What you described here sounds wonderful. What an opportunity for rich learning and appreciation of each other's cultures.
I was curious about your monthly family workshops, especially in your "highly competitive and affluent district". Can you describe a little what you do at these monthly workshops? I used to do lunch meetings for parents years ago. I would invite parents to the writing workshop (an area they had many concerns about) and then have them stay for lunch to talk about what they saw. I would make sure all parents attended by being very flexible with my schedule. I would like to do something similar to this again but I'm not sure where to go with it, yet. Thanks for your response. Elisa Waingort Calgary, Canada Even though I teach in a highly competitive and affluent district today, I still hold family workshops once a month where families learn along with their kids some aspect of our reading, writing, or math workshop, ... even science! I still do family stories ... coauthorship on that level is awesome. I think the key is respect for diversity... it sure opened my mind to an untapped resource ... parents and the extended family. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ 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.
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