[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

Sun Oct 26 21:46:42 UTC 2008

And I find it where? V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!

> 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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