As it's still early in the year, here are a few ideas of how to check in on what your child is doing in English this year:
- Ask your child "What did you learn in English today?" and don't take "Nothing" as an answer! Our experience with students is that, if pushed just a bit, they can usually confirm that learning is happening and even provide a few specifics about what they've learned recently. We are reading and writing with them all of the time, and our in-class activities and lessons are designed to expand what they know about the texts and what they can do as writers.
- Check out your child's English teacher's TeacherWeb page: https://tw.weston.org/ Some of our pages require a "Key" to enter, and while you'll learn that information at next week's Back to School Night (hope to see you there, 10/5 starting at 7:00 p.m.), you can always send the teacher an email request for the information, which he/she will happily provide.
- Come back here to this blog. We'll be updating it with photos of students working, information about what's going on in our classes, and much more.
The WHS English Department