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							                                                       Our E-mail Addresses:
                                                       candi_chupp@gwinnett.k12,ga.us
                                                       catherine_higgins@gwinnett.k12.ga.us




   Mrs. Chupp and Mrs. Higgins’ Class News                             08-10-09

                                                             What’s Next……………
Dear Parents and Students,
                                                                    patterning: AB/ABC/AABB

   Welcome to kindergarten! We have had a marvelous                 beginning sounds
first week of school learning our daily routine and
making new friends! Each Friday we will be sending                  nursery rhymes
home a newsletter like this one that will inform you of
what has been happening in our class and give notice of
upcoming events.

     Bathroom issues are a common problem during the
first few weeks of kindergarten. Students have access            Weekly Sight Word List:
to a bathroom right in our classroom that they can use
                                                                      the         is
as needed. Our policy is that students may excuse                     and         it
themselves to go to the bathroom any time instructions                to         was
are not being given. Should accidents occur the clinic                in         are
has a very limited supply of clothing your child may
borrow. It would be a good idea, particularly if your
child is prone to accidents, to pack some extra clothes
in his or her book bag.

   Money is another issue that needs to be discussed
early each year. Please place all money you send to
school in an envelope labeled with your child’s name and
the purpose for which the money is to be used.

   We are looking forward to a wonderful school year.                                __________
Should you have any questions, feel free to call or send             Dates to Remember:
an e-mail.                                                          August 20th- Curriculum
                                                                                      Night
             - Mrs. Chupp and Mrs. Higgins                         August 24th- Picture Day
                                                                    Sept. 7th- Labor Day
Catherine Higgins
EDUC 601
Summer 2009

Description of WORD document:

   The Word product I created is a classroom newsletter. Last year, as a kindergarten

parapro, I wrote the weekly newsletter for our class. It was functional and informative

but lacked visual appeal. I often wondered also if, because it was just a straight narrative,

parents were bogged down with so much to read that they would only skim over it or

worse, not read it all. I believe this new design for our newsletter, which incorporates the

use of separate text boxes, breaks up the information I have to give in a much neater,

reader-friendly way. I had never used text boxes before so I had to experiment with the

number and size of boxes and with their placement on the page. I decided upon having a

main, larger box for my narration part with three smaller boxes to the right of the main

box for parents to have a quick reference to such things as assignments like a sight word

study list and dates of upcoming events.

   Another improvement this newsletter has to my previous design was the insertion of

clip art. It was fun looking for just the right picture to use, yet it was challenging to get

each picture sized and placed where I wanted it. I changed the color of my heading and

e-mail addresses box. That change, with the color added with the clip art pictures greatly

improved the aesthetic quality of my newsletter. Unfortunately, we do not have color

copying available in my school, but nonetheless, I believe that variances in shade will

make my letter look better. The change in font in my heading and narrative section to

Comic Sans seems to give a more kid-friendly, relaxed feel which is an added plus to a

kindergarten newsletter. I am proud of my accomplishment using Word more creatively.