Cougar News

Feel free to wear jeans with your Holiday attire! :) Thank you Holly again for putting this together!

Mrs. Fine --WOW--- you did a stellar job with your class. Seeing them spell (and be given a choice to write or type) the words you were reviewing with them using the phonic skills of the week was impressive. They did so well. Your integration of a mentor text to teach ellipses! While students wrote, you pulled guided reading and the others worked in stations! Way to go! Mrs. Wiggins also worked with a small guided reading group! Great job ladies!

Ms. Kopas' group worked hard as they tested their skills on the order of operations. They also requested the dice exit ticket as they returned back to their classes. Great job creating a hard working, safe learning environment, Mary! P.S. It is also amazing that you include children's literature in your lessons.

Our Pre-K Family Night was so fun! Our families enjoyed spending time together, exploring and creating. Thank you to our wonderful Pre-K team for being great hosts!

Thank you to Kathy for arranging for Brennan Bear Harmony to perform for our cougars. The choir really added to the holiday spirit, and it was amazing to see so much talent. Also great job to our cougars for being on their best behavior!

Some lookfors within these Dimensions- We are continuing with these Look for(s) as we go through the classrooms.. We will note on TTESS. Let us know if you have any questions.

• ELAR_ Students achieving expectations through gradual release. Think modeling during a read aloud- questioning, thinking aloud, collaborative conversations (with peers), deepening understanding of TEKs...
• Guided Reading (strategy group, guided reading, decoding group) in place and consistent for students as they are already in the groove of what you expect of them.
• Purposeful, TEKS focused stations embedding skill/TEK of the week, recursive review TEKS, in a higher order thinking/rigours way (think of stations we should have for each both ELAR and Math- stick to those)

Monday, December 4th

• Day 3
• Stevenson CAT Camp 930-1130
• PLC at 3:30 - 4:30

Tuesday, December 5th

• Day 4
• Cynthia off campus
• Red Wagon Meeting @ 3:30

Wednesday, December 6th

• Day 5
• Admin WEDNESDAY- During conference- MTSS- bring running records / reading and/or math common assessments
• Cynthia @ AP meeting
• 4th/5th grade author visit
• 5th grade GT Visit

Thursday, December 7th

• Day 6
• April @ Principal Meeting
• Holiday Extravaganza @ 6-730 (ALL PROFESSIONAL STAFF EXPECTED TO STAY) -- THANKS :)

Friday, December 8th

• Day 1
• Pillar of Fairness Ceremony
• Perfect Attendance Incentive @ 2:00

Have a Marvelous and Blessed weekend!!! AHHHHH one more week! We got this!

Monday, December 11th

• Day 2
• Staff Christmas Potluck
• PLC @3:30-4:30

Tuesday, Decemer 12th

• Day 3
• Cynthia at LPAC training @8:30-11:30

Wednesday, December 13th

• Day 4
• 4th grade Field trip

Thursday, December 14th

• Day 5
• Cougar Store

Friday, December 15th

• Day 6
• Holiday Parties
• Sing A Long @8:15 in cafeteria

Enjoy your Christmas break! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to each of you and your beautiful families. May God keep you all safe and filled with lots of joy and love. See you back on January 2nd. Remember that the 2nd will be a work day. You all have a wonderful time with your families.

Mary Kopas- Thank you for volunteering to help out with lunch duty when we were super short on Friday. Thank you so much!

Kelly Worley- You are so committed to your students. The folders you put together for them to use during Thanksgiving break and to use as a review were superb. Way to make certain your students are growing! We are lucky to have you!

Laura East- You did a fantastic job on Friday getting to know students, parents, and staff. We are so lucky to have you on board. You have such a magentic personality-- our students are going to LOVE you. Way to get pulled into your first 504 and rock it!

Kathy Wilson- Thank you soo much for bringing in Brennan HS and also for working with Aimee and Lauren on ELAR planning! We appreciate all that you do to support teams/teachers with differentiated planning. YASS!!

Brooke Borer- You are a rock star tutor! Thank you for planning with Aimee and Lauren. It sounds like you all got a ton done from compacting, discussing TEKS, processing best instructional practices.. Thank you for schooling me on the MAP standards and TEKS-- lol! You are fab!

Camille Gutierrez- Thank you for staying for Coke Stevenson's evening middle school presentation to our families this past week!

All Teachers- The students were amazing at the Brennan presentation! It is pretty impressive to see how they are learning how to be respectful, responsible and safe during all campus assemblies. We appreciate your support in ensuring students are following our PBIS expectations. Thank you

Holly Hernandez- We appreciate you pulling out all the Christmas decorations, helping the committee with organizing stage decor, and putting the map together for the Holiday Extrvaganza! THANK YOU for being such a BIG help!

WOWZERS- Thank you to all the teachers who signed up for the Holiday Carol sing off... OBVIOUSLY our office staff will NOT win this because we did not have a dance choreographed and I am hearing that some of you are going all out!! WE NEED A REDO!! lol..

Joel, Vickie, Josue, Javier, Veronica- Thank you all for being so awesome to the campus. We appreciate all you do. We know we have lots of things going on all the time and you all are just superb about making it happen. THANK YOU!