Marshall ABE's Reading for Today's Adults Level 6.0 Story 17 SchoolClosings (MarshallPublicSchoolsStudentHandbook) Pre-reading Questions : • Howdoyoufindoutaboutschoolclosings? • Wheredoyourschool-agechildrengoifschoolclosesearly? Definitions : • Announcement–apublicnoticethatmakessomethingknown • Dismiss–totellorallowtoleave Reading Therewillalwaysbeanannouncementontheradio whenschoolisclosedorstartinglate. 16 TheFM radiostationsthathavetheseannouncementsare99.7KKCK,105.1KARL,and107.5 31 KARZ.TheAM radiostationsthathavetheseannouncementsare1400KMHLand830WCCO. 46 Thesesameradiostationswillalsocarrynewsofschoolbeingdismissedearly. 59 Announcementswillbemadearound7:00a.m.orearlier.Schoolclosingdecisionsare 72 madebytheMarshallSuperintendentofSchools.Thesedecisionsaremadebecauseofstudents’ 86 safety.Pleasedonot callschoolsecretariesorteachersaboutschoolclosings.Turnonyourradio . 102 Listentoyourradio . 106 Pleasetalkwithyourchildaboutwhereheorsheshouldgoincaseschooldismisses 122 studentsearly.Childrenare let-out ofschoolearlyiftheweathergetsbad,forexampleheavy 138 snowandwind.Whenthishappens,childrenneedtoknowwheretogo.Shouldtheystillgo 155 home?Willsomeonebethere?Willtheybeabletogetin? 167 Ifyouneedtofindadifferentplaceforyourchildtogowhenschool“let’s-out”early,doso 186 now.Yourchildneedstoknowtheplansyouhavemade.Yourchildmaybeabletogotoafriend 207 orneighbor’shomeifyouarenotavailable.Itisveryimportanttotalkwithyourchildaboutwhat 226 yourfamily’splaniswhenschoolisdismissedearly. 235 AdaptedfromMarshallPublicSchoolsStudentHandbook Level6.0 Understanding 1. Whodecideswhenschoolswillclose? _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Howcanyoufindoutaboutschoolclosings? ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Whywouldstudentsbedismissedearly? _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Whoshouldyounotcalltofindoutaboutschoolclosings?_________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Whatdoeslet-out meaninthisarticle?_________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. WhatAMradiostationshavenewsofschoolclosings?____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Wherewouldyourchildrengoifschoolwasdismissedearly? ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Writing Inyourownwords,summarizetheimportantfactstorememberaboutschoolclosings. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________.