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The Susquehanna Times
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Visitors from India—page 2
Christmas By Candlelight Tour—pages 6 & 7
Vol. 79, No. 47, November 28, 1979
Sally Hess
Teacher of the Week
Sally Hess
Mrs. Sally Hess, special
reading teacher at Grand-
view, does much more than
teach her pupils to read. She
helps her students feel good
about themselves.
“The most important
thing about learning to read
is feeling good about one’s
self,”’ says Mrs. Hess. “‘If a
person does not like himself,
he will not want to read.”
Mrs. Hess uses various
methods for helping child-
ren to develop positive self-
concepts. She starts from
the very beginning of her
program by having each
child make a self-concept
chart.
‘*“The chart tells me how a
person feels about himself.
The student draws himself
on the chart, using words to
desribe self on the physical,
mental and emotional level.
This tells so much about
attitudes and interests as
well.
“The chart is read to the
student and then he may
take it home to hang up in
his house. It's’ wonderful,
because his parents are
quite proud and will read
the chart to him also.
*‘I tell the student, ‘when
you are having a bad day,
just look at your self-concept
chart, and you will feel
better.” Children come back
to me even after they are out
of the class and say ‘‘Guess
what, it really works! I look
at my chart and feel better.’
‘Look what reading does
for a person!”’
Mrs. Hess also has a
special bulletin board for the
“Child of the Week.”’
““The class uses a word to
describe what they like
about the Child of the Week;
words concerning his or her
personality,”” says Mrs.
Hess. ‘‘At the end of the
week, the special child gets
to take this home also.”’
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In both teaching a child to
read and helping him to
develop a positive self-
concept, Mrs. Hess uses
personal experience.
“You must take the
child at his level; from
where he is,” she says.
““This is why I use personal
experience.
“l tell the first grade
classes on the very first day,
‘You will learn to read
today.” They don’t believe
me when | say that, but they
leave the class knowing
about twenty words.
“They begin by dictating
a story from experience,
using basic vocabulary and
complete sentences. It is
important to use complete
sentences, because this
helps the child to learn the
meaning of run-on words
such as ‘is, are and as.’
‘‘After the .child has
dictated his story he realizes
that reading is nothing more
than talk written down.
What an important dis-
covery!
“From this first story we
write the basic words on
cards for the students. They
take these home and
announce to their parents ‘I
can read!’ And they can.
“The story is put into a
book, one that is added to
throughout the entire year.
At the end of the year they
take home a book written by
themselves.’
From this beginning the
student learns that his
experiences can by broad-
ened. There are special days
for cooking or learning
about pets. ‘If we have the
first fire alarm in class, I
have the students write
about that,” says Mrs.
Hess.
Students learn that others
have similar experiences,
and that they can {learn
about these experiences
through reading. Students
can learn about feelings,
interests and lifestyles that
are of interest in their own
lives.
‘‘l also try to expand upon
interests,’’ says Mrs. Hess.
‘Some children only want to
read about horses or
Indians. They have to be
guided into other areas as
well. That is my job.”
How does Mrs. Hess deal
with weaknesses in a child’s
reading ability? ‘I em-
phasize a child’s strengths.
Gradually there are not so
many weaknesses.’’
[continued on page 7]
A capon auction at the
Mount Joy Rotary Club’s
last meeting raised $437 for
four members of the E-town
and Donegal 4-H Club.
Rotarian Art Mayer was in
charge of the event.
Herb Jordan, who is
poultry specialist with Penn
State Extension, judged the
eight birds.
Rotary president Dr.
Richard Bryson was top
bidder for an 11%-pound
capon sold by Lowell Frey.
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Another bird of Frey's,
equally big, was sold to D.C.
Gohn Associates.
The prices per pound
were $8.25 and $5.25
respectively for the two
grand champion birds.
Two reserve champion
capons, shown by Glenn
Sauder, went for $5.25 per
pound and $4.50 per pound.
The first, at 9% pounds,
was sold to B.T. Rutt
Insurance Agency. The
second, at 9% pounds, went
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FIFTEEN CENTS
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for capons
to Elvin Yeagley.
Also showing capons were
Greg Musser and Bill
Endslow. Musser’s, each
weighing 102 pounds, were
sold for $4.25 per pound to
Lancaster Limousine and to
Groff and White, account-
ants. Endslow’s birds, each
weighing 12 pounds, sold at
$4.25 to Lester Eshelman
and Jake Stehman.
Auctioneer for the event
was Harold Keller. Advisor
to the 4-H Club is Roy
Sauder.
Left to right, front row; Greg Musser, third place, Billy Enslow, fourth place.
Back row; Herb C. Jordan, judge, Lowell Frey, Grand Champion, Glenn Sauder,
_ Reserve champion and Roy Sauder, 4-H leader.
Have breakfast with Santa
and Mount Joycee-ettes
Everyone is welcome to
join the Mount Joy Joycee-
ettes in having breakfast
with Santa Claus, 7:30 to
11:30am on December 25th
at Hostetter’s Banquet Hall.
The breakfast will start off
with juice, followed by
scrambled eggs with bacon.
Doughnuts and a choice of
coffee or hot chocolate will
be included in the meal.
While: the people eat,
Santa Claus will walk
around and give gifts to the
children. If anyone wants to
talk to Santa after breakfast,
he will be found sitting on
his special seat.
Tickets are available in
two sizes—adult and chil-
dren's. For more informa-
tion, call Mrs. Robert Stoner
at 653-4395, or any Joycee-
ette.