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Can you believe this first school semester has gone by so fast?!

As we wrap up this first semester, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support and dedication to your students' success. Your commitment to their learning journey have made a significant difference, and we deeply appreciate the partnership we share in helping them grow and thrive. Thank you for allowing us to be an integral part of your students educational journey— we are truly grateful for all that you do!

We love highlighting the gifts that your student has. Please see the forms below if you would like for your child to participate in our Art Exhibition.

Choice of School is just around the corner. Many of our students will be making milestone transitions between elementary to middle school, middle school to high school and then high school to adulthood. We want to let you know that those moments can feel overwhelming for your child as well as the parent. Your dyslexia therapist is here to help you! Did you know we have dyslexia therapists on every Garland ISD campus? If your student needs to continue their therapy we have procedures in place that allow for all their information to follow them to the next campus.

Key points to consider during the transition

Student preparation:

• Discuss the changes: Openly talk to your child about the new school environment, teachers and potential challenges they might face
• Practice coping strategies: rehearse techniques to manage anxiety, like deep breathing or positive self talk
• Organization skills: Help your child develop strong organizational systems to manage their workload and assignments.

How can your child secure accommodations on standardized testing (SAT, ACT, and AP tests)?

• Parents should contact the student’s guidance counselor (or the person at the student’s school that coordinates testing) at least several months before the student plans to take a standardized test.
• This person will need a copy of any school or outside testing that the student has had completed.
• The counselor or coordinator will complete the appropriate paperwork, and the parents will have to sign an accommodation request form to be sent to the ACT or SAT College Board office.
• Admissions testing policies and procedures vary and are updated from time to time, so the student and his or her parents are encouraged to go to the test’s website and review the documentation policy statement for each test the student plans to take.

There are so many simple literacy games that you can play in the car that can support student's learning at school. Hope you can use these fun simple games on that long winter trip.

Silly License Plate Game

Use the letters in license plates to invent crazy sentences or words.

Alphabet Category Games

Once player thinks of a category (foods, animals, books...) and all the players take turns naming something in that category in alphabetical order.

Alliteration Sentences

Someone says a letter or sounds. Take turns making up silly sentences that (mostly) start with that letter.

Downloadable Apps (Please check as there may be fees)

ABC Spy

ABC SPY challenges children to create their own ABC experience by taking photos for each letter of the alphabet- take a photo, choose a frame, give it a name. Then make a movie of all your photos to share with friends and family

Toontastic

A creative learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate and share their own stories through imaginative play. Toontastic teaches key storytelling principles such as conflict, challenge, climax or resolution.

Opposite Ocean

Luna and Leo must master the magic of words by correctly identifying the antonym that is the opposite of the given word.