Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions 
of students and parents.

1. What about snack?
2. What time is lunch? May I eat lunch with my child?
3. How do I know what is going on in the classroom?
4. How can I help my child at home?
5. Why should my child read 20 minutes each night?

What about snack?

Students should bring a heatlhy snack to school each day. We will 
generally 
eat snack between 9-9:30 a.m.

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What time is lunch? May I eat lunch with my child?

Yes!  We would love to have you!  You may meet us on the bench as 
we come up 
the stairs at 11:26. I will pick the children up at 11:56.

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How do I know what is going on in the classroom?

Please check our classroom website each week.  I usually update 
this each 
Thursday afternoon.  Our Classroom Newsletter will let you know 
exactly what 
will be taught during the week in each academic area.  The 
Announcements 
page will relay all special school information and 
announcements.  The 
Homework Page will let you know the weekly homework expectations.

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How can I help my child at home?

Have great conversations with your child.  Learning is not so 
much about 
filling a pitcher, as it is about building bridges between the 
known and 
unknown.  Conversation is a great way to support knowledge 
building.  You 
may want to ask:  What did you learn today?  What interests you 
the most?  
How do you know . . . ?  What is your prediction 
regarding . . . ? 

Play games - sports, board games, etc. 

Skip count, practice math facts, solve problems together - help 
your child 
see ways that you use math in your everyday life.

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Why should my child read 20 minutes each night?

This response was found on 
www.mother.com/~callaway/tarika/20minutes.html)

Let's figure it out mathematically!

Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week; Student B 
reads only 4 
minutes a night or not at all!

Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
     Student A reads 20 minutes x 5 times a week = 100 minutes a 
week.
     Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes a 
week.

Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 each month.
     Student A reads 400 minutes a month.
     Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months.
     Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year.
     Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.

Student A practices reading the equivalent of 10 whole school 
days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only 2 school days of reading 
practice.

By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these 
same 
reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 
whole days, 
while student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 whole 
days.  One 
would expect the gap of information retained will have widened 
considerably 
and so, undoubtedly, will school performance.  How do you think 
Student B 
will feel?

Some questions to ponder:
     Which student would you expect to read better?
     Which student would you expect to write better?

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