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LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR!
Dear Parents,
My name is Marlene F. Marcus, and I will be your child’s first grade teacher this year. Because of this I’d like to take the opportunity to tell you a few things about myself - both personally and professionally.
I was raised in Chicago, Illinois, the Windy City. I still love Autumn in the Mid-West with the falling leaves, the warmth of the people and the cool of the air. I received my BA degree in Elementary Education from the University of Miami. My Master’s degree and Specialist Degree were completed at Nova South Eastern University. I did my Internship at West Laboratory School with an optional internship elected at Leewood in their Gifted Program. This will be my twenty-seventh year of full-time teaching at West Laboratory School. I have two children, Andrea and Phillip who live outside of Florida.
This school year will be an exciting year. We will continue our successful school wide reading and math programs. You will notice much growth at the end of this important year, not only physically but emotionally.
**HOMEWORK**
The home learning packet will
be given on Mondays and returned on
Thursday when the class will go over the
assignments.
The spelling test will be on Thursdays unless there is no
school on that day
and an alternate day is assigned.
Please check the Internet at my website for additional projects, class news and educational support. We all want homework to be a positive experience
Class Web Site:
http://teachers.dadeschools.net/mmarcus
EMAIL: mfmarcus@westlab.dadeschools.net
We will go over the homework objectives
everyday so your child is clear on what is expected. This should
reinforce and help your child succeed in all academic areas. Please
sign your initials that you have
seen and checked each daily assignment, so your child knows we are
working together for their best efforts. As each new lesson objective is
based on previous ones, please do not allow your child to fall behind in
these important areas. Even if not assigned, daily reading (20 minutes)
enhances vocabulary, word meaning, inference and comprehension. A reading
log
will be given out. Please make additional copies so you have
plenty for weekly
reading by your child. Each weekly reading should be turned in
on Thursdays with the weekly Homework Packet.
FOLDERS:
The
new plastic folder is to be used for home learning and any important assignments or papers from me to you and vice versa.**The Red folder is for Language Arts/Social Studies packets I will give to the student
and is to be kept in school.
**The
Blue folder is for
Math/Science materials I will give
to the student
and is to be kept in school.
Parents are the most important people in a child’s life, and we need to work together for the benefit of your child. I need you to support my academic, homework and discipline efforts here at school. In return, I will keep you informed about all aspects of your child’s experiences at school. With school and home working together, I know that each and every student will have his or her most successful school year ever.
Sincerely,
Marlene F. Marcus
, Teacher
Parent Name: ________________________________
Student Name: ________________________________
CAN YOU HELP?
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Do you have a special skill that you can teach us –anything from
plumbing to kite building, from juggling to music appreciation, prom
path finding to wiring simple electronic devices, from cooking to
mime? I’d be willing to share : ________________________________________ |
Do you know of sources of free materials
we can use in art projects? We could use such things as yarn, self
hardening clay, paper mache’, wood chunks, sheets of foam, plastic or
any other suggestions. I know where we can get
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Do you have relatives, friends, business associates or acquaintances
in interesting or faraway places? May we write to these people as part
of our Language Arts/Social Studies program? Name: _______________________ Address: _______________________ Relationship:____________________ |
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Are you a collector? Would you be
willing to set up a temporary exhibit of your collection? We are
interested in stamps, coins, postcards, bottles, matchbook dolls,
antiques, model airplanes and just about anything else you may have. I’d be glad to demonstrate my collection of ___________________ _______________________________ |
The person we should contact for this material is: Name: ___________________________ Address: __________________________ __________________________ Phone: ____________________________ |
Do you know anyone (friend, relative,
neighbor) who would want to take part in our Community Involvement
Program?
We should contact: Name:________________________ Address:______________________ Phone:________________________ |
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Are you a musician? Would you be willing to provide music – live or on
tape- for a singing program or other stage production? I play __________________________ I would be willing: ( ) to play for you in person ( ) to provide musical background |
Would you be willing to tell us about
your work? You could speak to us in person or on video (perhaps with
your child interviewing you). Your account of what you do for a living
could be an important part of our Career Awareness Program. I work as ________________________ I would be willing to: ( ) visit the class and tell about it ( ) speak about it on video |
Using Tools Would you be willing to help students learn how to use simple tools in the construction of simple building projects they could take home and be proud of? The ability to follow written and spoken instructions is a life skill. ( ) I would be proud to help ( ) I can’t but know someone phone:_________________________ |
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Do you enjoy telling stories, performing
comedy monologues, lecturing? Would you be willing to demonstrate your
public speaking skills as part of our Language Arts program? I would
like to join your speakers bureau and discuss the subject of ________________________________ |
We are interested in finding a variety of field trip sites. Can you
help us arrange visits to interesting places – a hospital, a
manufacturing plan, a theater (backstage), a television or radio
studio, a restaurant kitchen for a cooking lesson, an office building?
Any other suggestions? I can arrange for your class to visit |
Do you have any special information,
abilities or knowledge of intellectually challenging games you might
share with our class? Would you teach or arrange a class for beginning
Bridge, Chess or other enjoyable activity? I would like to arrange lessons for: ( ) Bridge ( ) ___________________________ |