HI Paul, I'm sorry I'm so tardy responding to your request. We used a program called Partners in Print that is sold by Pacific Learning. The program was created by 2 reading recovery teachers and designed for Pre-K-1. In creating the program, it was their hope that parents would be able to reinforce the same reading strategies at home that teachers were using at school. The premise was that parents really want to help, but aren't sure how to do it effectively.
How it works: Parents are invited to school and divided into 3 or 4 groups. The groups rotate through several "stations" where reading strategy lessons are conducted by teacher volunteers as parents observe. After modeling the lesson with the children (with a big book shared reading style), parents are given an opportunity to ask the teacher questions about the strategy / process. After questions are answered, the children return to their parents who use a small book to practice the same strategy. The teacher circulates to support the parents and concludes the lesson with more Q&A. The parents and children then move to the next station. The lessons that come with the kit are very teacher-friendly and easy to implement. We found that teachers really enjoyed being involved and the parents were very grateful. The same process could easily be developed for upper level students / parents. See http://www.pacificlearning.com/c/@MPEE0a1WViANo/Pages/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 769 You probably know this, but "if you feed them, they will come." :) Hope this helps, Carol on 3/15/07 12:26 PM, Paul Garcia at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if any of you have heard of, or have run, an evening program > for parents and children on using comprehension strategies at home. At the > school where I work, they have a program called Family Math where parents and > students come back to school in the evening to play math games. I thought that > such a workshop where parents and children could interact in a fun way using > the strategies would be very helpful for parents, especially those concerned > about their child's reading comprehension or motivation. > > If there is such a program running, I would love some information. I am > thinking of approaching the principal of my own children's school and > volunteering to start such a program. I'd rather not start from scratch. I > would want to make it fun and interactive. I thought that we could meet in the > school library one night a month. Each session would be devoted to one > strategy. > > I must say that part of my motivation is that the strategies are not > emphasized in the school's curriculum and if they are covered at all they are > only touched on and not taught explicitly. > > Any information or ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
