More teachers are starting off the school year with letters to parents and students to introduce themselves
and set a tone (基调)for the year. The letters are a good way to start positive communication with parents,
several teachers told Education World.
"I think it's professional (专业的)," said Dorothy Peselli, an English teacher at Sparta
High School in Sparta, New Jersay, Peselli, who gives out the letters the first day of school,
told Education World."It gives parents an image of you as a professional. If you start
communication off in a positive manner, you will have the parents on your side when you need them."
In her letter to parents, Peselli encourages them to call or e-mail her with specific concerns about their
children."I want to work as a team to make sure that your child becomes an independent lifelong learner,"
Peselli wrote to parents last September. She also telephones the parents of all her students at the beginning of
the year.
Peselli includes with the letter a classroom handbook (手册) listing plans and rules. And she requires that
both parents and students read and sign statements (included in the letter!) that they read the handbook. The
student letter also lists needed supplies and gives encouragement."Please come to class ready to work and learn.
This will be an exciting year for all of us," it says.
Last year, Peselli taught at a different high school and parents there were"shocked", but appreciative, that
she had so much contact with them,"I received roses and a thank-you note from one boy and his mother".
Peselli said. She wished her own children's teachers would take the time to write notes as well."I never got a
letter home from any of my daughter's high school teachers." She said. "It would be nice to know the
background of some of the people who are teaching my daughter."
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I'm sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But to you know who wrote the song, and for whom it was written?
A professor named Archibald Hill in Lousiville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill, were asked to write songs for a book called“ Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. Out of them was the well-known“ Good Morning to You”. The song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children, but many grownups knew it, too. A few years later, little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday to You” to the melody of “Good Morning to You” to her little nephew, she sang the song like this:
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Archie !
Happy birthday to you.
Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song became popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simple tune and
friendly words.
(1)Archibald Hill was ________.
[ ]
A. English
B. American
C. Russian
D. Australian
(2)Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill wrote ________ for the book “Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”.
[ ]
A. a book
B. some plays
C. many songs
D. some stories
(3)The professor, Archibald Hill, was Miss Mildred Hill's ________.
[ ]
(4)The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of ________ years.
[ ]
A. ninety-seven
B. more than ninety-seven
C. less than ninety
D. about ninety
(5)The sentence “it really did” means ________.
[ ]
A. the song really became popular.
B. their wish really came true
C. children all over the world like the song
D. the song became more popular
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