[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

Sun Oct 26 04:37:05 UTC 2008

I don't think i have one.  Like I said, I'm a new user and i only have what 
came on this silly thing, notepad and wordpad.  Nothing fancy.  If there is 
a spell checker, i can't find it.  that would be me. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

> 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
> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>
>>> 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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