PLAYA DEL REY ELEMENTARY
October 27, 2014 – October 31, 2014
"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."
-Mark Van Doren
Monday, October 27, 2014
8:05 Morning Announcements
9:30 Bookpals-1st Grade
12:45 YSF in Rm. 13
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 (1:34 Dismissal)
8:30 IEP Mtg. in Rm. 11
1:45 PD: MISIS-Grades and More
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
8:00 IEPs All Day
10:30 BookPals-Rms. 5,6,7
2:35 STAR Rockstar in Auditorium
Itinerant Staff
E. Samos, APEIS
A.Kitano, LCT
M. Schmitter, Nurse
A. Sage, Psychologist
T. Lutsky, OT
M. Malconian, APE
L. Applebaum, LAS
J. Presti, LAS
S. Johnson, PT
I. Hernandez, RT
D. Weinstein, PSA
Arts Staff
E. Shapiro, PS Music
L. Pedow, PS Visual Art
K. Aarn, PS Drama
K. Mason, Orchestra
G. Nichols, Theater Arts
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Online Access Opens for Reporting #1
ELA Interim Assessments-Q1 Ends (Gr. 1-5)
All Day Mtg: A. Kitano
All Day Trng: M. Mack
2:45 Mad Science in Rm. 1
6:00 5th Grade Parent Mtg. in Rm. 12
DUE: Student of the Month Write-Ups
Friday, October 31, 2014 (1:59 Dismissal)
No Grade Level/Psychomotor
8:30 Costume Parade-Main Yard
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
ELA News! Here are some questioning tips to engage students in daily instructional practices
within text:
 Questions should be purposeful and limited in quantity…focus on the quality.
 Questions are developed to assist with understanding of key details in a text
 Are sequential in that they build upon each other towards a targeted understanding
 Lead to the understanding of a concept, theme or “big idea”
 A variety of differentiated questions (low/high level) should be asked within the lesson
 Asks clarifying follow-up questions to get students to explain and/or justify their thinking
 Provide enough wait time after questions are asked
 CELDT levels will be updated in Misis, and unofficial scores have been placed in the
teachers' mailboxes.
**Supplemental non-fiction text can be found on newsela.com
Attendance News: Please remember to document all tardies daily. Your reporting must reflect
accurate attendance data in order to provide support as needed. Verify your reason codes for all
absences and tardies. All students are reported ‘here and on time’ at 8:10am. Any student
entering your classroom after instructional time should have a tardy slip for appropriate marking.
New Speech Therapists: Lauren Applebaum and Janine Presti are the new speech-language
pathologists at Playa Del Rey Elementary School. Lauren will be treating students on
Wednesdays in the library and Janine will be treating students on Fridays in room 13 and/or the
library. There are currently 21 students receiving services at this time. If you have any speech
(articulation, fluency, voice) or language concerns, questions, or screening needs, please leave a
note in the LAS box (Speech) box in the main office. Thank you.
Professional Development Opportunities:
COMMON CORE COURSES-Sessions are led by Facilitator, Susan Obuchi, with activities to
apply and extend student learning in the common core.
*Session THREE: Nov. 5, 2014 -Collaborative Classrooms: The Impact of Social and
(Location: Braddock)
Emotional Learning
*Session FOUR: Dec. 17, 2014 (date may be changed) -Examining Shifts in Instruction
(Location: Playa del Rey)
Through Reading Standards
*Session FIVE: January 28, 2015 -Lesson Planning: Addressing Multiple Standards
(Location: TBD)
*Session SIX: February 11, 2015 -Putting It All Together: Instruction with Intention
(Location: TBD)
Classroom Volunteers- Per District policy, all volunteers are required to submit a School
Volunteer Application with proof of a recent TB test (within the last 6 months). Forms are
available in the main office.
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Dibels & Progress Monitoring (K-3, RSP Students): Progress Monitoring measures are
administered to students whose benchmark screening indicated that they are at-risk and should
be receiving support for instruction (Tier 1-3). Monitoring should be administered every 10 days
for intensive level; and every 20 days for strategic level. The assessment should be given as
frequently as needed to assess progress. Here are some tips on screening:
 One target area at a time
 Can be at the instructional level
 Frequent and consistent at equal time increments (every 2-4 weeks)
 Purpose is to ensure that instruction is working
Meeting Schedules
Meeting Type
SSC/ELAC
School Committees
Booster Club
Grade Level Chairs
Date
3rd Thursday of the month
4th Tuesday of the month
1st Tuesday of the month
4th Tuesday of the month
Time
2:45pm
2:45pm
6:00pm
2:45pm
Location
Library
Various
Faculty Lounge
Library
Instructional Block/Interim Assessment Calendar
English Lang. Arts
Cycle 1
Grade
Instruct
K-5
Sep 2-Oct 23
Interim Assess
Per. Task
Oct. 23-30 (Gr. 1-5) Narrative
Mathematics
Instructional Block 1
Grade
Instruct
Interim Assess
Scores Due
K-5
Aug. 12-Oct. 17, 2014
Oct. 17, 2014
Nov. 7, 2014
Congratulations:
 To Rm. 4 for the most uniform wear (85%)!
 To Rms. 2 & 5 for spelling Attendance.
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Scores Due
Nov. 7th
Thank you:
 I. Villalba for Wednesday morning baked cobbler!
 C. Elliott for donating PE equipment for PK-5.
 Arcinas Family for another ‘perk us up’ treat!
 FOP and all staff for a successful Fall Festival!
LOOKING AHEAD
Nov. 4
Nov. 6
Nov. 7
Nov. 7
Nov. 10
Nov. 10-14
Nov. 11
Nov. 12-14
Nov. 14
Nov. 24-28
Dec. 1
Dec. 17
Dec. 18
Dec. 22-31
FOP Meeting
4th Grade Field Trip to LACMA
Spell-A-Thon Fundraiser
1st Reporting Period Ends (61 Days)
The Big Show; 10:30
Parent Conferences
Veteran’s Day-No School
Minimum Days (12:39 Dismissal)
Panda Express Fundraiser
Thanksgiving Break-No School
Holiday Basket Fundraiser
Winter Holiday Program; 8:30
PK Field Trip to Zimmer Children Museum
Winter Break
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