Friday Focus - February 15, 2013

• No school on Monday!
• Birthday Table and Super Citizens' Ceremony are both next Tuesday.  
• Interim Reports go home next Thursday.
• There is an assembly for K-2 next Thursday afternoon in the cafeteria on beach and water safety.
• A question to ponder - how many minutes a day do your students spend actually reading?  
• Teachers, please remember to complete the brief survey that I sent out this week. 

Common Core State Standards for Writing: CCSS Writing Samples - Please see the following attachment from the CCSS ELA.  These should give you some idea of what the expectation will be for students from each grade level.  CCSS Writing Samples 

Quote of the Week - "For many students, their teachers may be the only adult with whom they have a meaningful conversation all day." - Vickie Gill.  Reflect on this statement.  How does it make you think about your conversations with our students?