October+28,+2008

=October 28, 2008=

__ **Newton Hosts Math Roundtable** __ - for ALL Staff Kudos to our wonderful math leaders! Last Tuesday Newton sponsored an IB ARMS math roundtable. Our goal was to develop MYP math units that everyone could use in their classrooms. We had math teachers from Aurora, Adams County and Colorado Springs join our fabulous three - Lissa, Shonya, and Julie - for a full day of math planning. By all accounts it was a very successful day. How awesome that our Newton math staff is recognized leaders in the region!

Hats off to **Julie Shanley** ,

**Shonya Petrelli**, and

**Lissa Levin** !

**__An IB Special Event - The Penny Harvest__** - for ALL Staff

Kandy Timinski is coordinating this upcoming special event! We'll be collecting pennies because it makes Common Cents! So get your enthusiasm up and let's go! Please read the attachment below so that you can be informed about this exciting program!

__Deepening our Understanding of the AoIs__ - for ALL Staff

As our wonderful AoI chairs begin to develop materials and resources to help us to incorporate the MYP into our daily life at Newton, they'll have things to post and share. The menu to the left will eventually have a page of teacher tips and resources for each AoI and the Learner Profile. So for now, enjoy the wonderful handouts developed by Juli Snaer for CS and Lisa Jenkins for HSE. More to come.... !



**__IB Expectations__** - for Classroom TEACHERS Just to clarify, all teachers are expected to complete three IB units this year. A completed unit includes filling in the Level III (Intermediate Unit) Planner including AoI unit title, unit question, MYP objective, MYP activities, using two MYP assessment criteria, and completing the reflection. Many of you have units from previous years that can be further developed and refined. Many of you are doing this as a PLC. Many of you are working on common assessments using your IB units. All of this is TERRIFIC! Don't "re-invent the wheel"! Refine, stretch and be confident that we are going in the right direction. Note: All of this can be found on the 2008 Planning Page on the menu bar to the left.

In addition, be sure to revise/update your HVP. These will eventually be posted on our web page so we would like them to reflect what is really happening in your classroom.

**__Subject Area Chair Meetings__** - for Subject Area Chairs

We would like to CHANGE the date of our next Subject Area Chair meeting, originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 4 - //election day//! The new date will be Tuesday, November 11. We will be repurposing these meetings to focus on refining our MYP unit development skills.