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

1. What is your email address?
2. How can I contact Mrs. Grzybek?
3. Will my child have snack each day?
4. Can I send in treats to celebrate my child's birthday?
5. What is my child's Red Folder for?
6. How can I help my child become a stronger reader?
7. How can I help my child with his or her reading comprehension skills?
8. Where does my child get dismissed?

What is your email address?

My email address is Ddowgin@ebnet.org.  If it changes in the future I will send a notice home.

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How can I contact Mrs. Grzybek?

I would love to hear from you!  If for any reason you need to contact me, you
can find a link to my email in the top right hand corner of my web page.  I
check my email frequently, so this is probably the easiest way to contact me.
 You can also call the school directly and be connected to my extension
directly.  I welcome all questions, concerns, ideas, and feedback that affect
your child and our classroom.  You can also send a note with your child in his
or her red folder and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

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Will my child have snack each day?

We have a snack each day around 10:30 am. Please send 
your child to school with a healthy, easy-to-eat snack. I do not 
allow any other drinks aside from water bottles in our classroom during snack
due to the chance of a sticky spill and ruined books and papers. Thank you for
your understanding!

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Can I send in treats to celebrate my child's birthday?

Starting this year we will not have any food related items for birthdays.

If you would like to donate a book to the classroom library in honor of your child's birthday, 
please send it in gift wrapped. Your child will open it in front of the class and 
a label with your child's name and birth date will be placed inside.

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What is my child's Red Folder for?

Please be sure to ask your child what he or she is working on, 
and look in his or her red homework folder every night.  This red 
folder is where you will find important notes or notices that are sent home
from me or the school, as well as any homework that needs to be completed each
night.  

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How can I help my child become a stronger reader?

1. Make sure your child is reading for 15 minutes every night and recording
his or her thoughts on the Reading Log. 

2. Ask your child about the book they are reading.  Conversing 
with your child about the book will help to increase his/her
comprehension level.  Students are welcome to take home their 
independent reading books as long as they remember to return them to school
the next day.

Here are a few examples of questions you can ask your child:

-What's your story about?
-Tell me what happens to the character(s) in the book.
-Are there any tricky parts to the book that you would like to 
discuss? 
-Are there any unfamiliar vocabulary words that you are 
struggling with? (Look up the meanings together in a dictionary)
-What is your favorite part/least favorite part?  WHY?

3. It is important that children see that reading is not only an 
in-school and homework assignment. Pick up a book and read while 
your child is reading as well. This way, your child can see that 
reading is great for everyone!

4. Your child has been exposed to several active reading 
strategies.  Use these active reading strategies at home.  
Visualize - make a movie in your head
Question - Who, What, Where, When, Why, How?
Clarify - Unsure about something? Reread the text, look at any   
illustrations, and clarify new words
Predict - "What will happen next?"
Connect - Make a text to self (make a connection between the book 
you are reading and your own life), text to text (make a 
connection between the book you are reading and another book), or text to
world (make a connection between the book you are reading and something
happening in the world).
React - This makes me feel _____ because _______.

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How can I help my child with his or her reading comprehension skills?

There is a great website that provides several free books that 
you can download onto your computer.  Download a few books at 
home and practice your comprehension skills at home together!  
Ask your child several questions about what he or she is reading.

http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html

Conversing with your child about his or her reading and asking 
questions is also a great way to build his or her comprehension 
skills.  
   

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Where does my child get dismissed?

At the end of the day students who attend the ASK Program get dismissed to the gym.
Any student who rides a bus gets dismissed to the library; they meet here before 
getting on their bus. Any child who is a walker gets dismissed from the doors right 
next to our classroom (next to the amphitheater).  When it rains please make sure you 
have a meeting spot so your child can locate you among all the umbrellas. I will wait 
outside until I see all students have a parent to go home with; if we do not find a 
parent your child will head inside to the office.  If you do not see your child go to 
the office for assistance. If we are told the steps are unsafe (ice or snow) then 
students will walk out from the doors by the tables that are next to the slides 
and playground.  

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