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SENDAK NEWSLETTER FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMEBR 9 - 13, 2024
iReady and DIBELS Assessments
ALL grade levels (K-5) will administer the iReady Math to their students by Tuesday of this week, December 10.
Grades 3-5 will also administer the iReady Reading to their students. You may opt to administer the iReady Reading to your EL Students ONLY after the winter break with a deadline of January 24. If there are students close to reclassification, please confer with Abbie/Maria to make that decision.
When administering the iReady MOY remember:
- Access to MyPath will not be available when the test is on. To ensure that students do not go onto the test by mistake, do not assign MyPath these weeks.
- iReady Math was assigned to all classes on Monday, December 2. Therefore, MyPath was not be available.
- iReady Reading will be assigned by class and/or by students. Please inform Azniv or Mr. K to assign the test.
- Please have a designated schedule for the test as to avoid students accessing the test at different times.
- When scheduling the assessment, ensure that it is administered in “chunks”, for example 5 questions at a time or a section at a time….We don’t want students to rush through the test.
- Ensure that a testing environment is established in the classroom for testing.
DIBELS assessment for Grades K – 5 can be administered in the next two weeks or after the winter break, due by January 24. If there are students who you think would benefit from early administration or can easily pass, then give them the test before the winter break. If you have students who would need the extra time (and will not suffer the Winter set-back) then administer the test after the winter break.
Grade Level Data Digs are scheduled for the week of January 27.
Winter Academy
The Winter Academy staff orientation will be on Tuesday, December 10, immediately following the PD.
WA teacher training is scheduled for Monday, the 9th from 3:30-5:30 pm or Saturday, the 14th, from 9-11 am. Teachers should have received the email from the district over the weekend. If not here is the zoom link to the training:
https://lausd.zoom.us/j/3654057228?omn=81121323590&from=addon
Music and Winter Program Rehearsal Schedule
The following schedules are for grade levels to rehearse for the Winter Program. Outside of Tuesdays, each grade level will have 40 minutes of practice time in the MPR. On Tuesdays, you will have 30 minutes.
M/W/Th/F: Tues:
8:15 – 8:55 3rd Grade 8:35 – 9:05
9:00 – 9:40 5th Grade 9:10 – 9:40
9:45 – 10:25 1st Grade 9:45 – 10:15
UTK/TK 10:20 – 10:50
10:50 – 11:30 4th Grade 11:00 – 11:30
12:15 – 12:55 UTK/TK
1:00 – 1:40 Kinder 12:15 – 12:45
1:45 – 2:25 2nd Grade 12:50 – 1:20
The Winter Program flyers went out last week, along with the 4 tickets per family. As always, each family will be invited to attend one of the performances on December 12. Remind your families that they are invited to attend the designated time for their grade level. If they want to switch they will have to wait in the stand-by line, which doesn’t guarantee entrance if we are full. This is done to control the number of people in attendance and avoid overcrowding.
Also attached is the (tentative) schedule for the performances for December 12. Again, the performances are switched around to ensure that there is an audience throughout the show….That is why we have the assigned families for each performance wait until the end to see their children.
This schedule is also for the dress rehearsal performances on Wednesday. The students in the audience will not perform during the show they are watching. That will allow for two practices for each grade level.
The audience is as follows:
8:30 am show: Grades 3 and 5 are in the audience
10:30 am show: Grades Kindergarten and 4th are in the audience
1:10 pm show: Grades UTK / TK / 1st / 2nd are in the audience
There is no Psychomotor scheduled for this week due to testing and Winter Program rehearsals.
Tuesday Banked-Time PD and Staff Meeting (1:40 – 3:30)
This Week: Numeracy – Integrating Real World Application (Part 2)
Grades UTK – 2 will be in the MPR with Jill
Grades 3-5 will be in Room 229 with George
Staff Luncheon
Please join us for our Winter Break luncheon in the MPR immediately after school dismissal, 12:50 pm. The menu will be Middle Eastern cuisine and, of course, dessert to follow. We look forward to all our Sendak staff to join us to celebrate the holidays and end of 2024. More information will be coming from the Social Committee.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
12/1 Nurse Tina
12/9 Linda Dowell
12/10 Loni Sumruld
12/11 Tien Hernandez
12/26 Lesly Valdez
Monday, December 12
At Sendak: Laurie Bernhard, Kyung Lee-Kim (Music), Melissa Kishner (AP-EIS), Nurse Tina
Off Campus: G.Khatchadourian to Beaudry (12-3 pm)
7:55 First Bell
8:00-810 Morning Assembly
8:10-8:30 Breakfast in the Classroom
8:30 MMALC team visits room 235
2:25 Dismissal
Tuesday, December 13
At Sendak: Leticia Panduro, Laurie Bernhard (Alt. Tues.) Melissa Kishner (Alt. Tues.) Nurse Tina, Margaret Younan
7:55 First Bell
8:00-8:15 Breakfast in the Classroom
1:25 Dismissal
1:40-2:40 PD: Integrating Real World Math (MPR and Room 229)
2:45-3:45 Winter Academy Staff Orientation in the MPR
Wednesday, December 14
At Sendak: Nurse Tina
7:55 First Bell
8:00-8:15 Breakfast in the Classroom
8:30 Mr. Rome visits Sendak
8:30 1st Dress Rehearsal – Grades 3/5 in the audience
10:30 2nd Dress Rehearsal – Grades K/4 in the audience
1:10 3rd Dress Rehearsal – Grade UTK / TK / 1 / 2 in the audience
2:25 Dismissal
Thursday, December 15
At Sendak: Laurie Bernhard, Cintia De Laura (Art), Leticia Panduro (Alt. Thu.) Cindy Lemus (PSA)
Off Campus: G. Khatchadourian to New Principals’ Academy (12:30-4:30)
7:55 First Bell
8:15 Breakfast in the Classroom
8:30 1st Show – Grades 3/5 Parents in the audience
10:30 2nd Show – Grades K/4 Parents in the audience
1:10 3rd Show – Grade UTK / TK / 1 / 2 Parents in the audience
2:25 Dismissal
Friday, December 16 Minimum Day
At Sendak: Laurie Bernhard, Nurse Tina, CFG
7:55 First Bell
8:15-8:30 Breakfast in the Classroom
12:50 Dismissal
Upcoming Important Dates:
December 12 School Winter Program
December 13 Last Day of 1st Semester – Minimum Day (12:30 Dismissal)
Dec. 16-18 Optional Winter Recess Academy
Dec.16 / Jan.3 Winter Break – School is Closed
6 Instructional Priorities:
- Literacy – reading, writing, and speaking across all subjects
- Numeracy – real world application of math concepts
- Science – Integrating Next Generation Science Standards
- Assessments informing instruction – DIBELs, DRDP, iReady, and SBA
- Professional and Leadership Development – ILTs
- Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycles
To ensure District-Wide coherence, the following 7 Teaching and Learning Framework elements will be the focus for professional development, PDSA, Instructional Rounds, and classroom observations.
1b1. Awareness of Students’ Skills, Knowledge, and Language Proficiency Uses information about students’ academic strengths and needs, language proficiency and social emotional wellness in planning.
2a3. Academic Climate The academic environment is safe and supportive; risk-taking is encouraged, students freely share their culture, language, and ideas, and student mistakes are treated as learning opportunities, never with ridicule.
3a4. Use of Academic Language Academic language is used to communicate and deepen understanding of the content and is inclusive of the culture and language of students.
3b2. Discussion Techniques and Student Participation Techniques are used to ensure that all students share their thinking around challenging questions including strategies that affirm students’ culture and language.
3c1. Standards-Based Projects, Activities and Assignments Standards-aligned learning activities cognitively engage students in the lesson.
3c2. Purposeful and Productive Instructional Groups Students are grouped in order to promote productive cognitive engagement in the lesson.
3d3. Feedback to Students Students receive specific, culturally sensitive and timely feedback that will move their learning forward.