6/8/2018 0 Comments Mayer Memo 6-8-18Poetry Coffee House
I am very proud of the children for doing such a great job sharing their wonderful poems! The amazing poems you parents brought made a big impression on the students as well! Thank you for your time and interest in this activity. Hopefully, our poets will continue to read and write poetry throughout their days! A fond farewell! I can hardly believe our year together has come to an end. Your children have become my family at school, so saying goodbye is always difficult for me. I have so greatly enjoyed getting to know all of you. I hope you know how much I appreciated all your trust and support throughout the year. Caring for your most precious gifts is a responsibility I take seriously and for which I am truly grateful. I will miss all of the children and will keep them in my heart always. I hope you know that you can always contact me, and I hope we will stay in touch! May you have a wonderful, restful summer. The new school year will be here before you know it! Best wishes to everyone in third grade! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am humbled by the wonderful parents of 2Ma! You have sent your children to school each day ready and eager to learn! You have supported all we do in the classroom! And many of you have given your precious time to help regularly in the classroom! A wonderful team of school and parents makes Lincoln School the best it can be! Thank you, also, for the very thoughtful knitting gift certificate and the knitting goodies. I am truly humbled by your generosity! Thank you, also, for the personal gifts! I am truly blessed! I hope you know how much I appreciate your thoughtfulness and your kind words! Have a wonderful summer vacation! I will miss all of you!
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Mystery State!Mystery state for June 1 Did You Know...New evidence links handwriting and educational success.
Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information. "When we write, a unique neural circuit is automatically activated,” said Stanislas Dehaene, a psychologist at the Collège de France in Paris. “There is a core recognition of the gesture in the written word, a sort of recognition by mental simulation in your brain. And it seems that this circuit is contributing in unique ways we didn’t realize,” he continued. “Learning is made easier.” Parent's attitudes about mathematics affect their kids!
"A 2015 study showed math-anxious parents who frequently helped their elementary schoolers with homework saw their kids learn significantly less math by the end of the year than kids whose parents didn't express an aversion to math." (Heidi Stevens, Balancing Act and Chicago Tribune) According to Jennifer McCray, Principal investigator at the Erikson Institute's Early Math Collaborative, "Statements from parents are extremely powerful in terms of helping a child decide, 'Who am I going to be relative to math" How should I feel about math?'" If you're a math-averse parent, the article linked above has great tips for addressing this! Archives
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