Friday, April 28
Dress Down Day!
Tuesday, May 2
All School Field Trip (K-8)
Wednesday, May 3
LC Closes at 3:00 p.m. (No After Care)
Friday, May 5
Little Creek Mother's Day Tea (at Drop Off)
Wednesday, May 10
Seventh Grade Transition Meeting
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Friday, May 12
Dress Down Friday!
Marsh Dance
6:00-8:00 p.m.
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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE!
Each week, we will be highlighting one of our programs or offering resources for parents to illustrate The Radcliffe Way!
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
This month is dedicated to raising awareness about communication disorders and promoting treatment that can improve the quality of life for those who experience problems with speaking, understanding, or hearing. The theme for Better Hearing and Speech month this year is
Communication: The Key to Connection
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Communication connections can happen anywhere: in the car, in the classroom, in the living room, at the playground, at lacrosse practice, in the hallway, in the grocery store... Here are some ideas for making a communication connection in the kitchen:
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Many kids tend to focus on details and visual cues. Use picture or photo boards, cue cards with clear, concise directions, and visual symbols to support them. Steps for recipes, loading dishes in the dishwasher or simply finding equipment in the kitchen can all be broken down into a sequence of steps using visual support. Many recipes online include pictures of each step or videos of the process.
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Rules and clear expectations are comforting. Children often need routine and sameness to build familiarity or comfort in learning new skills. Teach kitchen rules to help make their environment predictable. For example, "before we cook, we always wash our hands." This little ritual sets the stage for next steps, no matter what we prepare or cook on that day.
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You can use social stories outside the kitchen. Create your own books about what will happen in the kitchen or read books together about the foods that will be part of the next cooking session. Suggested books for young food explorers include
Broc and Cara's Picnic Party
and
I Will Never Ever Eat a Tomato.
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Tie the child's top interest into cooking and food crafts. For younger chefs who love shapes, animals, Legos, trains or construction, you can use the book
Making Mealtime ezpz
to construct food art with animal, travel and construction themes. Try fun tools to engage kids, like
FunBites
food cutters and Kuhn Rikon
Doggie Knives
for cutting out the pieces to form boxcars, train tracks, animal faces and more!
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Older children may enjoy finding recipes in cookbooks, online or even making their own recipe Board on Pinterest!
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Eat the food that you made together and talk about what you could make next time!
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K-8 SUMMER PROGRAM
You have asked for it, and it is happening! Yes, Radcliffe will host a Summer Program for students in our K-8 program. The program will be 3(three) days a week, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, starting on July 5 and ending on August 3, closed on Tuesday, July 4th. Each day will begin with arrival at 8:15 and end with dismissal at 12:30. We may even have transportation from the Western Shore!! The cost of the summer program will be $700.00. Half will be due on June 1 and the remainder due prior to the start date of July 5th.
This summer program will provide Radcliffe students with the opportunity to continue on the progression of the acquisition of skills. Research supports the fact that students experience significant learning loss when they do not participate in educational activities over the summer. These students on average score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer than they did on the same tests at the end of the prior school year. Students with learning disabilities have the most difficulty with recoupment, and involvement in specifically designed programs are critical over the summer months.
A typical day will include workshops in: Keeping up with Summer Reading Projects, Orton/Gillingham Reading, Math, Written Expression, Art, Music, Computers, Outdoor Sports, Speech & Language Therapy, and/or Occupational Therapy. Your child's day will be designed around the selection of workshops that you will choose.
8:15-8:30 Arrival
8:30-9:15 Workshop #1
9:20-10:05 Workshop #2
10:05-10:35 Break/Snack
10:40-11:25 Workshop #3
11:30-12:15 Workshop #4
12:15-12:30
Dismissal
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here to complete the 2017 RCS Summer Program Selection Sheet. Thank you and we look forward to fun times on the Creek this summer!
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SEVENTH GRADE TRANSITION MEETING
Parents! Are you wondering what will happen after eighth grade next year? Have you thought about what school your child will be attending once they leave Radcliffe? For answers to these questions and many more, we are strongly encouraging all seventh grade students and their parents to attend the Transition Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10 to learn more about the whole transitioning process after eighth grade. This meeting is also open to any other students and parents who would like to receive more information about the transitioning process. Please join Mr. Joiner, Ms. Usilton, Mrs. Payne, and Mrs. Cohee-Wright in Ms. Usilton's room at 6:00 p.m. on May 10 to learn what is involved when transitioning to high school. For questions about the meeting, please e-mail Debbie Cohee-Wright
. We look forward to seeing everyone!
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AROUND THE CREEK
Little Creek's Three's Room is learning all about space this week! Yesterday, they learned about gravity and how it forces objects downward. Students then used gravity to help them paint with watercolors!
Our Nest students enjoyed a scavenger hunt during yesterday's Closing!
Little Creek's Toddlers learn more about tree frogs during a walk this week!
 Reagan created a Cinquain poem on the blacktop last week! A Cinquain is a verse of five lines that do not rhyme.
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