- What about snack?
- What time is lunch? May I eat lunch with my child?
- How do I know what is going on in the classroom?
- How can I help my child at home?
- Why should my child read 20 minutes each night?
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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 12:28. I will pick the children up at 12:58.
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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?
