REPORT to PARENTS
INFORME a los PADRES
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Johns Hopkins University is again sponsoring a talent search through its Center for Talented Youth (CTY). The competition is open to gifted and talented fifth and sixth graders. Students who qualify may be eligible for special academic programs through Johns Hopkins University. If you would like information about the program, please contact the following:
CTY Headquarters
CTY Talent Search: Grades 5-6
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Phone: 410-516-0278
Fax: 410-516-0377
E-Mail: ctyinfo@jhu.edu
Website: www.cty.jhu.edu
PREPARING
CHILDREN FOR READING TESTS:
TIPS FOR PARENTS
As your children are preparing for the coming school year, two things are fairly certain: the children are going to learn many new things, and they will be faced with testing situations. To help parents help their children get ready to do well on reading tests, the International Reading Association has provided a list of useful hints for parents:
* Reduce your child's anxiety by explaining the importance of tests, but develop a positive attitude and put the test in proper perspective. Be a cheerleader, letting your child know that you have confidence in him or her.
* Make sure your child gets a good night's sleep for several days before the test and especially on the night before the test.
* Make sure your child has a good breakfast that is nutritionally balanced.
* Stay positive on the test day. When your child gets home, ask how the test went and offer encouragement and support.Provide help everyday.
Parents can do things each day to help children become better readers, which in turn can help them do better on reading tests. Here are some tips:* Be involved. Talk to the teachers often to keep track of your child's progress. Ask about ways you can help at home.
* Read with your child. Read all sorts of materials - books, magazines, newspapers, and letters with your child as often as possible. Ask questions about the things your child reads.
* Encourage your child to ask about words he or she doesn't understand.
* Encourage your child to look up these words in the dictionary.
* Make sure your child is doing his or her homework every night. Check homework regularly.
* Urge your child to listen carefully to directions. The ability to follow directions is important when taking tests.
* Visit your local library with your child as often as possible. Encourage them to take out books, and take out some yourself. It's important to let your child see that you read, too.
* Allow your child to use educational reading based computer software programs that reinforce reading skills. These programs may also prepare children for working within time limits. Ask your child's teacher for suggestions on which programs may be most appropriate.
Mrs. O'Connor's Favorite Books
Check out my favorite book
choices by grade or by age
and read, read, read!!
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Grade 1 (ages 4 - 8)
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Grade 2 (ages 5 - 8)
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Grade 4 (ages 9 - 11)
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Green Eggs and Ham The Cat in the Hat Where the Wild Things Are Love You Forever The Very Hungry Caterpillar Goodnight Moon Strega Nona Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? Chicka Chicka Boom Boom If You Give a Mouse a Cookie The Rainbow Fish Corduroy Are You My Mother? Make Way for Ducklings The Snowy Day The Little Engine That Could Curious George The Runaway Bunny The Art Lesson Caps for Sale Clifford, the Big Red Dog Guess How Much I Love You Horton Hatches the Egg
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The Polar Express The Mitten Stellaluna Oh, The Places You'll Go The Velveteen Rabbit The True Story of the Three Little Pigs The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh The Lorax Amazing Grace The Napping House Sylvester and the Magic Pebble The Tale of Peter Rabbit Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge The Little House Amelia Bedelia The Paper Bag Princess GRADE 3 (ages 8 - 10) Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawings
of Shel Silverstein Little House on the Prairie The Boxcar Children Little House in the Big Woods Jumanji Math Curse Ramona Quimby, Age 8 The Wizard of Oz Little House Books Mr. Popper's Penguins Song and Dance Man |
Charlotte's Web Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Siloh Sarah, Plain and Tall Indian in the Cupboard James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story Stone Fox Little Women Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing The Trumpet of the Swan Harriet the Spy Stuart Little Heidi GRADE 5 (ages 9-12) Where the Red Fern Grows Hachet The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Bridge to Terabithia A Wrinkle in Time The Secret Garden Maniac Magee The BFG The Giver Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry The Hobbit Number the Stars Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Matilda The Chronicles of Narnia Tuck Everlasting Anne of Green Gables The Cay The Great Gilly Hopkins My Father's Dragon Walk Two Moons The Witch of Blackbird Pond The Sign of the Beaver
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Everybody
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FIT!!
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on sneaker for helpful hints
Click here
for Parsippany Information 
Click
here for the Parsippany Recreation Department 
http://www.epa.gov/region2/health
Click here to visit a website from
the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
It has quite a bit of information about all different health issues and concerns.
As a response to the inactivity and weight problems our children are facing, Saint Clare's has started a Fit Kids program. The course is a
four week program to help students between the ages of 10 and 14 and their parents
make healthy lifestyle choices. There is a great concern for the short and long
term effects of poor health habits established by youngsters.
The program is not a weight reduction program but rather an introduction into making healthy lifestyle choices. If parents have any concerns in this area I suggest you contact St. Clare's for additional information (973-625-6387). I was very impressed with the information I read and I want to pass this on to any concerned parent.
Tips for helping your child
make healthy lifestyle choices:
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Get your children moving. Give a good example by joining them in fun and activities,
like walking, hiking, swimming, biking, 
or
their favorite sport.
· Limit fast food intake.
· Teach portion control.
· Stock
the refrigerator with healthy foods like fat-free or low-fat milk, fresh fruit
and vegetables.
· Don't use food as a punishment or reward.
· Encourage your children to drink more water rather than sugary beverages
like soft drinks and fruit juice drinks.
· Eat meals as a family as often as possible.
· Don't put your child on a restrictive diet. Maturing children grow
into their weight.
· Set small, realistic goals on nutrition and exercise.
· Set a good example by your healthy choices.
Mrs. L. Guerrini, Physical Education
(St. Clare's - Spring 2003)
PLAYGROUND
SAFETY
The playground can be a source of fun and danger. Thousands of children are injured while on the playground. I want to emphasize some basic safety precautions published by the National Program for Playground Safety:
1. Look for a surface material that gives,
like wood chips, rubber or pea gravel. Avoid playgrounds with asphalt and cement.
2. Choose a playground with equipment appropriate for your child's age and size.
3. Watch for openings like ladder rungs that can trap a child's head. All openings
should be at least nine inches.
4. Make sure swing seats are of soft material such as rubber.
5. Inspect the equipment up close to insure it's in good repair.
6. Supervise play. Forty percent of accidents occur when no adult is present.
I hope you have an active and safe spring!
Mrs. L. Guerrini
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