Don't you LOVE the outfits?
And I know that teachers as just as thrilled as the students, but. . .
PARENTS ALERT!
1. CBC News last night reported that Canadian kids are not doing well in Math and lots of money is being spent on trying to find out why.
Parents, you may want to ask your kid's teacher if math facts are actually being taught.
Round about 2005 teachers in Saskatoon, for example, were told that they should NOT have kids memorize math facts. Kids were supposed to "discover" the facts through activities using manipulatives.
Personally, I think memorizing math facts is essential and my students continued to learn them.
Here is an easy guideline to follow:
*By the end of grade one, students should know all the addition facts.
*By the end of grade two, students also should know all the subtraction facts.
*By the end of grade three, students also should know all the multiplication facts.
*By the end of grade four, students also should know all the division facts.
PARENTS, IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT LEARNING THESE FACTS AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THE TEACHER IS NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH THEM, GO AHEAD AND TEACH THEM AT HOME.
2. Also, you might ask the teacher whether your child will be learning handwriting as well as printing. If cursive writing is no longer taught in school, how will a kid who wants to research family history, or become a scholar of history, be able to read old handwritten documents?
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My students learned cursive writing: here's one of my old worksheets for teaching vocabulary (grades 4, 5, and 6).
Healthy foods, Healthy bodies, healthy minds!
1. CBC News last night reported that Canadian kids are not doing well in Math and lots of money is being spent on trying to find out why.
Parents, you may want to ask your kid's teacher if math facts are actually being taught.
Round about 2005 teachers in Saskatoon, for example, were told that they should NOT have kids memorize math facts. Kids were supposed to "discover" the facts through activities using manipulatives.
Personally, I think memorizing math facts is essential and my students continued to learn them.
Here is an easy guideline to follow:
*By the end of grade one, students should know all the addition facts.
*By the end of grade two, students also should know all the subtraction facts.
*By the end of grade three, students also should know all the multiplication facts.
*By the end of grade four, students also should know all the division facts.
PARENTS, IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT LEARNING THESE FACTS AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THE TEACHER IS NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH THEM, GO AHEAD AND TEACH THEM AT HOME.
2. Also, you might ask the teacher whether your child will be learning handwriting as well as printing. If cursive writing is no longer taught in school, how will a kid who wants to research family history, or become a scholar of history, be able to read old handwritten documents?
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My students learned cursive writing: here's one of my old worksheets for teaching vocabulary (grades 4, 5, and 6).
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Pork Chops
Sautéed Yam
Slices
Austrian Steamed
Cabbage
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AUSTRIAN CABBAGE with SOUR CREAM
& POPPY SEEDS
From: THE NEW DOUBLEDAY COOKBOOK by Jean Anderson
& Elaine Hanna
Half a cabbage
½ cup sour cream
½ tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 tsp poppy seeds
*Cut the cabbage into wedges about
one inch wide at outer edge.
*Steam cabbage 20 minutes.
*Cut out the core and chop cabbage
coarsely.
*Stir together sour cream, pepper,
and poppy seeds in a large bowl.
*Stir in cabbage.
*Butter a casserole dish.
*Turn cabbage into the casserole
dish. Cover.
*About 25 minutes before serving
time, start preheating oven to 350.
*Bake covered casserole 20 minutes.
YUM!
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