Monthly Archives: November 2009

Nov 10 2009

Art Fair

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You have another opportunity to RSVP for our upcoming December 1st Kids Art Fair! An RSVP form and Art Fair information will be sent home with students this week.

Please note that returning your RSVP to Mrs. Brouwer does NOT mean that you must purchase your child’s framed artwork.  The RSVP just lets the Kids Art Fair people know how many frames to ship to Georgetown for the event.  So please RSVP if you plan to attend and celebrate your child’s creativity, enjoy a fun make-n-take art project, and register for some cool door prizes to be given away during the evening.

Also – Georgetown’s December Kids Art Fair does not take the place of the annual district-wide Student Art Show, which will be held as usual in April 2010.

We hope to see you at Georgetown’s Art Fair on December 1st between 4-7 PM!  Volunteers are still needed to help out – please contact Mrs. Brouwer!

Email:  jbrouwer@hpseagles.net

Phone: 616.797.9797 ext. 22412
Art Blog http://josettebrouwer.edublogs.org

Nov 1 2009

Reading

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The children love the stories we are reading! During this unit, the students visualized to make sense of the stories we read. Visualizing means making mental images while reading. You child might imagine sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations, and feelings. This will help them understand, remember, and enjoy reading.

You can help your child visualize by stopping every so often while reading aloud and asking questions such as:

  • What do you see in  your mind as I read to you?
  • What words did you hear in the story that helped you create that picture in your mind?

In addition to stopping and discussing the story with your child, you might:

  • Ask your child to close his or her eyes as you read and get a mental picture of the story.
  • Give your child the opportunity to draw what he or she visualized, and then talk about the drawing.

Have fun reading, visualizing, talking, and listening to each other!