Important Information
You’ll find the most important information in this section. Consider this the “Must Do” section of the TLC blog!
Forefront/Synergy Communication
Forefront data is only shared with Synergy once a day. Therefore, data entered in Forefront today will not reflect in Synergy until tomorrow. Keep that in mind as you are entering data in Forefront and completing report cards. This means that scores you put into Forefront today will appear in the Synergy gradebook tomorrow
Parent Letter/Explanation of Report Card
English
Spanish
Chinese
Vietnamese
Report card letters should be sent home with report cards. A slight adjustment was made to the guidelines for the Kindergarten report card. You can review the guidelines here.
Educator Network Day – Feb. 15th
Educator Network Day is February 15th from 2:00-3:15. Here is a list of options to choose from. Please sign up on Performance Matters by February 3rd in order for presenters to plan for numbers in each session. Your administrator will give a few minutes to sign up during building professional learning on February 2nd.
Equity Dialogue in Health Instruction Workshop
Elementary Certified Workshop for Equity Dialogue in Health Instruction on February 6th from 3:00-4:30 in the Bear Creek Library – Here is more information and link to sign up.
Other Information
All other information can be found in this section and will be formatted the same as it used to be. Consider this the “May Do” section of the TLC blog.
From Julie – Lexia Information
Did you know you can set your Lexia profile to send you an email when a student is flagged for needing additional instruction? See direction here.
Here is a list of virtual/asynchronous training opportunities available for you.
Literacy Happenings
Celebrate the power of read alouds!
A great resource for adding a little va-va-voom to your read alouds.
Happy World Read Aloud Day!
Supporting English Learners
If you need help with report comments in Spanish, an alternative to sending your comments to Linguist Link for translation is to copy and paste from the collection of comments found at this link!
Social Emotional and Mental Well-Being
Start with a Morning Circle with your students.
Meet Up Questions of the week: What are some things you can do to be a good friend?
Ending Circle Question of the week: What is something you are proud of that you did at school today?
Or
Sandwich – One high, one low, one high for the day with you buddy. Share out 5 students a day.
**If there was a low that pertained to needing problem solving you could do that in your morning circle the following day. With lows make sure students don’t mention names in public, just the problem
Movement Moment
Dance Video
Shake it Off Kidz Bop
I Gotta Feeling Kidz Bop
The Wiggle Dance – Danny Go
Dynamite – BSD Brainboost
Yoga/Mindfulness
Find Your Force Galactic Gratitude – Chapter IV
Guiding Exercise for Racing Minds
Pedro the Penguin – Cosmic Kids Yoga
Brain Breaks
Kids Choice Fitness
Count the Snowman Fitness – Level 1
Count the Snowman Fitness – Level 2
Count the Snowman Fitness Level 3
Race for the Gold Winter Olympics
Winter Freeze Dance
Instructional Technology
Amber Rojas and her Bear Creek kindergarten class were on Central Oregon Daily Monday evening using Bee-Bots as an introduction to computer coding. Check it out!
Just a reminder that we have Spheros, Ozobots, and Bee-Bots available for use in your classroom. You can find more information about these coding tools and links for reserving equipment on our instructional technology blog.