November's Character Trait is LEADERSHIP.

This month's trait focuses on helping students understand how to be a leader. Below you will find some quick and easy ways to integrate the trait into your everyday instruction.

Click here to view this month's trait poster. You will be receiving a color copy in your staff mailbox to display in your classroom also. Feel free to add this your classroom newsletter too!

• FREE Writing Detective Kit. Click here to print a copy.

• Constructed Response I Have, Who Has- Check here to print a copy.

On the Spring 2018 ISTEP+ test, 65% of our students will score a 1 or a 2 on the English-Language Arts constructed-response questions. Over the course of the next three years, we would like to decrease the percentage of students scoring a 0 to 20% or less.

I was able to purchase a number of math games for classroom use! I'm looking for some classrooms to try these out in. Send me an email if you are interested. These will also be available for check-out (for a week at a time, due to possible high demand) in my office if you want to give them a try on your own. Come by and check them out!

Pete the Cat Cool Cat Math Game- Kdg

Players practice grade-level math by drawing cards and answering questions. A correct answer earns the player a Pete button. When players draw Cool Cat Cards, they earn additional buttons or give them up. The first player to earn four buttons wins the game.

Math Noodlers: Available in Grades 2-3 & Grades 4-5

Fun with multiple intelligences! Students solve math problems by choosing Write-it, Draw-it, Show-it and Choose-it cards.

Math Maze: Grades 1-5

The game system allows players to focus on inverse mathematical operations.

Mathological Liar: Grades 2-5

Students will love becoming math detectives! Players earn points for solving math mysteries in this entertaining and educational game. In each round, players read about a crime committed and each player receives a suspect's alibi. Players must determine whether the math in their suspect's alibi is correct or not. If the math is correct, the suspect is innocent, if the math is incorrect, the suspect is guilty of the crime. Each game requires players to use multiple grade-level math skills. Includes 40 math mysteries. The game can be played with 2-4 players and includes ideas for turning the game into a quick-and-easy math center. Set of 200 cards and directions.

1. 80% of all students will be at or above the norm grade level RIT as measured by the overall NWEA Math RIT score for grades 2 through 5.
   
2. 80% of all students in K-5 will show mastery on each Math Essential Learning as evidenced by PLC data.