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McNair's staff, family, and community mission is to prepare students for a
Changing global society by
Nurturing all students and providing an
Academically challenging
Interdisciplinary curriculum that will enable students to be
Responsible citizens and life-long learners
Announcements
Hello Swan Family,
Have fun exploring our webpage as I hope you’re able to find helpful information and links to increase your students’ success in first grade. Feel free to e-mail me with your topics, interest, and ideas to make our page not only enjoyable but relevant.
Don’t forget to purchase your school shirts! Fridays are McNair Wear days! Please submit your order forms and payments via your students HW folder. You may also see PTO personnel or the side hall display for further purchasing information.
Show & Tell Has Arrived! Each Friday a table will be allowed
to bring in an item to present to the class. Our class is divided into
4 tables: Pink, Green, Grey, and Purple. Keep a close eye on the Swan Newsletter
to see which Friday is your student’s table day.
Reminders
Homework is generally distributed Monday-Thursday
(usually two pages – Reading/LA and Math) and weekly checklists are sent
home every Friday. Please return the checklist the following Monday along
with any assignments that required corrections. corrected
This Month:
McNair School's
Calendar of Events
October 2009
http://www.am.dodea.edu/Bragg/McNair/html/calendarofevents/calendarofevents.htm
Look at what we will learn:
This month we will begin our new theme in Reading/Language Arts titled Problem Patrol. In this theme we will explore the many kinds of problems and create appropriate solutions. Reading comprehension strategies during this theme consist of: main idea/details, problem/solution, predictions, plot, compare/contrast, and sequence.
In attempts to assist your students in retaining comprehension skills read daily for at least 20 minutes and follow each story with responding questions such as:
Who are the characters?
Where did the story take place?
What was the problem?
How was it solved?
What happened in the story, start from the beginning? What happened inn the middle? How did the story end?
How are the characters alike/different?
What do you think will happen if…?
Also introduce you students to reading different forms of media with the incorporation of newspapers, magazines, and the internet.
Happy Reading!
Help Wanted
Class volunteers needed to assist the class in
transitioning during our guided reading group rotations. Send a note with
your student if you are available from 9-10am at least 1 day per week.
Need to Talk
If you wish to contact me at school, please call me at 910-907-0207 between the hours of 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
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