Week 24

 

Great Things We've Noticed

• Spending time talking to you all in our meetings this week!  
• A teacher that has filled her room with students of the "feathered" variety! 
• Erin hosting Edu-Protocols for you!  
• Christina organizing ELPAC!
• AN EDU-PROTOCOL BOOK FOR EVERYONE!!  Just stop by the front office if you want your copy! 

Nuts and Bolts: 

• ATTENTION: We have moved the next distribution date to 2/8-2/12 to allow you to include Valentine treats or art projects for your students. Have all Treat bags and extra supplies to the office by 2/5.
• It is very important that you sign in each day when you are on campus. This helps us with contract tracing and making sure we have accurate numbers. Here is the link in case you need it https://forms.gle/wXJeFGReFU3eKMgY6
• We are partnering with Big Brothers/Big Sisters to connect our students with mentors in the community! If you have a student (grades 1-6) that is disconnected, unmotivated, lonely or depressed send me or Angelica their names and we will place the referral.
• Check out the ILE site RUSD Engage for some great tips from fellow teachers on engagement! http://bit.ly/rusdengage
• Updated Staff/Team/Leadership meeting dates HERE
• Digital Resources for Valentines Day:
• https://jenniferfindley.com/free-digital-valentines-day-exchange/
• https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jennifer-Findley/PreK-12-Subject-Area/Valentines-Day/Category/-Digital-Resources-427507?ref=filter/subject
• https://sites.google.com/riversideunified.org/techtips/holiday-theme-activities

Cultural Acknowledgements/Month

• National African American History Month - celebrates the contributions that African Americans have made to American history in their struggles for freedom and equality and deepens our understanding of our Nation's history.  

• National Freedom Day (Feb 1) – Commemorates the signing of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in 1865.

• Paper Tutoring Update
• Currently we have over 4,600 students using Paper tutoring! We are excited to announce that a decision has been made to purchase Paper for our fourth grade students for the remainder of the school year. Now all 5th-12th grade students will receive free chat based tutoring with highly qualified tutors.  Please remind students that they have unlimited one-on-one tutoring in all subjects and essay reviews.  Students can access help 24/7 in both English and Spanish.  CLICK HERE to see a short introduction video.  Additional parent and student information can be found on the Family Technology Resource site at bit.ly/rusdfam20. All tutorials are available in English and Spanish.  
• If you have questions please reach out to Christalle Hart, Staff Development Specialist at chart@riversideunified.org.

• Arts Now Riverside Event - A Conversation with Sara Trail: Equity through Arts Education **Share with your communities and sites**
• Tuesday, Feb. 2, 4pm
• RUSD staff, principals, arts teachers, parents, student arts leaders, community partners, and all arts advocates are invited to join us in for this special Arts Now Riverside event to learn about the social Justice Sewing Academy and its work in our community and around the nation to promote equity through arts. This online event will also include brief remarks from Mayor Lock-Dawson and RUSD Board Member, Kathy Allavie. RSVP and more info

• Empower You Edutainment: Auditions for Virtual Performance: “Sankofa” TK-12 **Please encourage your students TK-12 to participate!***
• Be a part of the virtual play “Sankofa------ A Journey of our Past.” Auditions are for elementary, middle school, and High school RUSD Students. The play "Sankofa" will Pay homage to the rich African American History through acting, song, dance, and storytelling. All practices and performance are online. Auditions will be Fri. Feb. 5, 6pm.  Register for auditions here or contact 213-359-8639 or 951-640-1650 for more info. 

• Elementary Teacher Newsletter Elementary Teacher Newsletter for the Week of 1-25-2021
• Elementary Math1st Grade MOY District Math Assessment
• data must be entered into Illuminate by 2/5/2021. 
• Elementary ELA/SLA
• MOY Reading Comprehension Assessment
• The 2nd Grade MOY Reading Comprehension Assessment “enter by” date has been extended to 2/22/2021.
• 2nd-6th grade students will take the assessment via Illuminate (direct links will be provided to put into Google Classroom). Information and materials will be emailed to teachers next week.
• Multiple choice questions will be automatically scored. Teachers will need to hand score the “short answer” question.
• ELA/SLA Site: The Elementary ELA/SLA site has been updated. We hope that it is easier to navigate and more user friendly.
• RIMS AE Virtual Resources

Personalized Learning Ideas from ILE:

Six examples of Personalized Learning

This post is a couple of years old, but it has some great reminders for incorporating goal-setting and self reflection for students.  I particularly like the last example for engaging students in grading conversations.

Blog Post

RUSD 21 Day Step Challenge - Join Longi and I in the Step Challenge!

We will be walking at work and at home STRIVING for 10,000 steps a day...

You can find more about the benefits of walking and the challenge HERE

(make sure you watch in "present" mode for all the slides!).

You can sign up HERE

Not only can you earn raffle tickets for the RUSD challenge, but we will have our own HAWTHORNE Challenge so make sure you sign up on the spread sheet!

Hawthorne Challenge:

1. Join the RUSD challenge by adding your name to THIS spreadsheet

2. Log your steps each week

3. Simply logging your steps gets 1 raffle ticket

4. Logging at least 10,000 get's an additional raffle ticket

5. Challenge begins on January 25 and ends on 2/14

6. Steps will be checked EVERY FRIDAY!

Monday 2/15 we will announce the WINNERS!

Dr. Hansen's Call To Action: 

Common RUSD Goal:

To create inclusive and equitable learning environments for all

Our Call to Action:

1. Continue to reflect on your own mindset regarding race and privilege.

2. Begin to dismantle inequities for all students and staff (policies, practices, procedures).

3. Listen to the voices of students, families, and employees (what are their stories?).

4. Go out and ACT NOW!

Black History Month Resources:

Please see this list of resources for Black History Month.  There are resources for all grade levels and a variety of content areas.  These have also been provided to teachers through the weekly Elementary Newsletter and HSS Newsletter (for secondary).

Upcoming Events: 

2/1 - 2/5 Student of the Month Presentations

2/2 - RUSD Employee Check-In 8:00 and 3:30

2/2 - Groundhog Day 

2/4 - (NEW DAY) RUSD School Board Meeting

Birthdays: 

1/30 - Erin Masi - TOSA Intervention/Teacher Support

2/1 - Suzanne Armas - Preschool Teacher