I would love to send out a postcard or letter to my kids before school starts. Better yet; In their native languages. But, alas, don't get my list of students until the day school starts. I do the million word or less homework letter with the parents. But about the time I get that back, the great classroom leveling switch has begun and I am back to starting over with half of my kids.
My district is notorious for doing everything at the last possible minute. My principal wants to do a "boot camp" the first two weeks of school. It might be an interesting idea, as long as we don't drill "parts of speech" or test practice, which are asinine in the first place. Each department would take a necessary study skill or prerequisite skill and teach it hard for two weeks. Then by the time we are ready for regular curriculum, the classes have been leveled, the new teachers hired or gone. Then we can truly begin. I would like to spend some time that two weeks showing them how to organize their agenda (mandatory here) and how to organize study time. Kim ------- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School resno, California 93702 Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
