Mrs Tatar's blog
OKLAHOMA!
Submitted by Mrs Tatar on Thu, 2007-12-06 10:06.Lincoln Hall's Musical for this year is OKLAHOMA! The design team has been busy since the summer with meetings and discussions about the musical. Scripts, music, etc. have been ordered and should arrive before the winter break. When we return from vacation, we will have a couple of audition clinics where students who are interested in auditioning for the musical will learn some of the songs and how to have a successful audition. After the clinics in January, auditions will be held in February.
This will begin a very busy few months for our May performances. Stay tuned for more updates about OKLAHOMA!Â
Reading Enrichment
Submitted by Mrs Tatar on Thu, 2007-12-06 09:56.Reading Enrichment classes are working hard. Periods 8 and 9 have finished the first REWARDS program where we learned the basic strategies for reading faster with more comprehension and fewer errors. We began REWARDS PLUS, which incorporates our strategies using Social Studies as a base. The students are finding this more challenging and are beginning to transfer and use their knowledge from REWARDS to REWARDS PLUS. Period 1, is a new class of Reading Enrichment. We have just begun the first REWARDS program and are working on Lesson 2.
Reading Enrichment
Submitted by Mrs Tatar on Mon, 2007-12-17 12:18.Reading Enrichment students are moving forward towards their goals. First period class has finished lesson 4 and is hoping to complete two more lessons before vacation. REWARDS is helping students to attain strategies to improve not only their comprehension, but their fluency as well.
Periods 8 and 9 are moving through REWARDS PLUS. This program differs from REWARDS in that it deals with using the learned strategies through social studies content. Although there are fewer lessons, each lesson entails more work and information, which will take more time than the REWARDS program did. As research shows, practicing new learned information is the key to success and retention. Thank you parents, for your support and monitoring of your child's reading. Keep it up throughout vacation! It does help.
To you and yours, a very healthy, restful, peaceful vacation. See you well rested in 2008!Â
Social Studies Geo Globes
Submitted by Mrs Tatar on Mon, 2007-12-17 12:08.Our Social Studies class is finishing research on issues concerning world problems. We will continue with our research and then take all our information to create a Geo Globe, a project that incorporates problems, issues, possible solutions, and graphics.
This should be an informative as well as fun project for the end of 2007!Â
OKLAHOMA!
Submitted by Mrs Tatar on Mon, 2007-12-17 12:02.January 15th and 16th, from 3:30-5:00, the Expressive Arts Team will be holding a clinic for the Spring musical, OKLAHOMA! We will be teaching students how to audition, what songs will be used for auditions, and tips for having a successful audition. Please mark your calendars to be at one of the clinics. Auditions will be a couple of weeks after. More information will come after we return from winter break.
To you and your family and friends, a happy, healthy, peaceful holiday season. Be safe, and see you in 2008.Â
