Ms. Charles' Blog

HAVE A SAFE SUMMER!!

Dear Parents,

Hopefully, all summer practice folders made it home. If the students bring them back to Speech in the fall with some signatures, then they automatically get to go to the prize box.

In the attached cover letter to the practice folders was a list of "safe" internet sites to have them practice speech skills rather than the homework sheets. Again, just sign a paper stating that they had done on-line speech homework and bring that back to Speech.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

http://www.quia.com/pages/speechersclass.html

http://www.quia.com/pages/worldowords.html

http://www.quia.com/pages/quizzical.html

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/word-finds/shapes.html

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/index.shtml

http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html

http://www.mes-english.com/

http://pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/activities/index.html

http://www.seussville.com/lb/home.html

http://www.abcteach.com/

http://www.vocabulary.com/

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/

http://www.primarygames.com/contractions/start.htm

http://www.starfall.com/

 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN AUGUST!!

MRS. CHARLES

Murdock welcomes Ms. Sneed!

Dear Parents,

I am excited to share that Ms. Charles' Speech classes are fortunate to have Ms. Sneed working with them. Ms. Sneed is a graduate level Speech - Language Pathologist from West Georgia. She began the second week in January and will be here until the end of April. She is at Murdock Monday through Wednesday.

All of the students are excited to have the attention of two SLP's!!

Keep talking!!

Mrs. Charles

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Dear Parents,

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to do speech homework with your child. Both your child and I appreciate your support!!

The theme two weeks prior to winter break was everything you wanted to know and more for penguins, southern hemisphere, south pole, and Antarctica. The first two weeks in January will be focused on polar bears, northern hemisphere, north pole, and the Arctic. The last two weeks of the month will be focused on comparing/contrasting the animals, locations, continents, etc... and will include venn diagrams, tree maps, bubble maps, double bubble maps, and will culminate with written expression incorporating "Braidy" strategies.

I hope all of the students have a great time sharing what they have learned.

Happy talking,

Marilyn Charles

NOVEMBER NEWS

Dear Parents,

I am so pleased with the progress that the students have made since August!! Thanks for all of the continuous homework that you have done with your child. Please remember that homework can be the specific sheets that I send home, the Quia websites listed in August, or reading other school homework.

The following are some of the topics that will be covered this month:

1) Most students will have had an introduction to Braidy and will have had an opportunity to write many descriptive sentences for one specific character.

2) Depending on the grade level: certain native american tribes will be discussed

3) Food groups will be discussed and related to the various traditional foods served at Thanksgiving and which groups those items represent

4) Early settlers will be discussed and the vocabulary that related during their life time will be compared to the common vocabulary for our lifestyles (comparison/contrast)

THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, Marilyn Charles

Fabulous Fall

Dear Parents,

What a great school year we have had so far!  The schedule has been very successful and all of the students have learned to develop responsibility with prompt attendance and SUPER PRACTICING efforts at home!

Thanks for all of your efforts with your child!!  I thank you in advance for continuing to practice with your child either with the materials sent home or with the on-line game links listed in August's blog. You can continue to use the on-line games.

Some themes that will be covered this month:

seasons- comparisons

weather patterns- hurricanes

water cycle- relating to storms

America the Beautiful- 1st grade

development of oral narratives- first person narratives- many grades

HAPPY TALKING!

Marilyn Charles

WELCOME BACK!!

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to my blog! I am excited to be a Speech-Language Pathologist at Murdock! I have posted several links to speech and language sites.

ARTICULATION HOMEWORK

Practicing daily is crucial for facilitating progress!!

http://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html

There are many types of games to choose for each of the sounds that your child is working on. Each sound can be worked on in all different positions of the words (beginning, middle, or end). PLEASE make sure that to practice the sounds with these on-line games by SAYING the words out loud and continue to monitor.

Thanks to Tracy Boyd,M.S., CCC-SLP at Quia Games- Articulation Games

LANGUAGE HOMEWORK

Practicing daily is crucial for facilitating progress!!

GREAT LINKS FOR FUN GAMES

http://www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html

You may choose to play any of the games. Some suggestions are:

Antonyms      Synonyms      Who Am I ?      Who, what , where, when , why, how      Categories

Thanks to Tracy Boyd, M.S., CCC-Slp at Quia Games- Language GA\ames

HAVE FUN!! Mrs. Charles