I am Sharon Wright and will be your child’s teacher at Brighton for Progymnasmata I,II, and Chreia classes this year.  I have been a teacher for 43 years and retired in 2016 from full time work.  I taught for 27 years at Overland Christian in the elementary department and at Kansas Christian College in the Elementary Education department.  I taught for Whitefield Academy for 11 years at the 4th grade level and taught Progymnasmata during those years.

 

I am currently working part time tutoring students in a couple of different schools.  I am looking forward to helping your child this school year and working with you to give your child the best education possible.  I want your child to enjoy writing and learn some wonderful skills.

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Every day we have class there are some things your child needs to bring to class.  These are the items I expect your child to have each class session:

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• Textbook

• 3 ring binder

• 2 or more pencils

• Plenty of paper

• A small paperback thesaurus is very helpful when trying to do sentence variations      

• Students at the Chreia level benefit from having a small dictionary to use

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I will be teaching cursive writing in the first few lessons so that all work can be done in cursive on their fables, narratives and Chreia writing. We will have time to start working on a fable, narrative or Chreia lesson, but probably will not be able to finish it in class.  The final portions will become homework so it can be read and shared in the next class session. Students will have some incentives to complete the homework neatly and carefully each week. 

 

I will begin with an assessment for each child and monitor their progress as we go along through the year.  If you have questions for me feel free to call 913-236-9654.