Scholastic Book Fair in the library this week!
"Here is a link to the time line of the fair and where it explains when students can come in during the day to purchase items from the fair, etc as well as information on online purchases and E-wallet sign ups." -B. Fahy
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/marshallmagnetschool
Thank you Mrs. Fahy (and her volunteers) for making this book fair happen for all of our students, teachers and families! YOU ARE ROCKING IT! We appreciate you!
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Thank you Mr. McAllister for preparing our students and coordinating the Link Up concert at the FSO!
They loved it! Thanks to our teachers for your cooperation! |
This is your chance to really connect, partner and prepare for our final quarter. You know all of this but it is a good reminder...
15 Tips for Leading Productive Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Offer a flexible conference schedule
- Prepare, prepare, prepare
- Arrange for a translator if needed (see me) and find a way to connect
- Be aware of your body language
- Sit side-by-side
- Share real stories and student work ~THIS IS THEIR TIME TO SHINE!
- Include the positive
- Create clear goals
- Avoid education jargon
- Give parents responsibility - Yes, I said it! It is worth a try!
- Encourage questions
- Don't make assumptions about parents or students
- If a parent becomes confrontational, don't engage
- Remain professional at all times
- Stay in contact with parents
Also, for teachers in grades 3-5, please remember to mention "AzM2 Rock the Test Night" on Tuesday, March 24 @ 5:30-6:45pm. The expectation is that you communicate to parents which of the sessions they should attend with their student (based on your data) that night. Thank you for continuing to advocate for their success.
AzM2 & AIMS Science Testing Season
◦3rd
Grade :
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Writing - April 6th
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ELA 1 and Math 1 – April 15th
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ELA 2 and Math 2- April 16th
o4th
Grade:
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Writing- April 7th
vELA
1 and Math 2- April 8th
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ELA 2 and Math 2- April 9th
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AIMS Science- April 14th
o5th
Grade
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Writing- March 31st
vELA
1 and Math 1- April 1st
vELA
2 and Math 2- April 2nd
ELL ELEMENT
Strategy # 9 LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF YOUR STUDENTS…
Our second-language populations grow more diverse every year. Taking the time to learn the basics of where a child comes from — exactly, not ‘somewhere in the Middle East/South America/Asia/Africa’ — tells the student that you respect her enough to bother. Kim remembers one time when she had to set the record straight about the diverse South American population at her school: “I was listening to the teachers talking about the ‘Mexican’ kids in our building,” she says, “and I was like, ‘We don’t have any Mexicans.'” Not taking the time to at least correctly identify a child’s country of origin, much like not bothering to pronounce their name correctly, is a kind of microaggression, a small, subtle insult that communicates hostility toward people of color. Make a commitment to be someone who bothers to get it right.
Once you have the country straight, take things up a notch by learning about students’ religious and cultural practices. If he is a practicing Muslim, he should be told if one of the pizzas you ordered for the class party has sausage on it. If she comes from a culture where eye contact with adults is viewed as disrespectful, you’ll know not to force her to look you in the eye when she’s talking.
Coming up
Monday, March 9
~5:30-7:30pm NAU Dome Community STEM night
~Last day of Sci. Lab detour
~Lock down drill 2:45pm-ish
~AZ Easter Egg ideas?????
Tuesday, March 10
~9-10am Reasor at OATIF
~12-1pm Reasor PR Mtg
~1-2pm NAU Basketball
~5:30pm Governing Board Meeting
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, March 11
~11:10 am Early Release
Wednesday's Lunch schedule
- 9:35-9:55 -- K-1 eat lunch
- 9:55-10:15 -- K-1 on playground
- 10:00-10:20 -- 2-3 eat lunch
- 10:20-10:40 -- 2-3 on playground
- 10:25-10:45 -- 4-5 eat lunch
- 10:45-11:05 -- 4-5 on playground
Thursday, March 12
~12:25pm Early Release
Friday, March 13
~12:25pm Early Release
Bus Duty: Special Area Teachers
March 24th 5:30-6:30pm Rock the AzM2
March 30-April 1 ~ Suzuki Violin Performances
