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Shawnee, Kansas 66216
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February 3, 2012

 

We are excited and looking forward to our Valentine's Day party on

 

Tuesday the 14th. We will go to Shawnee Gardens Nursing home in

 

the morning on party day. Permission slips came home yesterday for

 

this trip. Please return by next Friday.

 

 

Valentines and mailboxes need to arrive with your student on Tuesday

 

morning. We exchange valentines BEFORE the party. Please have

 

your child sign the Valentines but do not address them to individual

 

students. It is easier to give out valentines without names of

 

recipients.( Party time is 2:30-3:25.)

 

Spelling Words

cute, use, mail, rain, chain, way, play, done

sentence

I put a cute card in the mail on my way to school.

 

Memory

The Third Article ~ Sanctification

 

Math Notes

Students should be able to count by twos, fives, and tens to one

 

hundred. Please continue to practice this skill at home until your child

 

is comfortable and can recite the skip counting with ease. Also,

 

counting backwards is a skill that is easily reinforced at home. This

 

will help with subtraction.

 

 

KinderKonzert

 

 

Permission slips came home yesterday for students. Please return by

 

next Friday.  Students will ride the bus.

 

I have tickets for Rebekah Stigers, Michelle Cook and Mary Ann

 

Piencka. We are no longer able to increase the number of tickets

 

for our group.

 

Mulan

 

Next week Thursday. Send a car seat/ booster for your

 

student. We will leave at 9:15 a.m. Drivers are Lawton, Torres,

 

Piencka, Theiss and Cook. If you have not paid $5 for your adult

 

admission, please send $$ prior to the performance. Thanks.

 

 

 

In Christ, Mrs. Eichholz

 

 

 

 

You Are God’s Valentine

1 John 4:9-10

 

If Valentine’s Day is all about the giving of love, it should be a celebration of the Creator of love, the Ultimate Giver of love, He who is Love: God– Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 1 John 49-10 sums up the love of God through Jesus Christ. The verses also convey an amazing message: We are God’s Valentine! ©2003 CTA,Inc. used with permission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grading Spelling:

The most difficult part of the spelling test is writing the sentence.

I use a system of grading that allows credit for each correct letter. ^c^a^t^ is worth four points as indicated by the ^. A student receives a point for beginning the word correctly, a point for each of the transitions between /c/ and /a/ then /a/ and /t/, and a point for ending the word correctly.

This system gives credit for successes and measures progress over time. Please note that missing letters is an automatic loss of two points.. In the example, if /a/ is incorrectly written as /i/, both transitions are then wrong.

This system works in the student’s favor. If a test receives a traditional score– a word is either right or wrong – the test score could be 73%. On my grading scale, the same test becomes an 80% due to partial credit. I know it may be confusing when you first see your child’s spelling test papers. Please feel free to stop in if you need more of an explanation.



Vowel Code
ă at
ā baby
ä father
ĕ enter
ē we
ĭ in
ī final
ǒ not
ō so
ö to
ŭ ŭp
ū ūse
ü püsh
 

 
 
Homework Policy

 Six nights out of every seven, students should read twenty minutes, review spelling words, and rehearse the memory assigned for the week. Spelling words and memory assignments for the month are available through these links and the weekly note.
  
 

 
These links were chosen because of their content in relation to our curriculum.

 
 
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