Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions
of students and parents.
- What is the best way to get in touch with Miss Mawn?
- How can I volunteer in the classroom?
- What if my child does not understand their homework?
- What challenges do you provide for my child in the classroom?
- What goals are the students working on?
- What can I learn from my child's homework?
What is the best way to get in touch with Miss Mawn?
The best way to get in touch with Miss Mawn is to send a note or
an e-mail to rmawn@littletonps.org. She checks e-mail once a day,
either before or after school.If you do not hear back from her
within 48 hours, try to contact her again. Changes to your
child's dismissal routine should not be done through e-mail, as
she can not guarantee that she will have the chance to read your
e-mail in time. Please call the main office for that and other
urgent matters. Thank you!
How can I volunteer in the classroom?
Volunteers are an important part of class! The volunteer program
for your child's class will begin in either December or January.
The teacher will let you know how you can sign up to help out.
You must sign up in advance; it is extremely difficult to
accomodate last minute requests to volunteer. If you become free
to help later in the year, you will be able to assist with at
home projects, copying, bulletin board assistance or other
clerical work.
Please arrange for childcare for younger children when you
volunteer.
You can also volunteer for the following things: Art room help,
Library help, lunch and recess help, and general office
volunteering. Contact those staff members for more information.
What if my child does not understand their homework?
Please either write me a note or have the child ask me for help
at school
the next day.
What challenges do you provide for my child in the classroom?
There is a wide variety of enrichment activities available for
children in all subjects. In math, I provide challenging problem
solving and enrichment activties on a regular basis. We also
will begin to have math centers which is an extension of the math
curriculum. In reading, children may be reading in small groups
and completing additional enrichment activities. Changes in the
reading program delivery also means your child will be working in
a specific classroom for 30 minutes a day on a specific area that
will benefit them. I also often provide a challenge of the week.
What goals are the students working on?
At the begining of the school year, the students are focused on
remembering to take turns, such as raising their hands and not
interrupting, or waiting until the teacher is done speaking to
someone else so they can have their turn. It usually takes
a few weeks for children to become reaccustomed to these routines
after the summer. Also this year, we are focused on the HEART
program goals : Honesty, Effort, Acceptance,Taking Responsibilty
and Respect.
What can I learn from my child's homework?
Our philosophy is that homework is to review, reinforce and for
the children to develop the routine of completing it and
returning it on time. Additionally, the homework should reflect
what we are working on in the classroom at that time. It reflects
the benchmark goal that your child should be able to meet at the
end of that unit. Homework will not be activities that have been
mastered in grade 1, nor will it be challenging activiies that
second graders are required to master. For example, if we are
working on the telling time unit, your child will probably not
have homework that involves solely telling time to the hours or
telling the time to the minute. Most likely you will see practice
of telling time to the half hour or quarter hour. Therefore, the
homework may be sometimes a bit easy or a bit challenging for
your child depending on how they are doing with the current unit.
If it is too hard, see FAQ #3. In summary, you can learn about
what we are working on in the classroom from the homework, and
you can understand what the benchmark goals are for second
graders from the homework.
