Union Chapel/ Line Creek
ESL
Newsletter
February
2015
Important Dates to Remember
TESTING
ACCESS WINDOW
January 21-February 25
As stated in the January newsletter I have been giving
the ACCESS test. It is very detailed.
It has been adopted by the state of Missouri and has been developed by
the WIDA Consortium.
Twenty two states have joined the Consortium. It tests Listening,
Speaking, Reading and Writing in the areas of Communication Arts, Math,
Social Studies and Science.
In
kindergarten we are working in the Plant
Unit.
We will be looking at all the different types of fruit
and vegetables.
New sight words
for this month
are
and
it
you
can
1st -5th grade will be working on
Nobel Peace Prize
Power Points
Newcomers at UC are working on Community
Words.
Newcomers at UC are working on Transportation
and will then move into Recreation, Sports
and Park.
February is
February has
Ground Hog
Day
Feb 2
February is
Year of the Goat
Happy Chinese New Year
to my Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese Students
This month your children will have
Spring
FriendshipParties
Friday, February 13th
2:00
Monday,
February 16
is
President's
Day
which is a national holiday.
There will be
No School
Let
Peace Begin With Me
I hope you will be able to come to
our ESL night this month
at UC
and Line Creek.
UC
ESL night is Tuesday, February 24th.
6:30-7:30
Line
Creek's ESL night is Thursday, February 26th .
5:00-6:00
I hope you
can come.
Please RSVP.
Like before I am always adding to my web site.
You
will find many good references as well as this newsletter.
http://home.comcast.net/~kathyhutchinson/newsesl.html
Always
sit with your children while they surf as sometimes an inappropriate or
bad site can accidentally be found by an unsuspecting person. My
links are checked by me but I do not know what sites may be linked to
them
after I have checked them.