We have had success with parent meetings by providing food and family activities. We have had swim nights, book exchanges, crafts, reader theater nights, kite nights, a book and movie night. Another event that went over well was I made a dvd of some of our parents reading with their children at differnt age/developmental stages from toddler to middle school and we discussed how reading with your child looks different depending on the child, the age, and the purpose of reading. Parents and children loved watching for someone they knew or even themselves.
Vicky Haas Reading Specialist/Curriculum Coordinator Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District 300 South Prouty Street Wittenberg, WI 54499 (715) 253-2221 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of [email protected] Sent: Fri 4/16/2010 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 44, Issue 14 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: parent nights (MICHAELA KEENER) 2. ideas for parent nights (CAROL CHRIST) 3. Re: parent nights (Elizabeth Hiles) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:04:32 -0400 From: MICHAELA KEENER <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] parent nights Message-ID: <3073daca451df642bfd1893c692ddb1f4afaca2...@nhamail100.nhacentral.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We purchased a program called Partners in Print through Pacific Literacy to begin using next year. It is basically like mini workshops for parents in which the teachers explain to parentts how they can help their child grow as a reader. It comes with all the materials you will need. We havent used it yet, but have looked through the materials and it looks great. Good luck! Michaela Keener Reading Specialist Southside Academy 2200 Onondaga Creek Blvd. Syracuse, NY 13207 ________________________________________ From: mosaic-bounces+44.mkeener=heritageacademies....@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+44.mkeener=heritageacademies....@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Jeanne Crider [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:52 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: [MOSAIC] parent nights I hope I'm sending this to the right place. I'm a reading specialist and wondered if anyone has ideas for parent meetings for Title I Reading? We always struggle to come up with something meaningful for parents. I work with K-2 but we are wanting ideas for K-5. Thanks, Jeanne _______________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:24:26 -0700 From: "CAROL CHRIST" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] ideas for parent nights Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Check with some parents for what they would suggest or select. Here are possible ideas: 1. There are wonderful resources at the Reading Rockets site http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents http://www.readingrockets.org/guides/readingrockets http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/families_and_schools http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3416 2. PBS has a parent site with sections specific to reading http://www.pbs.org/parents/about/ http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/ http://pbskids.org/read/ http://pbskids.org/read/about/rtl-grant-shows.html 3. Find out if your public library has a staff member or volunteer who could collaborate. Library card applications? Try "booktalks" or highlight some of the DVD and audio resources there? Storytimes, activities, events? Library hours? Ideas for keeping track of books once they leave the library? 4. Go to http://www.mail-archive.com/mosaic%40literacyworkshop.org/ for the MOSAIC archive by thread. When I typed PARENT into the search box, there were 365 matches. When I typed PARENTS into the search box, there were 869 matches! ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:36:19 -0400 From: Elizabeth Hiles <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] parent nights Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; format=flowed; delsp=yes We try to do a lot of performance reading - readers theatre, poems, choral reading, songs - and the parents participate in some of the performances - songs, poems - after they hear their children read. We usually have a craft - like a picture frame (from Oriental Trading or the Dollar Store) and frame the poem (Black History poem, Mother's Day, holiday, etc.) and have a picture of their child on the back of the frame. We always have refreshments and door prizes. It is still hard to get the parents at school. On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Jeanne Crider wrote: > I hope I'm sending this to the right place. > > I'm a reading specialist and wondered if anyone has ideas for parent > meetings for Title I Reading? We always struggle to come up with > something meaningful for parents. I work with K-2 but we are > wanting ideas for K-5. > > Thanks, > Jeanne > _______________________________________________ > 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. > Liz Hiles "A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it." - Samuel Johnson Liz Hiles Title 1 Reading Arthur Ashe, Jr. Elementary School [email protected] ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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. End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 44, Issue 14 **************************************
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