Pretty solid student led pep rally today. S/o to cheer, band and the senior class for all their work behind the scenes.
Lakin FFA Monthly Newsletter
LHS Forensics wins big at our first meet! I'm so proud of our team. And Bonus - Jose, Jan, and Izavella are all new to our team!
UPDATE: Tuesday, 2/1/22 8:40AM CST
With the expected inclement weather predicted for Wednesday, 2/2/22, we will move the opening round games of the HPL JH Basketball Tournament to Thursday, 2/3/22. Lakin Schools will host on Thursday with game start times beginning at 1:00PM CST.
On Wednesday morning/afternoon, we will look at the severity of the weather and make a decision if it is safe to play on Thursday. If Thursday is not possible, we are looking at having the opening round games at Lakin Schools on Saturday, 2/5/22 and the combined semi-final/final round games at either Elkhart or SWH on Monday, 2/7/22.
4:30 PM - HS BB (H) vs Wichita Co
HS BB goes 3-1 tonight vs Syracuse with the varsity girls, varsity boys and C boys picking up wins. The Broncs are back in action tomorrow vs Wichita Co.
Weather predictions for Wednesday, 2/2/22 continue to fluctuate with expected snow (80% chance) from one to six inches and very cold. Our league has made some changes for this week's MS BB tournament.
Opening round games will be moved to Thursday, 2/3/22 at Lakin Schools. The tournament start time will be moved back to begin at 1:00PM CST.
The semi-final round games will be moved to Saturday, 2/5/22 and will be played at Elkhart Schools as they have already lined up workers, referees, concessions, etc.
After the completion of the semi-final round games, the championship final round games will follow at Elkhart Schools. The third/fourth consolation games will be canceled.
Here’s another informative article about teaching children to read. It’s written by Mrs. Carol Panzer.
Scarborough’s Rope—February 1, 2022
Emojis, symbols, and pictures are common parts of 21st-century communication. When texting, sometimes a thumbs-up emoji is all you need to confirm a message. Other times a more complex picture can be used to explain or clarify an idea or concept.
The simple view of reading uses a word equation to explain that reading comprehension is the product of word recognition multiplied by language comprehension. That means if either part of the equation is zero, the result will be zero. Dr. Hollis Scarborough, a reading scientist, elaborated on the simple view of reading and created a graphic to explain with more details. This has become known as Scarborough’s Rope.
Picture a rope made up of two large strands that are twisted together. Each of the larger strands is made up of multiple smaller strands that are also twisted together. The rope is strong because of the many strands. Each is necessary for the whole.
Dr. Scarborough uses a rope to represent the act of reading. She names one large strand Word Recognition and the other Language Comprehension. Previous articles have discussed areas of Word Recognition (phonological awareness, decoding, and sight word recognition). Those articles were also sent to LGS parents through SeeSaw. Check the USD #125 website or the Lakin Bronc’s Facebook page for those articles if you missed them.
The Language Comprehension strand is just as important as word recognition. Language Comprehension includes background knowledge, vocabulary, language structure, verbal reasoning, and literary knowledge. It’s fairly easy to understand that just decoding words won’t help if students don’t know what the words mean, but on the other hand, just knowing a spoken word but not being able to break the alphabetic code to identify it in print, isn’t productive either. Clearly both strands are critical.
However, Language comprehension is more complicated than just decoding words and knowing their definitions. Research on background knowledge has shown its importance to reading comprehension. One reading-research project used an article describing part of a baseball game. After reading the article sixty-four 6th graders were asked to use miniature baseball figures to act out what they had read. After carefully analyzing the collected data, researchers found that less-skilled readers who understood baseball were as accurate in their representations as higher-skilled readers. In other words, background knowledge definitely impacts reading comprehension. An entire book has been published on the topic: The Knowledge Gap by Wexler. In education, background knowledge is sometimes called schema which refers to a framework that organizes information in the brain. Background knowledge allows students to build more detailed pictures in their minds as they read.
How do young students build background knowledge? They listen to stories; they explore, investigate, create, build, and play. Parents, remember that toddler stage when every question was “why”? They are building background knowledge!!! Of course, it’s the same for older students, but they can also read a wide variety of material and ask more detailed questions.
Lakin Grade School teachers are in the process of selecting a new English language arts series that will be adopted this year, and one of the topics high on the priority list is actually the content knowledge students will be reading. Are science and social studies topics consistently represented in the materials students will be using? Of course, wonderful literature (fiction) is also important, but more than ever all of the strands of Scarborough’s Rope are being considered.
More about Scarborough’s Rope will be included in future articles. But clearly, background knowledge impacts each of the remaining pieces.
MS Quiz Bowl @ Syracuse
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4:30 PM - HS BB (H) vs Syracuse
Don’t forgot about Alpha tonight at cottonwood coffee house at 6:30pm. We will have some snacks, games, and a time of discussing life most important questions. Come and check it out you won’t regret it, anyone is invited! -sponsored by your local FCA
Seniors: Remember to turn in your local scholarship items by the end of the day Monday!
Big thanks to Shorty’s for having the HS boys BB team for lunch today. We appreciate all you do. Quick turnaround with a a game Friday and makeup game on Monday. Glad we were able to get together for lunch, scout and film.
Activities Week at a Glance
HS Boys BB Week at a Glance
Thank you to Breanna Massoth for coming and sharing your testimony about wellness and opening your own business!
Kearny County Court House tour.
Annual trip to the Kearny County Court House to get a better understanding of the business conducted in each department.
Congrats to Isabell Ortiz on picking up her 100th career win as a Lakin Bronc. What an amazing accomplishment. We are all very proud of you!
