[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

[trishs]

Use your spell checker, people!  You never know when the Grammar 
Police will be staking out your list.  (lol)

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:51:04 -0400
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

>Am I the only one finding this thread hilarious?
>Both Veronica's and Elizabeth's posts had spelling errors, with
>Elizabeth's being the greatest hit.  Elizabeth won this award 
both for
>the sheer number of mistakes, but also correctly using these 
mistakes
>while conveying the message that "some parents want the schools 
to do
>their job".
>Thank you both for the entertainment.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>On Behalf Of Veronica Smith
>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:16 PM
>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

>I've also noticed that private schools have much higher 
expectations
>than public schools.  Here in NM, they wanted the kids to know 
their
>colors, their alphabet, and how to spell their name.  But my 
friend
>child went to a private school and her child had to know the same 
stuff
>as the public plus how to write their names and what the long and 
short
>sounds were of each letter and of course, both private and public
>expected the kids to know their nembers 1 to 10.  V
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us
>To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 7:43 AM
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!


>> Yes, it is certainly amazing how much kindergarten has changed.  
When
>> I was a school counselor and planning lessons for kindergarten I 
was
>> surprised about how much they knew and were expected to know.  
Not
>> sure how I feel about it...  I guess it's the wave of the 
future.
>> Melissa

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org 
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>> On Behalf Of Eileen
>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:41 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

>> I just had my first parent teacher conference for kindergarten 
and I
>> am in shock! The teacher sat for ten minutes just showing us all 
the
>> material the class has covered in the first 4 weeks of class.  
They are

>> expected to know all the letter names and sounds, rhyming,  
write
>> their name, and other things that I can't even remember now.

>> Each child is working on a monthly calendar,  personal essays 
and they

>> not only discuss activities they form sentences about it as a 
group on

>> the board.

>> Wow! When I was working with Asher on learning to read I had no 
idea
>> that he would be using all those skills  immediately.

>> All the preschool told me was that he needed to work on lower 
case
>> letters so I went out and bought a set of lowercase letter tiles 
from
>> office depo.  We used the tiles to make words and play junior 
scrabble.

>> When I was a kid, if I covered the entire alphabet in 
kindergarten it
>> was a major achievement.  phew Eileen


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