Page A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 18, 1992

From Page Al

Literacy
program
continue

Purcell hopes to have the book

ready by next spring.

LINC and the book continue ef-
forts by The Reading Place which
began its work a litle over two
years ago.

This past sumumier it hired a per-
son to sit in the lobbies of the
employment centre and social
services ministry to help people
fill out forms, |

That’s resulted in finding more
people who want to read and
write and they are now receiving
instruction in groups of two or
three.

Purcell ‘calls that a non-formal
setting compared to The Reading
Place’s tutor program which be-
gins a third season next year.

In the past, The Reading Place
has matched one learner with one
volunteer tutor but will now place
two tutors with one learner.

“This way they will get a more
intensive experience, four days a
week instead of two,” said Pur-
cell.

The goal, he said, is to prepare
people for further formal training
through other agencies in the city.

“Or. we aim for a personal
satisfaction from the learner. Per-
haps they want to-read to their
children or read a newspaper,”’
said Purcell.

The Reading Place has also met
with success from its Northwest

Feds
issue
fishing
charge

TERRACE 20/4 Gincgulda na-
tive fisherman has been charged
with ‘selling fish without a
licence. ‘

The charge was laid last week
against Herb Russell, owner of
Simgake Fisheries, sald Depart-
ment of Fisheries and Oceans
spokesman David Knapton.

Russell was selling fish to pro-
cessors during the Gitksan
‘homeland fishery’? this sum-
mer, Knapton said, but the fish
were not covered in an agreement
with the Gitksan and
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.

Russell’s fish was seized at
Occan Fisheries in Prince Rupert
and at Orca Seafoods Ltd. in
Richmond.

Simgake was operating without
authorization from the Gitksan
and Wet'suwet’en Tribal Council,

which was operating a legal in- .

land commercial fishery for sur-
plus pink and sockeye salmon.

Fisheries officers continue to
investigate Ocean Fisheries, but
so far no charges have been laid
against the processor.

Nat Purcell
Reader, a--two-page newspaper
made up of easy to read articles.

It began in the summer with a
circulation of 75 that has now
doubled to 150.

I’s distributed in nearly 15
places in Terrace and copies are
sent to Kitimat, Houston,
Smithers, Stewart and the Nass
Valley.

The Reading Place is continu-
ing with English as a second lan-
guage instruction two times 4
week,

To date, 91 people have come
to The Reading Place.

~ Police beat
Sex offender sought

POLICE ARE secking what they call a suspicious-looking man

‘driving a 1981 blue Chrysler LeBaron.

The man was spotted loitering near Thornhill Primary School
around 3 p.m. last Thursday.

RCMP Cpl. Rob MacKay said the owner of the car — which has
an Ontario licence plate number 681-PPY — is a convicted sex of-
fender.

Because of that record, the man can be charged with vagrancy if
caught loitering near a school ground or public park.

Anyone spotting this vehicle is asked to call police at 638-D333.

Coke charges laid

POLICE SEIZED 12 grams of cocaine and a small quanlity of
marijuana in an Qct. 30 raid on a house at 3810 Pine St.

A charge of narcotic possession has been laid against 25-year-old
John Noel New, of Terrace.

RCMP Cpl. Rob MacKay said officers were acting on a tip.

More crash info needed

INVESTIGATORS are looking for more peaple who may have
scen a head-on collision on Lakclse Ave, Oct. 27.

Many witnesses to the crash — caused by two drag-racing pickup
truck drivers — have been identified, RCMP say.

But police believe more witnesses have yet to come forward.

Const. James Walker said investigating. officers will iry to get
more information before charges are laid.

More intersection patrols

POLICE SAY they’re stepping up their enforcement of traffic
regulations at intersections for the remainder of the year.

That’s being done in an effort to decrease the number of accidents
at intersections. ; ,

Drivers are also warned to watch out for ‘“black ice’’ on roads.

RCMP say accidents due to black ice have begun this season.

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Most of us remember report card day. The
suspense in the room increased as the time
came to find out our prades. Letter grades
often seemed to be a measure of our,
worth, Into adulthood, a person might
describe himself by saying, “I was always
just a ‘C’ student” or “I was always the
dumb one. It was my sister who was the
‘A’ student.” ;

Reporting is communication about how

_ and what students are learning. Over the .

years, teachers have learned more about
-how people learn. They have learned to
gather information about how and what a
student is learning in many different ways.
They use that information to help them
make decisions about how students can
learn better. They realize that assessment
and evaluation should be used to support
learning. Reports today reflect this
understanding of how assessment and
evaluation can help students learn better.

Reports in the Primary years usually
consist of a written description (anecdotal
report). Reports in the Early Intermediate
years (Grades 4-7) may be in the form of
anecdotal reports, letter grades, or a
combination of both. Reports in the Late
Intermediate years { Grades 11-12),
include letter grades, and may also include
comments and descriptions.
Parent/teacher conferences are often a part
of reporting at all levels.

Anecdotal reports are writien
descriptions of what the student can do.
The reports may include samples of the
student’s work and anecdotes about what
the student is doing in class. The teacher
considers the student’s level of
development and may include information
about the widely-held expectations for
children at that level. Widely-held
expectations are general palterns of a
child’s development. They give us a

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Mrs. Edna Cooper, Chairman —

How Am I Doing? - The Changing Look of Report Cards

- picture of how children develop over time.

A booklet called Supporting Learning is
available for parents from local schools. It
outlines the widely-held expectations for
children from birth through 13 years old

and discusses assessment and evaluation in |]

the Primary Program. Information about
widély-held expectations will be included
in an article appearing next month.

‘Teachers use their understanding of how

children learn and grow as they report ona

student's progress. Withthis ==
understanding they make decisions about
future learning and report on the areas that
may need special focus. Report cards that
contain written descriptions -- anecdotal
reports -- are more likely to give useful
information to parents about what and how
their child is learning.

Another component of reporting is the
parents/teacher conference, The
conference is a joint sharing of information
that often includes samples of siudents”
work, journals, self-evaluations, and other
examples of what the student is doing in
school. In some schools, students take an
active part in these conferences, They
work with teachers to choose work
samples and they share their progress with
their parents. By looking through ongoing
samples of work, students can show where
they have been improving and where they
are focusing their altention. Students take
more responsibility for their learning and
continue to learn through the process of
the student/tcacher/parent conference,

To get an ongoing understanding of a
child’s progress, communication can take
place throughout the year during telephone -
calls, classroom visits, notes and samples
of work sent home, etc. This informal
communication supplements the more __
formal communication of report cards and
conferences. _