April 4, 2024 RCSD Educator Blog

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Elementary Progress Report Reminders
Progress Report PLC prep day is April 10. Elementary Progress Reports need to go home by Friday, April 19.
Please see the documents below for additional information:
RCSD Elementary Progress Reports- This document has links to all progress reports.
Progress Report Communication- This document includes information regarding what is required for Progress Reports and an explanation on how to use the updated docs.

Middle School Mid-Trimester Progress Check
Progress Report PLC prep day is April 10. Middle school teachers, an email from the school site will go home on Friday, April 19th to remind parents they can check grades in Otus. Here is a sample of the message that will be sent home by the school site. As a reminder, all students should have a grade for both Engagement and Work Completion.

K-8 Science: Solar Eclipse Resources
If you’re looking for ways to help prepare students for the eclipse on April 8th, please check out some of the resources below.

K-5 Solar Eclipse Resources
Discovery Education has a Solar Eclipse channel with videos and activities. Just type “solar eclipse” in the search bar, and the channel will come up as an option.



6-8 Solar Eclipse Resources
Here are some websites with information and videos about the April 8th solar eclipse.
Amplify Solar Eclipse Activity
https://www.calacademy.org/eclipse
https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/april-8-2024
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/
Contact: Lisa Wegsteen

K-5 ELA Essential Standards Assessments
ELA Essential Standards Assessments have been updated for 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade. Next year we will work on gathering feedback on content, rigor, and usability of the assessments. Until then, please let me know if you see any grammatical or formatting errors.
Tier I and Tier II Assessment Bank
Contact: Kelly Yusim

Otus Plus Assessment Keyboard Shortcuts
Teachers can now use keyboard shortcuts for grading Plus Assessments in Otus! The Otus team is working on Rubric Assessment shortcuts next.
A few updates about the new Plus Grading assessment page:

• The Plus Assessment grading page will utilize the entire width of the screen (no scrolling required)
• After clicking into the first cell, teachers can select 1-8 on the keyboard to select the specific grading scale label for the student.
• Teachers can type "I" to select IE- Insufficient Evidence.
• For Learning Behaviors you would type: C, S or R.
• Teachers can select "Enter/Return" to move to the next student in the list
• Teachers can select "Shift+Tab" to move in reverse order (backwards, up the list of students)

Here is a short video that shows how it works.
Contact: Brandon Blom

Otus Move Assigned Assessment To Different Class
Teachers can now move an assigned assessment to a different class in Otus. Here is a link to an article with instructions about how to move an assigned assessment to a different class in Otus.
Please note: You must be the main teacher of both classes in order to move an assessment from one class to another. Otus is working on the ability to move assessments from a class that you were not the teacher for but that is not available yet.
Contact: Brandon Blom

PERSONNEL

Gym Discounts
Spring is here. Did you know if you have medical coverage with RCSD, that your Health Carrier offers a discount program on gym memberships. Check out these amazing deals.

Blue Shield
Gym Discounts
Wellness Discounts

Kaiser Permanente
Fitness Deals

Sutter Health Plus – No current gym discounts at this time

WHA-
Fitness Partnerships
Contact Rene’ Perkett at rperkett@rcsdk8.org

Grokker April Challenge. April 1st to April 22nd is Grokkers Personal Care Challenge. Grokker members should have received an email asking them to join the Challenge. If you did not please feel free to log in to Grokker’s website to start the Challenge. Get outside and enjoy this wonderful weather!!
Contact Rene’ Perkett