Katalin Kollár Tóth`s presentation

Woodside Priory
302 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA
Katalin Kollár Tóth
Director and teacher of the school
HATOG-VI, March 2, 2013
Our mission:
Improve Hungarian language skills
Learn reading, and writing in Hungarian
Introduce national holidays, and traditions
Ignite interest to learn more about Hungarian culture,
and pass it on to the next generations
Students’ Journey
ages 4 - 14
Enter: Pre-school (ages 4-6)
Themes: family, school, animals, seasons, parts of our body, etc.
Lower grades (ages 6-10)
Red, Orange, and Yellow classes
- letters of the alphabet
- stories about history and geography of Hungary
Upper Grades (ages 11-14)
Green, Blue, and Violet classes
- reading comprehension, spelling, and writing
- courses in Hungarian grammar and literature, history and geography
Exit: exam of Hungarian Studies by Hungarian Scout Association in
Exteris
1. and 2. place in 2011
Thank you to our dedicated
volunteer teachers…
Besze Edith
Besze Ferenc
Kozek Ildikó
Lénárt-Cheng Helga
Mellin Zsuzsa
Pataki ildikó
Tóthné Kollár Katalin ([email protected])
And also to Brady Ágnes, Dóra Ilona, Klára Erika,
Trefil Carmen
Our home: Woodside Priory
Thanks to Hungarian Catholic Mission
Hungarian Scout Troops 43, and 77
Founded in 1969 by Tamas and Eva Csoboth
Information:
sfcserkesz.com
Hungarian Summer School-Camp
June 29 – July 13 2013
Sik Sandor Scout Park, Fillmore,NY
Camp-director: Krisztina Nádas
Academic-director: Katalin- Kollár Tóthné
Information:
http://www.iskolatabor.org or http://www.kmcssz.org
A Day in the School-Camp
Morning: classes in Hungarian literature, history, and
geography
Afternoon: sports, arts and crafts, and folklore
dancing and singing
Evening: bonfire or folkdance parties
Hiking and swimming trips to the nearby state park
Katalin Kollár Tóthné
in collaboration with
Gábor Dömötör and Gábor Szórád
Hungarian Scouts Association in Exteris
Online Reading Program
http://www.kmcssz.org
Link to Olvasási Különpróba (Reading Merit Badges)
Advantages of availability online:
Easy access from anywhere anytime
Up to date with technology age
No need for paper copies
Website is designed to motivate children to
practice
The way it works
Registration
provide e-mail address and password
name a troop, select a language
Start collecting points for
Reading stories
Taking multiple choice quizzes
Answering open ended questions
Earn merit badges – part of a whole system
Start reading at any of the 5 sequenced levels
Move forward with increasing reading abilities
Structure – 5 levels
1. induló – starter
2.
3.
4.
5.
(ages 6-7)
gyalogló – walker (ages 8-9)
futó – runner
(ages 10-11)
vágtató – rider (ages 12-13)
szárnyaló – flyer (ages 14-15)
Level 2: gyalogló – walker
(ages 8-9)
20 short, high interest
stories or folktales
each followed by 10
comprehension
questions and one open
ended question
all comprehension
questions have multiple
choice answers
the reader chooses the
order of the stories
Level 5: szárnyaló – flyer
(ages 14-15)
10 pages long excerpts
from novels by great
Hungarian authors
Kálmán Mikszáth,
Zsigmond Móricz, Gyula
Krudy, and others
followed by 10
comprehension questions
and two open ended
questions