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Plymouth, MN 55441
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TWLS TalksPost by Ann Rooney
Welcome back for Part 2 of our ongoing series on TWLS’s Core Academics and reading programs. Last week we talked generally about the five areas of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and text comprehension. This week, we’re going to start delving into each of those areas and discussing how they are taught in the TWLS classroom.
“When you want what you’ve never had, you must learn to do what you’ve never done.”
TWLS Students have been making great progress! They will be tested on February 26, demonstrating many skills including kicks, blocks, punches, and stances, and can get extra practice by attending Bear classes at the dojo on Thursdays and Saturdays. Parents are welcome to watch the test!
Read more in the JK Martial Arts March Newsletter.
This week’s highlights, also with great photos of cooking and pottery-making!:
This week, we have some truly excellent highlights, full of tips and tricks for learning, as well as activities to do at home so you can teach and play with your child, even while buying groceries or making dinner.
Two reminders of exciting news for our blog readers:
1) On February 23rd from 7-8pm, TWLS is hosting a seminar on financial planning for your special needs child. If you’re interested in attending, please RSVP to Julie Hoff at j.hoff@twls.org or 763-231-2700. The event is free and open to all. Read more in our previous blog post at http://bit.ly/6qmoWd.
2) If you read Head of School Ann Rooney’s blog post on Core Academics from earlier this week, check her post again today! We’ve added a great new video showing our students studying, playing, and learning in our Core Academics classes. Here’s the video again:
Post by Ann Rooney
“It is often been said
there’s so much to be read,
you never can cram all those
words in your head.”
-Dr. Seuss
Hear from our wonderful teachers as they discuss what and how they’re teaching in class this week, and tell some great stories about the kids!
At TWLS, we use a wide variety of therapies to meet our students’ special needs. We monitor the latest research, and seek out any methods that might help them develop at grade level and prepare them for the challenges of life after school. In December 2009, we partnered with JK Martial Arts to give our students the opportunity for Friday group karate lessons. They have been doing great work for many years - three years ago, Head of School Ann Rooney went to watch a class, and was “blown away by the difference it made in [the kids'] self-awareness and self-esteem. “ Ever since then, she hoped to enable TWLS students to work with JK Martial Arts as soon as financially possible.
This week’s news from the classroom:
