{"id":7231,"date":"2023-11-08T21:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T21:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2023-11-08T21:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T21:20:34","slug":"november-8th-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2023\/11\/08\/november-8th-update\/","title":{"rendered":"November 8th Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Artwork at Lava Ridge Elementary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other Information<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Literacy Happenings<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

3-5- Time to order your HD Word PLUS teacher resource pages for books 2 and 3!<\/strong>
Please fill out this form<\/a> to order your book 2 and book 3 teacher resource pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Playground Update and recommendation for HD Word PLUS use.<\/strong>
Vocabulary Playground is a recent addition to RGR Playgrounds. Vocabulary Playground helps students understand all aspects of a word: phonology, orthography, morphology and meaning. The words taught in the Vocabulary Playground are words that have been pulled directly from Countdown, Blast, and HD Word lessons and\/or practice activities coming up in their core instruction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HD Word Plus does not have a unique Playground dashboard- it uses the Playgrounds from HD Word. So the words in Vocabulary Playgrounds do not correlate with HD Word PLUS. Therefore, we do not recommend using vocabulary Playgrounds in HD Word PLUS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Math Happenings<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DreamBox – Are you ready to dig into DreamBox growth data?  Here is a resource<\/a> to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forefront Data<\/a> – This is a good reminder of how to dive into student data in Forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Emotional and Mental Well-Being<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wayfinder Resources for Community Connection Focus – Icebreakers:\u00a0<\/strong>
Kindergarten<\/strong><\/a>
1st – 2nd<\/strong><\/a>
3rd – 5th<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Connection<\/span>
Greeting for K-5<\/strong> – 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 Who do we appreciate? <\/strong>(student\u2019s name), (student\u2019s name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start with one student.  They will begin to move around the circle on the inside giving each student a \u201ckind\u201d high five.  While the student is walking around the circle giving high fives the class is chanting, \u201c2 – 4 – 6 – 8 Who do we appreciate? (student\u2019s name), (student\u2019s name)!\u201d When students are finished doing the chant for that person the next student can start going around the circle and the class can begin the chant for that person. You will do that for the entire class. Students love it when the teacher participates too. Remember to model a kind high five and one that is not kind. Also reiterate the importance of giving every student a high five and how it feels if someone is skipped or tricked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Share Out:<\/strong> If you could choose somewhere in nature (beach, mountains, icecap, desert) where would you be? Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group Activity – <\/strong>Students come up with a class name and then work together to build a class banner that can be kept up for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner Up:<\/strong> Buddy airplane: Create a paper airplane with your buddy.\u00a0 The catch is you can only use one of your hands and your buddy can only use one hand.\u00a0 Put the other hand behind your back and work together to build the airplane.\u00a0 Then test it out by flying it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Movement Moment<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Take a walk on your field – having students walk about the field with each other is a simple way to get fresh air, and connect with classmates.\u00a0 Some days have students be with their partner of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medshield Kids Yoga – Under the Sea<\/strong><\/a>
Letter Freeze Dance<\/strong><\/a>
The Squirrel Run<\/strong><\/a>
Yoshi\u2019s Island Chase<\/strong><\/a>
Turkey Draw Fitness<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Other Information Literacy Happenings 3-5- Time to order your HD Word PLUS teacher resource pages for books 2 and 3!Please fill out this form to order your book 2 and Continue reading November 8th Update<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stc_notifier_status":"sent","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"2023-11-08 21:28:01","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7241,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7231\/revisions\/7241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}