-

Week of Feb.26-March 2 
Tech Tool of the Week: ​Digital Breakouts​! 
Have you heard the BUZZ about digital breakouts? Optional PD on ​3/21​ at 3
​ :30 ​in​ Media Center​. Come find out!
 
Date School Day Events RAM TIME! After School /
Evening Events
FCS Open House Tours RAM: 6th - Core 2 BT Meeting After
Monday, 7th&8th - Core 1 School
Feb. 26

8th gr science classes/ 4 RAM: 6th - Core 3

year HS plan development 7th&8th - Core 2
Tuesday,
Feb. 27

FCS Open House Tours RAM: 6th - Core 4 Knitting Club!

7th&8th - Core 3
Wednesday AIG - Guest Speaker
Grade 7 Team Meeting (8:45)
, Feb. 28
Leadership Meeting @ 11:00

RAM: 6th - Core 1

Thursday, Moore’s MTSS mtgs with grade 7th&8th - Core 1
March 1 level during planning.

FCS Open House Tours RAM: 6th - Core 2

Friday, 7th&8th - Core 2
March 2 Middle School Battle of the Books at
Cedar Creek Middle School

FMS Canvas

FMS Website 
   REMINDERS​:
FMS Canvas Pages
   ● Kelly Gallagher’s Article of the Week​: Visit this site to access weekly
FCS Website  informational articles to read aloud to your students to build content
  knowledge.​ ​ “Kelly recognizes that part of the reason his students struggle with
2017-2018 reading is because they lack prior knowledge and background. They can decode the
Calendar words, but the words remain meaningless without a foundation of knowledge. To
help build his students’ prior knowledge, he assigns them an Article of the Week
2017-2018
Testing Calendar every Monday morning.”

​Master Schedule ● Please email Anna Frost with any additional questions regarding the use of Achieve
3000 and Vocabulary.com.
Early Release
Schedule ● Ms. Ball has student Benchmark 2 booklets in her office for you to use for
remediation and review of data. Please take this opportunity to plan with your team
to use during RAM Time. Reminder… Ms. Ball also provided you with an
electronic copy of the Benchmark by grade level via email.

Strategy of the Week:​ ​ ERT - Everyone Read Till….

ERT is an effective reading comprehension strategy for students who have difficulty
reading text ​silently​ and / or struggle staying focused while reading for understanding.
ERT helps all students understand the importance of reading for a specific ​PURPOSE​.
Remember… Providing a PURPOSE for reading is key!
​Steps:
● The teacher reads a question aloud to students. Ex. Everybody read pg. 1 till you
find out_______________________. (Literal)
● Students will raise hand when the answer is found and ​stops​ reading.
● When all or most of the students have hands raised, ask someone to answer the
question. (require all students to respond to the question in writing)
● The teacher asks another question aloud. Finish reading pg. 1 and figure out how
_______________ based on the information presented. (inference)
● Students must provide supporting information from the text in order to answer this
type of question.
● Repeat process listed above.
 Dr. Patricia Cunningham describes the what, why, and how for ERT.
https://tinyurl.com/Everyone-Read-Till

REMINDER: Achieve 3000 - ​ Achieve 3000 should be used as part of the core
curriculum in ELA, SS, and Science classes across disciplines; selectively choosing texts
that align to the content being taught. Please ensure all students are meeting the target of
two Activities per week with a first-try score of 75% or higher.

General Resources / Helpful Information 

Teacher Evaluation Manual​ (from DPI) ChromeBook Carts

Parent Contact Log Have a suggestion or a resource to add?

Online Discipline Referral Suggestions for Test Review

Technology Request Portal Canvas Training Course

How Do I Reset a Student’s Password in ​Hyperdoc Lesson Template

NCEdCloud?

SMART Board Interactive Lessons PBIS World Interventions For Behavior

FMS Room #s & Phone Extensions

Beginning Teacher (BT) Resources 

Education Acronym Glossary Tip of the Week Link

SMART Board 101

Next BT Meeting: February 26th!