[blparent] [Bulk] Re: wow kindergarten has changed!

Sun Oct 26 21:37:30 UTC 2008

I am very proud of the way i type.  I have been told that I express myself 
quite nicely and I am always going over and over the message I wrote to make 
sure it sounds right. Smile! V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: wow kindergarten has changed!

> Hi,
> You're messages are not unreadable, trust me, I've seen worse, and on a 
> tech
> list no less.  There have been times when I've had to read letter by 
> letter
> to figure out what the message said, and even then it doesn't make sense
> sometimes.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 12:21 AM
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!
>
>
>> Picky picky, my errors are because i type too fast and didn't go back and
>> spell check all the words.  I forgot an apostrophy and spelled number
>> nember. picky picky. smile!
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:51 PM
>> 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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