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Dress Code Information - Lower School

hestnut Academy's new dress code for four-year olds through 4th grade will go into effect with the opening of the school year. The uniforms were displayed at the Wednesday, May 3rd Parents' Association meeting. Beginning Monday, May 8, between the hours of 9:00am & 2:00pm, uniforms may be viewed in the lower school hall. Uniforms may be purchased from two vendors: …

Exercises

7. Explain the meanings and give examples of usage of the following words from the text above. Use the chart below.

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Word

Meaning(s)

Example of usage other than in the text

integrity, accountability, perseverance, rigorous, departmentalise, cognitive, manipulative (n), correlate, interactive, hands-on, circulation, call number, card catalogue, selections, instruction, tossed salad, popsicle, cob corn, cole slaw, brownie, jello, meat ball, dip, lot, carpool, alleviate, blacktop, log, binder, index card, flail, post, arbitrarily, follow through, curfew

8. Match the words in the left and right columns to restore the collocations from the text. Give the context where they are used.

   	core	Accelerated Reader goals				strengthen	notebook
   	sit out there	reading comprehension				rotating	notes
   	made	teachers				assignment	drop-off
   	rigorous	an individualised program				put	rule
   	departmentalise	in read				morning	overheated
   	emphasises	prior learning				alleviate	the owner of lost items
   	guided through	skills				get	notebook paper
   	across	phonic development				be	on recess duty
   	reinforce	of retention				wide	the knowledge base
   	through	curriculum				take up	the traffic problem
   	builds on	values				locate	on their feet
   	computational	the curriculum				think	place
   	level	the Shurley method				in a prominent	teachers

9. Answer the questions as far as the materials above are concerned.

1. What objectives does the school set for itself? 2. What is the school's motto? 3. How do the school's core values correlate with its mission? 4. How does the school appear in a child's eye? 5. Why do the kids change classes? 6. What does Reading involve? 7. What is English reduced to? 8. What is the level of Math instruction? 9. What are the key features of the science and social studies curriculum? 10. Why are library skills deemed so important? 11. Do the children consume healthy food? 12. Why is the school concerned about proper use of parking lots? 13. Why does the school follow the weather forecasts? 14. Do you see the purpose and relevance of all that stationary and supplies? 15. Why will the pupils label their belongings? 16. What is the school's approach to the homework issue? 17. Does the said school follow any policy related to parents' involvement? 18. Is there an obligatory uniform?