coral reefs and the ways in which they monitor coral reef ecosystems, their health and how they respond to changes in the environment. Check out this LINK for more details.
- RUSD is excited to offer six lessons to all TK-6th grades with the Riverside Art Museum’s Art-to-Go again this year. Three of the six lessons will be either Math/Art or Science/Art lessons, and the other three are your choice from the subjects offered. All lessons (to take place September through May) must be scheduled as soon as possible but no later than Friday, October 18. Click here to schedule lessons. For more information about Art-to-Go please email art2go@riversideartmuseum.org or call (951) 684-7111 x311.
- Writing Assessment Deadline has been extended until 10/10. Please do not score the assessments until after the norming at SLTs.
- Check out our new ELA/ELD Newsletter: bit.ly/RUSDElemELA
- Check out our new site (in progress): bit.ly/RUSDELAElem (Gateway and Wonders Resources and Writing Materials)
- Updated ELA/ELD PD dates (with SLT site breakdown)
- ELA “Wonders Day #3”: Writing/ELD Dates
- Check out all the updates, opportunities, and resources available for RUSD Science teachers by clicking this LINK to the Science Newsletter. For more information, please contact Ashley Fulmer (afulmer@rusd.k12.ca.us)
- RUSD School Calendars
- The 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 School Calendars are on the RUSD Website Calendars
- The Department of Innovation and Learner Engagement will be hosting a Digital Citizenship Family Night which will address some of these parent concerns. This family night will be at Central Middle School on October 17th from 5:30-7:00 pm. Dinner will be served from 5:30-6:00 pm. The family activity and speaker will be from 6-7 pm. Space is limited to 50 families and they can sign up at bit.ly/FamilyDC2019. Here is the flyer with information regarding this event.
- Take your STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT! You don't have to read the book to learn your strengths! Find the link to the results survey here.
- 2020 Lois B. Krieger Water Project Grants for Educators Western Municipal Water District is offering educators in western Riverside County the opportunity to apply for grants for water-related projects. This program helps fund creative classroom projects that further a better understanding of water and the role it plays in the community. All teachers in Western’s District, both private and public schools in grades K-12 are eligible to apply for the grants. The deadline to apply is Friday, November 8, 2019. If you are interested, click the following LINK.
- Mystery Science Training RUSD has purchased Mystery Science for all Elementary sites. If you have teachers that are interested in learning more, please have them sign-up to attend the training on September 26 from 3:45-5:30 pm at Earhart (B4). Teachers will need to sign up on SCHED and their time will be compensated.
- Project Learning Tree: SAVE THE DATE - Oct 5, 9:00-3:00 at Earhart B4 Use the environment to engage students indoors and outdoors! This award-winning curriculum workshop would be a great addition to a Saturday School. Teachers learn how to engage students with environmental issues and help students acquire skills to be creative problem solvers. Teachers will be time carded and will receive a book of lesson plans K-12.
Focus:
Culturally Relevant and Responsive Teaching:
Dr. Pedro Noguera is a Distinguished Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences at UCLA. His research focuses on the ways in which school are influenced by social and economic conditions as well as demographic trends in local, regional, and global contexts.
In a presentation entitled "Racial Inequality and American Education: Policies, Practices and Politics," Noguera addressed the segregation by race and social class with in the education system. He asserted, "We cannot separate student's learning needs from their non-academic needs. The achievement gap is a manifestation of social inequality. We must invest in children of color: They are the future."
Noguera speaks of the core value of educator and student relationships and the power of teaching expectation in influencing student performance. Skilled teachers build students' strengths into confidence and competence. Noguera has developed 10 practices to promote achievement for all students.
- Challenge the normalization of failure. Race and class should not predict achievement.
- Stand up and speak out for equity. Schools must confront the ways in which some students are denied learning opportunities.
- Embrace immigrant students and their culture.
- Provide students with clear guidance on what it takes to succeed, including such things as study skills, "code switching," and seeing models of excellent work.
- Build partnerships with parents based on shared interests. Faculties must be trained to communicate respectfully and effectively across race and class differences and work with parents to help reinforce school objectives at home.
- Align discipline practices to educational goals. Be consistent across grade levels on expectations, values, and norms that reconnect students to learning, rather than exclude them from learning.
- Rethink remediation and focus on acceleration. Monitor learning and provide access to enriched, rigorous curriculum with needed support and personalized interventions.
- Implement evidence-based practices and evaluate for effectiveness. Consider such things as peer study groups and assessment, content literacy, and direct instruction.
- Build partnerships within the community to address student needs.
- Teach to the way that students learn, rather than expecting them to adjust their learning to a rigid, set way of teaching. Focus on evidence of mastery and performance, viewing the work produced by students as a reflection of the teaching done in the classroom.
Upcoming Events:
- 9/30-10/4 - PTA Book Fair D108
- 10/1 - Leadership Team Meeting - 2:55
- 10/1 - School Board Meeting - Seth Neal (6th Grader) giving the pledge - Central Middle School 5:30
- 10/2 - Walk To School Day! Please communicate with your students!
- 10/2 - DELAC Meeting - Carrie out 8:30-10:30
- 10/2 - Lunch on the Lawn - Invites going out Monday
- 10/2 - Title I Contact Meeting - Carrie out 3:00
- 10/3 & 10/4 - Miles of Smiles Dental Screening Education
- 10/3 - K-12 Principals Meeting - Carrie out 8:00-12:30
- 10/4 - Danielson Calibration Walk with Mariana Robles - 1:00
- 10/7-10/11 - Miles of Smiles Sealant Clinic
- 10/8 - SLT Round 1 - Bournes
- 10/8 - AAPAC Meeting - Sierra Middle School 6:00pm
- 10/10 - RUSD Leadership Team Meeting - Longi and Carrie out 2:30
- 10/11 - Hawk Shop
Birthdays:
10/2 - Sara Gallegos-Garcia - 2nd Grade
10/7 - Raquel Schnakenberg - 2nd Grade
10/8 - Patty Kaplan - IA RSP
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