Welcome to Classical Conversations Masters Class!

My name is Rebekah McNary and I will be your tutor this year.  It was so great to meet all of you parents last week, and I really look forward to working with your amazing children this year.

While in class, I ask that children and parents be respectful to others:

·                   use kind words and encourage one another

·                   listen attentively while the tutor is talking

·                   stay seated unless asked otherwise

·                   parents, please silence your phone or put it on vibrate while in class and if you must take a call, kindly step outside of the classroom first, then answer.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.   Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.   --Philippians 2:3-4

Prepare for weekly CC meeting

·                   Each week we will have presentations.  These should be prepared by the student and be approximately 3 minutes in length.  I encourage parents to have children practice at home in front of you, a mirror or stuffed animal.

·                   Be diligent to memorize the weekly grammar and practice drawing the maps. You will be surprised what you can learn! J

Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.   Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.   Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.  --Deuteronomy 6:7-9

We will have a short snack time each morning. Please pack a snack with things that are "brain food" - water, fruit, yogurt, apple sauce, veggies, nuts, pretzels, cheese, etc.  Avoid snacks that contain a lot of sugar and are messy. Because of allergies, I do not like students to share their individual snacks. Please contact me before bringing edible snacks to share.

*Please let me know if your child has food allergies! I will ask classroom parents to avoid packing items that can be deadly to others.

Parent involvement during class is required and helps the class to run smoothly. Here is a list of ways you can help:

• Distribute materials as needed
• Sit next to children that struggle with self-control & obedience
• Lovingly redirect behavior that is inappropriate
• Help with clean-up and set-up as we move to different activities
• Monitor the bathroom
• Return the classroom to its original state before we leave for the day

I will need additional help in these areas

• blob map leader – will lead the children in learning how to draw maps freehand before class begins (10-15 minutes) as students arrive.
• a weekly photographer – as our class is participating in new grammar, art, science, etc. please take a couple of pictures, then return to helping the class. You will be given an email address to send those pictures to each week.
• filing student pages – the worksheets the students complete during class will be saved for their portfolios.  The pages will need to be sorted into the correct files at the end of class.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.  --Colossians 3:23-24 

You are free to contact me by phone, text (just let me know who it is the first time you text me), or email for any reason. If there is ever a need to be addressed or a question that needs to be answered, please let me know! If you have any specific prayer requests, I will be happy to pray with you.

I can’t wait to see what this year will bring!

Rebekah McNary