January 2009 Newsletter - Parkway C-2

Parkway OASIS Tutor Update
November Meeting:
Place:
Friday, Jan. 30, 2009
Mt Zion Church
1485 Craig Road
Creve Coeur, MO
Time:
1 p.m.
Barb Clark
Coordinator
(314) 415-8121
barbclar@pkwy.k12.mo.us
Volume 17
Issue 4
January 2009
Special points of
interest:
☺ School Cancellation Info.
☺ Condolences
☺ Activity Sheets
☺ Helpful Web sites
Books and Lesson Plans
Through the generosity of the National OASIS office, we have received numerous copies of the Immigration series books that were introduced last year. This arrival made me think it would be a good idea to
bring some of the books from our library — old favorites as well as some
of the newer copies, and demonstrate lesson plans and activities that
work with them. In addition to the Immigration series, I plan to bring the I
Spy series which offers a number of skill building opportunities for students. Please bring or tell us about your favorite book and activity that
has been successful for you. Hope to see you there.
Inside this
issue:
Jan. Meeting Topic
1
Snow Info.
2
JA Biz Town
2
Condolences
2
Activity Topics
3
Web sites
3
Activity Sheets
4-7
Dates to Remember
8
Snow Day Info!
Is school closed today??? Please check one of the following sources to see if Parkway is closed for
bad weather.
Television
KTVI Channel 2
KMOV Channel 4
KSDK Channel 5
KDNL Channel 30
Call Parkway ’ s Snow Line: ( 314 ) 415-SNOW
Parkway ’ s Web site: www.pkwyk12.mo.us — announcement will be at the top of the page in yellow. If the weather turns bad the day of our meeting check the Parkway OASIS Web site at
www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/OASIS or call ( 314 ) 415-8121 or 415-8100 to see if it has been cancelled.
JA Biz Town
Are you interested in helping at the Junior Achievement Biz Town for a day? Training dates are the
following:
January 12 – 10am or 6pm
January 26 – 10am or 6pm
February 9 – 10am or 6pm
February 23 – 10am or 6pm
March 9 – 10am or 6pm
March 30 – 10am or 6pm
The training is about one and a half hours long, and the day at Biz town would be for the better part
of a school day. Other districts also attend so if this sounds ideal for you, Junior Achievement would
love to have your help. For questions about this fun volunteer opportunity, or to sign up to help,
please call or email Jenny Eickhorst at ( 636) 728-0707 ext. 237 or jeickhorst@jastl.org
Condolences
With a sad heart I give you the following news:
Gilda Lautar, who was starting her 18th year as an Oasis tutor at Hanna Woods this fall, passed
away unexpectedly. She is survived by her husband, Frank, who has been with us for 15 years.
Ginny Miller, who has been at Hanna for six years, lost her husband this fall.
Diane Combs, who was at our fall training, lost her daughter.
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Activity Topics
January
February
Presidential Inauguration
Ground Hog Day
Martin Luther King Day
President’ s Day
Snowy Day Activities
Dental Health Month
Chinese New Year
Valentine ’ s Day
Black History Month
The above themes for January and February should give you ideas for a starting point for your tutoring sessions. These themes, along with using new words may step up the lesson a notch. Try
doing the following during your sessions:
♦
Talk about new words. These might be words you hear, say or see. Explain what they mean.
♦
Look for new words. Open the dictionary and find an unfamiliar word. Define it and use it during
your session.
♦
Play with new words. Introduce a word. Then give three possible meanings. Let your student
guess which one is right.
♦
Use new words. Try out the new words in sentences full of familiar words. This makes them
easier to understand.
Helpful Web sites
The following Web sites may be of help if you like to surf the net for ideas and activities to use with
your student. An important point to remember when searching the Internet for various puzzles is to
include the words free and printable ( i.e. free printable word search, free printable crosswords,
etc. ) You may also want to include the word child or children's to your search.
Abcteach.com
KidPrintables.com
FreePrintableCertificates.net
dltk-cards.com
puzzlemaker.com
aolatschool.com
kidsclick.org
Educationoasis.com
preschoolprintables.com
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Volume 17
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OASIS Program
455 N. Woods Mill Rd.
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Phone: 314-415-8121
Return Service Requested
Dates to Remember
January training is scheduled for next week—January 13 and January 15, from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Administration Building.
Meeting Dates are:
Friday, Jan. 30, 2009
Books and Lesson Plans
Barb Clark
Thursday, March 12, 2009
A Teacher’ s Perspective
Jennifer Sisul
Friday, April 3, 2009
Fun With Math in Reading
Tim Hudson
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Appreciation Lunch
The remainder of the monthly meetings will be at Mt. Zion.
There will be no school on the following dates
January 20
February 13 and 16
March 13 through March 22
April 24
May 25
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