America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/
I spent 12 years in Kindergarten and Preschool...as a teacher, and I had just as much fun as the children.
"You can't scare me,
I've taught three, four and five year olds."
Marcia Norwood
My gift for you today?
Here are samples of my personal
class newsletters and calendars,
and samples of some of my
correspondence to parents.
I handed out copies of
calendars and newsletters to parents,
emailed copies to parents,
and posted letter-size copies,
as well as enlarged copies in our classroom.
It is my hope that these samples
will help
caregivers,
teachers,
parents and
grandparents
around the world
as they prepare
creative activities for children.
My newsletters show what activities we did each month;
when letters and numbers are introduced;
and what Bible lessons and memory verses we learned.
We had "Show and Tell" every Friday.
I requested the children bring one item
that began with the letter
we learned that week.
Show and Tell was GREAT FUN!
Some children brought people whose name began
with the Letter of the Week as their Show and Tell item!
Others brought treats that began
with the Letter of the Week.
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| Show & Tell: "a" as in apple! Copyright 2008 Marcia Norwood |
Have fun!
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| Blank Newsletter. Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| I made folders for parents at Open House in August that contained copies of our entire year's newsletters, and other class information. Copyright 2007 Marcia Norwood |
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| I wrote the Bible Memory Verse on our large class white board. Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood |
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| I wrote the Letter of the Week on the white board in our classroom. Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood. |
This is the order in which I introduced letter recognition and phonetic letter sounds...according to the ABeka Book curriculum.
NEWSLETTERS & CALENDARS
Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood
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| Yes! Preschool and Kindergarten children can memorize very well! We learned Psalm 100 by memorizing one part each week during November! Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| Personalize the calendar with photos of the children. Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| Use class photographs for class calendars! Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| I taught the children a simple ballet for our school talent show! Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| I organized a tea party with the help of parents and other teachers! We used the entire gymnasium. It was "magnifique!" Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| I organized a tea party with the help of parents and other teachers! We used the entire gymnasium. It was "magnifique!" Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| My GRAD design. Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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PRESCHOOL CLASS
PHOTO SHOOT:
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| I used edit options in Microsoft Publisher to create personalized color sheets for my students - using photographs I took of them. They LOVED coloring there own image! Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
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| I wrote down hilarious and precious things the children said to me and to each other, and frequently emailed their quotes to parents. Copyright 2005 Marcia Norwood |
Thanks for stopping by!
Come back often, and invite a friend!
Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
I used the ABEKA Book curriculum
from Pensacola, Florida.
It is a GREAT way to teach children to read.
They use the phonics approach,
and introduce letters (one a week):
1) Short vowel sounds
a in apple
e in elephant
i in indian
o in ostrich
u in umbrella.
2) Sound of consonants
3) blends
(consonants and short vowel sounds)
ta, te, ti, to, tu
4) words
with consonants plus short vowel sounds
(cat, bat, hat, egg, leg, log)
5) long vowel sounds
(i in icicle.....)
6) RULES
One Vowel Rule
"When there is one vowel in a word,
it usually says it's short sound."
(mat)
Two Vowel Rule
"When there are two vowels in a world,
the first one says its long sound,
and the second one is silent."
(mate)
7) Exceptions to the rules:
Long o as is "go"
Long e as in "me"
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:
http://www.abeka.com/
I also used the ABEKA Book curriculum
to teach my daughters (born in China) to read English.
Neither spoke any English when they were adopted
at six years and eight years of age.
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| Daughter Sarah ZK. Copyright 2000 Marcia Norwood |
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| Daughters: Faith Fu Ju and Sarah Zheng-Kang. Copyright 2002 Marcia Norwood |
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