[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

Sun Oct 26 16:25:06 UTC 2008

If you have it, spell checking should be a part of your mail 
program.  What are you using -- Outlook Express.  You should be able 
to set it so it automatically checks spelling before sending out each message.

Dave

At 11:37 PM 10/25/2008, you wrote:
>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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