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October Curriculum Newsletter

From Your Butler School District Supervisors

October CurriculumNewsletter From Your Butler School District Supervisors

October 14th Unconference Day

All teachers and staff in the district participated in our Second Annual Unconference for a full day of professional learning in an area of interest to the teachers. Some of the topics included: Active Learning in the Classroom, Creating Interactive Notebooks, Using Google Apps for Education, and Mindfulness in the Classroom.
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Fundraiser

RBS National Junior Honor Society Selling Bracelets for $6.00
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Butler High School School Store

We are working on opening a school store in the Media Center. Our DECA club members will help manage and run it.
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ART- Multi Media

Embroidery with Photo Transfer Projects

World Language Classes Celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month

English Language Arts Curriculum Writing

K-12 English Language Arts teachers joined together for the first day of curriculum writing. During this session, teachers worked to unpack the standards and discover how standards progress from K through 12.

Summer Reading Book Chats

Students at RBS and BHS participated in summer reading book chat activities. The event was a success!
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The Perfect Score

6th-8th Grade students read the book The Perfect Score by Rob Buyea and drew illustrations to represent their favorite scene in the book.
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A Beautiful Boy

Over 40 students at BHS read the book A Beautiful Boy by David Sheff. In this activity, students rotated around to different stations responding to thought provoking questions about the book.
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Wishtree

5th Grade students made a wish tree to celebrate the reading of the book Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

RBS Family Math Night for 4th-8th Grade Students

A great night to check out RBS and work with your child on some fun and challenging problems. Students who completed all stations were put into a raffle and we had 6 winners of gift cards in addition to prizes generously donated by our Book Fair.
Teachers in Grades K-5 are implementing Standards-Based Grading and Report Cards this year. They have been working hard to develop rubrics and assessments to improve grading practices. Parents and faculty are invited to attend a presentation to the community on November 5, 2019.