JANUARY 21, 1977 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON
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Librarian uses recorders
in reading project
Students in Warm Springs
and perhaps more children
throughout the state will be
benefitting from a project in
oral expression currently un
derway at the Warm Springs
STUDENTS LEARN to use and care for record-
ing equipment wliile participating in an oral
expression project underway at Warm Springs
grade school. Second grade teacher Mrs. Bryan
Grade School. Librarian Dar
lene Linch has received a
Teachers Incentive Program
assists Jolene Tufti in after-class practice while
curious Minnie Kennedy looks on.
(Photo by Cynthia Stowell)
Extension Notes
Dealing w ith s tr e s s
A major task facing people
in today’s world is to learn
how to manage and use stress,
says Sue Gangler, Extension
Agent.
Defined simply, stress is
any force that causes change
in an individual or life Style in
some important way. Although
society labels stress as a
¡Home Management-Equipment
Caring for
metal cookware
Did you receive new cook
ware for Christmas? Now that
you have it, are you wondering
how to care for it?
Sue Gangler, Warm Springs
Extension Agent, suggests that
in addition to reading the use
and care materials, you keep
in mind a few other tips on
how to care for metal cook
ware.
“E x t r e m e temperature
Bulls for sale
Now is the time to buy
your bulls. The best selection
can be made in January and
February. Waiting until spring
will mean that the best bulls
will have been sold.
The bull should be smooth,
strong .heads, long, heavy
muscling particularly in the
hind quarters with plenty of
bone, good feet and legs and
free from disease.
Anyone interested in buy
ing bulls, Clint will be willing
to help make the purchase.
Bulls will be going from 750-950
dollars.
variations can cause metal
utensils to warp due to uneven
expansion and contraction of
the m etal. Warped cookware
doesn’t conduct heat evenly or
efficiently,” Sue r e m i n d s .
“Your pots and pans will last
longer if you let them cool
before you rinse or wash them.
When you use them, don’t be-*
gin cooking frozen foods in a
hot pan or place chilled uten
sils over high heat.”
•The colorfully painted
metal pots and pans may be
come cracked or crazed from
extrem e tem peratures. When
finishes don’t expand and con
tract at the same rate as the
metal, the finish may chip and
expose the metal underneath.
This is not only unattrac
tive, but the "exposed metal
areas become hot spots in
cooking. Foods tend to burn in
those chipped areas more
readily. If the cracking is se
vere, chips of color may even
come off in the foods being
prepared.
Proper use and care of
your new cookware will keep it
looking good and lasting long
er.
miserable burden, it can be
viewed as a challenge and
should be considered a normal
part of the process of living.
“Seeing the natural shocks,
the peaks and valleys in all
human growth and experience
for what they are is the first
step in managing them,” says
Sue.
This is especially important
in today’s world, the specilist
adds, because change occurs at
a more rapid pace than in the
past.
Recognizing one’s strengths
and using them for support are
keys to enduring times of
stress. The ability to antici
pate, or imagine, what change
will bring is important. Being
able to accept and respond to
the sympathetic concern of
others is also a good Equality.
Going to school for the
first time is an example of a
stress situation encountered by
children. Knowing what is ex
pected, seeing the school ahead
of time, and having a sup
portive family will prepare
- children for that first day in a
new world.
Adolescence, a new job,
marriage, parenthood, unem
ployment, , and death are other
examples of common situations,
that cause stress.
Some people are better
equipped to handle stress than
others. Physical and mental
illnesses bother many who
cannot deal with stress,
Developing a flexible out
look that allows freedom and
variety in dealing with the
constant change of modern life
is essential. “ Seeing l i f e
through a narrow tunnel makes
change something to be feared
and affects physical and men
tal well-being,” Sue concludes.
(TIP) grant for $1000 to de
velop a' theory that she and
other educators in the state
feel has been overlooked in
elementary curricula.
Mr$. Linch explains, “ In
education in Oregon there is
not much emphasis on oral ex
pression in the elementary
grades.” Schools usually wait
until the secondary level to of
fer speech and drama classes.
But primary level students can
and should be-taught the skill
of reading and speaking with
expression, in addition
to
learning pronunciation and
grammer, says Mrs. Linch.
With the cooperation of
teachers and an aide, and the
eager participation of students,
Mrs. Linch has launched a six-
month program aimed
at
demonstrating the effects that
such instruction and practice '
can have on a student’s read
ing.
Second graders in Mrs,
Bryan’s class can be seen
trooping home day after day
proudly toting suitcases filled
with tapes, player-recorders
and story-books. Their mission,
«over a two-week period, is to
practice reading a special story
along with regular classroom
reading assignments.
In groups of six, the child
ren learn that “reading is like
conversation” and that sing
song or monotone reading is
not very interesting to the
reader or the listener.
At home, where the real
fun begins, students practice
these new oral interpretation
skills by recording and listen
ing to their own voices read
ing. According to Mrs. Linch
and her aide Pat Sanders, the
families are often involved in
this activity. Sometimes tapes
come back with recordings of
family conversations and other
informal expression. This has
value, too, the ladies claim.
The students faithfully re
turn to school with their suit
cases — there has been no
problem with forgetfulness or
unreturned equipment, says
Mrs. Linch — and their tapes
are reviewed and labelled by
Mrs. Sanders. A key person in
this program , Mrs. Sanders
provides the one-to-one atten
tion upon which such learning
depends.
A taped pre-test, practice
sessions and a post-test should
indicate that students’ ability
to read with expression has
improved during the two-week
period. Mrs. Linch played a
tape made by a girl who had
practices “Three Billy Goats
Gruff” . The post-test was
marked by the girl’s portrayal
of three distinct billy goat per
sonalities in contrast to her
earlier readings.
Before the project ends in
May, Mrs. Linch plans to take
a control group of randomly
.selected second g r a d e r s
through the same steps, but
without the coaching. She hopes
to $ee dram atic differences
between the two groups in
term s’pf self-expression and
reading interpretation.
Throughout the school year,
equipment purchased with the
TIP funds will be available to
sail students at the
grade
school. Players, recorders,
tapes and books can be cheek
ed out by kit|s for informal use
at home. All \students whether
part of the project or not, are
instructed in thd\ proper use
and care of machines.
This is Mrs. Lineh’s second
TIP experience. Several years
ago she received a grant to
supply the library with film
strips and projectors to be
borrowed and used at home by
students. These are still popu
lar items.
The tools and results of her
current project will become
school district property. Asked
about incorporating her find
ings into Warm Springs curri
culum, Mrs. Linch comments
that several teachers are al
ready using tape recorders in
their classrooms as instruc
tional aids. It will be up to the
individual teachers to utilize
the findings of her study as
they see fit, she says.
And as far as statewide
implementation goes, Mrs.
Linch points to the interest and
support at the state level that
made her project possible. She
says she got her idea from a
school in the Eugene area, so
it is not a completely untried
concept in Oregon.
One of Mrs. Linch’s goals,
in addition to helping children
to be more lively readers, is to
make reading, more interesting
and fun for them. There is
evidence that .this is already
happening.
Says Mrs. Linch happily,
“The biggest reaction from the
kids is, ‘When can we do it?”
Attention
Lions:
The next meeting of the
Warm Springs Lions Club will
be at 7:00 a.m. January 25 at .
Alice’s R estaurant. Members
are urged to attend, and guests
are welcome to come and see
what the Lions Club is striving
to do for the Warm Springs
community.
Lions Secretary Charles
Nathan would like members to
provide him with their tele
phone numbers and correct
addresses in order that they
may receive materials sent out
by Lions International. Accord
ing to Nathan, some men have
not been receiving their news
papers and updated addresses
will assure members of re
ceiving mailings.
Dues billings have been
sent to members and dues
should be paid as soon as
possible. Paym ent may be
made to Nathan and he will
issue cards indicating that
membership dues have been
paid. To date, the club has
eight members that are paid
UP-
It is the- secretary ’s re
sponsibility to make monthly
membership and activity re
ports to various levels of the
* Lions International. These re
ports are what indicate to the
organization that Warm Springs
has an active and civic minded
club. Nathan encourages meh
to m ake a good showing at
future meetings.
Don’t forget the next Lion’s
Club meeting — '7:00 a.m.
Tuesday morning, January 25
at Alice’s Restaurant.
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