G R E A T      T E A C H E R S 

Does your child's Teacher treat you and your child with respect and a caring attitude?

Does your child get to spend time with their Teacher in small group activities?

Does your child's Teacher have a variety of different types of learning situations and vary them often?

Are active hands-on and real-world practical examples offered?  

If you could answer YES to all of these questions then your child is set to have a wonderful school year.

SPECIAL    TEACHERS

Your child is very special to you and everyone's child deserves a "special teacher".  If you get a funny feeling that your child isn't getting the attention and/or the instruction they should be having don't sit back.  Make an appointment for a conference and see if you and your child's teacher are on the same page and voice your concerns.  Give it some weeks and see if you are satisfied with the results.  If not make an appointment with the principal and voice the same concerns with them showing evidence of what you are talking about.  Your child is "special cargo" and you DON'T want wasted valuable school learning time to go by without your child getting what they deserve.  You will be "proud" of yourself for "stepping up to the plate".

S U M M E R T I M E !!!!

Laid back days, no schedules, and lots of relaxing.  Children playing all day long inside and outside as well.  Let them enjoy themselves but still have them go to the Library and/or bookstore and choose a book to read during the week.  They have 

p l e n t y of time to do so.  If they choose the book they are more willing to read it.  Make it a habit and most will look forward to it.  

             H A P P Y      R E A D I N G

SUMMER   TUTORING

I highly recommend it for any student who was struggling at all during the school year to go at least twice weekly for almost the whole summer.  They need to remediate the skills they were having difficulty in and become a stronger student in the previous year's skills before entering the new grade level.  If your child's previous teacher had discussed possible retention then for your child's benefit I would have you provide them with three to four lessons a week and if they start to make faster improvement then possibly cutting back a lesson a week.  If your child had a decent school year and you just want to make sure that they don't have that summer lag and you are doing two months then once a week will be enough.  If a month you might want to make it twice a week.  

HAPPY   FATHER'S   DAY

To all Dad's have a great FATHER'S DAY.  Your little ones and big ones think you are so special and for this one day set aside especially for you to shine and get that extra special attention you so deserve.

BEAUTIFUL WORDED SAYING

In your classroom you will have every kind of flower and they make a beautiful garden or a nice bouquet of flowers placed in a vase on your desk.  That being said some have to be nourished more then others but they all need to know that they are respected and deserve your undivided attention at the appropriate time.

LIVE EACH DAY TO IT'S FULLEST

I always like to end the day with asking a student to tell me 3 things they learned today. It makes them reflect upon the day and really put into perspective what was most important to them.  It might not have been what the math skill I taught for the day was or what the story they read in reading was about it might be something else that they found very interesting.  I've had answers such as they couldn't believe how many pages were in the dictionary they were using, or perhaps the meaning of a word wasn't what they had expected it to mean, or that you could really find such and such a word in our dictionary.  Maybe that Jeffrey was the fastest runner in our class, that the wife of a President is called the First Lady, and that all months don't have the same number of days.  I love to hear their answers each day they truly are such curious inquisitive minds we are so blessed to work with.