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The holiday season is upon us, and I’m sure many December 1- Title 1 progress reports go home of you are trying to think of gifts that are fun, December 1- Title 1 Progress Reports Come Home DecemberDecember 12 12- -Early Early Release Release engaging, and helpful to your child. We have a December 22- January 2- No School- Holiday Vacation few ideas that can help develop literacy and December 22- January 2- No School- Holiday January 12- Early Release math skills: Vacation January 24- Parent Advisory Meeting @ Hussey  Books (perhaps a favorite from your School, 7:45 AM childhood, or one about their favorite

topic) “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” ~Emilie Buchwald  Chess, checkers and/or mancala games  Board games such as Sequence, Upwards, Boggle, Scattergories, Scrabble

Jr.  Cool pencils, pens, notepads and diary Parent Advisory  Origami book and paper  Building sets and blocks Our last parent advisory meeting was at  Leap Frog Fridge Phonics Lincoln School on Nov. 14. Thank you to all who attended and provided feedback about our Title 1 programming. We discussed the following topics:

 Grant requirements and funding for parent involvement  Composition of Title 1 staff Technology Corner  Referral and identification process  Small group intense interventions in literacy and math The following website provides early literacy  Books sent home-purpose and process games your child can play. However, it also  Title 1 open house, parent-teacher conferences

and welcome bags provides links to other literacy websites you  Future ideas of events and opportunities families may find fun and helpful for extending literacy would like to participate in development beyond the school day….

Mark your calendars… our next meeting will be at http://www.literacysites.com/litgames.htm Hussey School Jan 24 @ 7:45 AM

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STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION Mrs. Violette Title 1 Director Prompt Your Child to Be a Better Writer 626-2468 ext. 3209 [email protected] Help creativity by giving your child a place to begin Farrington Elementary Mrs. Parker  Ask and tell- talk about beginning, middle and end as a rehearsal for writing Literacy Specialist  Take dictation- model writing by showing them 626-2480 ext. 3507 [email protected] how their thoughts look on paper  Try and try again Gilbert Elementary  Step onto the stage- writing play can be fun Mrs. Turner  Create story prompts- use magazine photos Literacy Specialist  Go from wordless to wordy- write a story based 626-2491 ext. 3618 on a wordless picture book [email protected]  Let him/her take the lead-whether writing

stories, notes, letters, as long as they’re writing… Hussey Elementary Mrs. Douglas  Offer a helping hand- always praise their efforts Literacy Specialist For the full article go to: [email protected] http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/writing- 626-2461 ext. 3856 activities/prompt-your-child-to-be-better-writer Mrs. Veilleux Literacy Interventionist [email protected] Title I Vision: 626-2483 ext. 3905

We believe all children can learn literacy and math skills for success Lincoln Elementary in school and life. Mrs. Mills

Title I Mission: Literacy Specialist [email protected] We strive to reach this goal by: Mrs. Veilleux  Aligning students’ individual needs with research-based Literacy Interventionist instructional practices [email protected]  Working collaboratively with Title I staff, classroom teachers, 626-2483 ext. 3905

School administrators, special service providers, and parents St. Michael School  Sharing educational and community experiences that support family literacy development and life-long learning Mrs. Mills Literacy Specialist 623-3491 [email protected]