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Calendar
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Contact School
News & Events
Latest News
2016-17 School Supply Lists
Girard Elementary's Continuous Improvement Plan
Alabama Library Week
myOn
In the Halls and Around the School
Liberty's Legacy Fifth Grade Field Trip
October Good Citizens Luncheon
Read Across America Week 2017
SGA Candidate Speeches
Salvation Army Canned Food Drive
Fifth Grade Students Attend Career Day at DTC
SGA Officers Announced
Girard Elementary Science Fair
Read Across America Week (1)
Science Fair Winners
100 Days of School
Girard Elementary School Applications Due
2017-2018 School Application are due
Read Across America Week
Fourth Grade AMSTI Project
Fourth Grade Makes Flashlights!
Parent Survey
Eclipse 2017!
Good Citizens for August
5th Grade STEM Engineering Challenge
Peanut Queens
Highest Attendance for the Month
Good Citizens for September
Kindergarten Students Show Off Their Rainbow Fish
SGA Elections
Community Helper Day
2nd Grade Field Trip to SIM Clinic
Girard Elementary Teacher of the Year
Girard Elementary Fall Festival
Congratulations to Mrs. Rogers's Class
Girard Elementary School Science Fair Winners
Science Fair 2018
AMSTI
Pre K Registration
Kindergarten STEM Challenge
Pre-K Celebrates the 100th Day of School
Letter from the Superintendent
Special Olympics Winners
Calendar
PTO News
Calendar
Photo Albums
Files
Clubs and Organizations
Adopt-A-School! Dothan & Girard's "Needs List"
LinC
SGA
Spotlight
2016-17 Open House
Girard Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Canned Food Drive
Kindergarten at the Pumpkin Patch
Red Ribbon Week 2015
Hispanic Heritage Month
About The School
Principal's Corner
Principal's Bio
School Publications
Parent Portal
Welcome to the Media Center
Links
Calendar
Girard Media Center Blog
Photos
AR Book Finder
Forms
Presentations and Documents
Forms
Lunchroom
Handbook
Handbook Cover
School Info
Health and Safety
Health and Safety
A Note from the Principal
A Note from Miss Sanders
Girard's Mission and Beliefs
Mission Statement and Beliefs
Discipline
Discipline Plan for Girard
Assessments
Assessments For The Year
Goals
2020 Technology Plan
Goals for Students and Teachers
Dothan City Schools DCSNET
Internet Use Policy
Girard's Policies and Procedures
Accelerated Reader
Accidents
Admission Regulations
AHERA Notification
Arriving at School
Attendances, Absences, & Tardies
Behavior
Bicycles
Classroom Parties
Conferences
Current Emergency Information
Dismissal from School
Dress Code
Email Address
Emergency Drills
Field Trips
Fighting
Food Services
Gifts and Flowers
Homework
Honor Rolls
Illness or Injury
INTERNET Safety
Invitations
Leaving School Early
LinC
Lost and Found
Medical and Dental Appointments
Medication
Parent Volunteers
Pets
Pictures
Promotions and Retentions
Protected Reading Times
Recess
Report Cards
Response to Instruction (RtI)
School Bus Offenses
School Detention
Section 504 and OCR Guidlines
Special Area Programs
Substitute Teacher
Sudent Work
Supplies
Telephone
Text Books/Library Books
Transfers
Transportation Home
Unauthorized Articles
Visitors
School Plans
2017-2018 ACIP
Social
Clubs and Organizations
News From The Nurse
Calendar
Guidance
Calendar
Jamie Dean
Calendar
Photo Gallery
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Here are some fun activities/tips/tricks that make learning engaging, as well as, informative.
Set aside time to write and read short stories to each other.
Find a board game that the whole family can play and have some fun (board games usually involve problem solving, math, writing, and many other transferable skills).
Read from a variety of sources – expose your children to different ways of writing and thinking
Play rhyming games – rhyming games help with improvisational skills and vocabulary.
Don’t limit yourself to a certain writing or vocabulary level – try new things and see what develops quicker than others.
Write different styles – experiment with different styles to broaden their skills.
Read together – dedicate time to read separate stories in the same room or the same story
Encourage them to explore art – different artistic expressions can go simultaneously with higher-level skills. Poetry is relatable to writing as much as music is to math.
Talk to your kids. Discuss what they did that day in school, what they liked, what they didn’t.
Make every day activities educational – engage your child to skim the paper for things, help you make shopping lists, or dictate recipes. Little things like this build transferable skills that help in a collection of different areas.
Encourage their curiosity.
Motivate with reward, applause, or recognition.
Routines are good – they set boundaries, time limits, schedules, and things to look forward to.
Talk about word families. Point out words that are related to other words and help build an early relationship with language, logic, and deduction.
Listen to music. Music can train children in subconscious, subtle manners – making them more receptive to lessons they may consider boring otherwise.
Look up words – don’t let your children remain confused. If they come across words they don’t understand, help them look it up and work through them.
Share family stories and talk regularly.
Go on adventures. Going camping, to museums, or sporting events exposes them to a completely new world of excite to experience.
Play games like I-Spy, where you engage multiple senses, deduction and problem solving.
Help your child keep a diary. Read it through with them, as this is both a good way to learn writing skills, speaking skills, and reading skills.
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