Week 11

Great Things We Noticed: 

• The Pot Luck!  Thank you social committee for organizing this each month! 
• The Fall Festival!  
• Stripped field for students to play soccer!  Thank you Karla and Carla!
• Digging in deep to Danielson!
• Carol and Lisa adding new butterflies!
• The State of the District with 6th grader Kylie Turner! 
• Your commitment to your students!  

Focus:

My trip to Massachucetts was an opportunity to visit schools that have adopted the Universal Design for Learning model.  Here is a short overview on the basics of UDL:

The schools I visited were in the Groton Dunstable School District and Katie Novak is the Assistant Superitendent (you may recognize her from the "dentist" video on MTSS):

How do you give your students choice in how they show mastery?

Nuts and Bolts: 

• On Monday the second lane of the parking lot will be roped off.  We are trying to stop parents from cutting through and into the traffic in the drop off lane.  If you park in these spots pull around the traffic circle and enter the parking spaces from the backside.  
• Grades 3-6:  Melanie Maxwell will be here on 11/6 for IAB Hand Scoring Training - The time is 3:00-4:00 - see me if you have any questions. 
• Please email Longi and I as soon as your report cards are done - thank you! 
• Fall STEM Day: 
• We will be having a day of fall centered science, art, ELA, Math, etc.  
• Your grade level team can choose to do activities on Thursday or Friday - Please be aware we will have 11 subs on Thursday due to Instructional Design Day with Innovate Ed. 
• If you choose Halloween - plan with your grade level team how to make Halloween an inclusive, fun and enriching day. Focus on FALL THEMED ACTIVITIES!  
• We will follow our regular schedule (how can you incorporate our theme into WIN time) have a Fall/Pumpkin STEAM Day... Let us know if you have any questions! 
• DUE to the minimum day on Friday - WIN time will be at grade level discretion.  If you can fit the intervention time in to your schedule - please do. 

• GATE Tune Up CoursesWe are excited to be able to offer GATE certified teachers refresher classes on GATE strategies. They are as follow:

• October 14th: GATE Tune Ups Session 1: Depth and Complexity
• January 27th: GATE Tune Ups Session 2: Think Like a Disciplinarian
• February 24th: GATE Tune Ups Session 3: Advanced Thinking Skills
• All classes are held at Alcott in Room K3 from 4-5 PM and teachers can enroll on Sched. For dditional information please contact Deborah Newton at dnewton@rsd.k12.ca.us.
• Girls Who Code Club Mini-Grants - LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO START A CLUB AT HAWTHORNE!! 
• Girls Who Code Clubs are FREE programs for girls to join a sisterhood of supportive peers and role models and use computer science to change the world. When you start a Club, Girls Who Code provides free and flexible curriculum, resources, and a mini-grant of $300 if you have 3+ students enrolled in your Club. All you need is space to host the Club, computers and internet, and an adult who is 18+ to help facilitate the Club. Many Facilitators have NO technical experience and learn to code alongside their Club members.
• When you are ready to start your Club, create an account on Girls Who Code HQ to fill out your Clubs application and indicate your affiliation with Riverside Unified School District to get access to partnership benefits, like additional support and funding opportunities. APPLY TO START A CLUB HERE
• *Please Note: It is important that you indicate our partnership affiliation on the Clubs Application in order to receive partnership benefits!
• If you have any follow up questions please contact Ariana Flewelling, aflewelling@rusdlearns.net, Staff Development Specialist. If you’d like to learn more before starting a club at your campus, please join us October 24th at the district office at 3:45pm for our first Girls Who Code Facilitator meeting of the year.
• I will be out on Monday and Tuesday, my Mom is getting her hip replaced in San Diego.  I appreciate all of you and your support over the past few weeks! 
• Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated October 28-November 1
• M: Socktober Monday - Crazy Socks/Bring Socks 
• T: Team Up Against Drugs - Favorite Sports Team 
• W: Being Drug Free is SUPER - Super Hero Day
• TH: Our Lil’ Pumpkins Say No!  - Orange and Black Day
• F: Hawthorne is Crazy about being Drug Free! : Crazy Hair Day/Spirit Day
• All grade levels should administer their Trimester 1 District Math Assessment during the month of October. The specific dates and assessments can be found on this document. For more information about Elementary Math, such as the Scope & Sequence, Report Card Guidelines, and directions for entering scores into Illuminate, please visit the Elementary Math Google Site.
• 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)
• 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. 
• Guide for Instructional Direction 2.0 Presentations: 
• November 16
•  6th grade - pages 6-9
• 5th grade - pages 11 and 12
• 3rd grade - pages 13 and 14
• December 9
• 4th grade - pages 15 
• Kindergarten - pages 16-17
• SPED - 18-19
• 2nd grade - pages 20-21
• 1st grade - 22-23
• 11/11/19:  Festival of Lights Coloring Contest Submissions Due. More info.
• Elementary ELA
• Oct. 21-Nov. 6: 3-6 grade ELA IAB: Informational Texts
• Writing PD for all elementary teachers begins on Monday, October 28. The dates and other information can be found here: ELA PD 
• We have put some pieces in place to support staff in an effort to decrease the amount of emails they receive. If they have questions, please have them refer back to these. We are constantly updating as new information or needs arise.
• Elementary ELA Site: bit.ly/RUSDELAElem 
• Elementary ELA/ELD newsletter: bit.ly/RUSDElemELA.  This bit.ly will not change, so staff can bookmark it for ease of use. The latest edition of the newsletter will always be the first slide, the past editions are still there for reference. There are many links (indicated by a “click here” button) within those newsletters that have answers to many questions that we are receiving. 
• Festival of Lights Coloring Contest
• Please encourage students to enter to compete in the Festival of Lights Coloring Contest. Contest winners will receive some holiday goodies and the students and their parents will be invited to sit in the VIP pit for the Switch-On Ceremony (they will have the best seats in the house to see the fireworks)! Submissions due Nov. 11 by 4pm. More info. 

Upcoming Events: 

• 10/28-10/29:  Carrie Out
• 10/28-11/1 - Red Ribbon Week 
• 10/30 - Student of the Month Assemblies
• 10/31 - Instructional Design Day - SLT Team - 8:00 E103
• 11/1 - Minimum Day - Students out 12:05
• 11/4 - American Fidelity in Lounge 
• 11/5 - Leadership Team Meeting - 3:05 E103
• 11/6 - DELAC Meeting
• 11/6 - Lunch on the Lawn 
• 11/6 - Cindy Out PD - 12:00
• 11/7-11/8: Parent Teacher Conference Days - No Students 
• 11/11 - No School