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Here is a copy of the letter that was sent home the first week of this unit.

Echo Lake Elementary School 19345 Wallingford Ave N.   Shoreline, WA 98133

10/23/11

Dear Parent or Guardian,

My name is Jon Stern and I am working with your child’s teacher this year as a teaching intern. I am currently seeking my Master’s Degree in Teaching at Seattle University. Although I have been in your child’s class since the beginning of the school year, after Winter Break I will be in your child’s class everyday, working as a co-teacher with Mrs. Hughes. One of our first projects that we will be working on is what we call a “themed literature unit.” In this unit, the class will be reading a few books over the next few weeks. Some of the books are short, while others are over 200 pages. They are all grade appropriate books. From these readings, we will work on reading comprehension, writing skills, and determining themes. The books are very entertaining, and we should be able to have quite a bit of fun with the assignments associated with them. If you would like to get more information on what we are doing, I have posted some of the information on a website at http://mrsternsthemedlitunit.wikispaces.com. Included with this letter is a schedule that we worked on in class. We had the students fill in the schedule in order to work on planning, as some of the reading is a few weeks out. The schedule should be complete. Learning to plan assignments will be a very useful tool for the students as they get closer to Junior High School, but the plan is only as good as its follow through. As such, I want to make sure that you are aware of this schedule. Please ask your child if they are on schedule on the readings. You can also ask them what the readings are about and what theme they are studying! I am requesting that you read the schedule and sign below that you have read it. Please cut off the bottom of this letter and send it back to me indicate that you have read the schedule. Thank you very much for your time.

Very Truly Yours,

Jon Stern

I have looked over my child’s schedule. Name of child:

_ Parent/Guardian Signature

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