Heather, Just two days ago my principal and I had this very conversation. He would like to do home visits to these children and bring them a goodie bag. I think it's a great idea, but I warned him that I hoped it wasn't going to become a "drill your child on this" packet and he said that wasn't what he had in mind.
Renee On Apr 18, 2008, at 4:24 AM, Heather Wall wrote: > Does anyone do a "Kindergarten Welcome Packet" type of thing for their > entering Kindergarteners in the Spring? Our superintendent is thinking > of starting this - sort of a "Welcome to K" packet of possibly a book > and/or sight words and/or parent tips - that would be for the kids > we've registered to begin K in the fall. We'd try to get it to them > before summer starts. > I'm thinking perhaps we could get a free sample level A book from > readinga-z.com (everything has to be very cheap to do it county-wide), > and possibly some parent tips from readingrockets.com I'm not sure > about the sight words. What do you think? Should a pre-K student be > studying sight words? We're a rural, high ESL population in general, > with pockets of middle class families. Any ideas you have that can > help, or if you've done something like this before, would be greatly > appreciated! > Heather Wall/ Instructional Coach/ Georgia > NBCT 2005 > Literacy: Reading - Language Arts > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~ Chinese Proverb _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
