Session 5: Communicating
With Parents
Helping Parents Understand
Core Knowledge Language Arts
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Domino Share
• Decide who is going first.
• Introduce yourself to your colleagues at your
table. Each person should share your:
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What do parents need to know about CKLA?
What have you done with parents around CKLA?
• First person will point to the person who will
go second. Continue this pattern.
• Stop when you have finished the round.
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Parent +Teacher =
Child’s Success
• Parents have an important
role in their child's academic
success.
• Educators can support parents:
 express the rationale
behind methods of teaching
 provide suggestions,
learning tools, & activities
• Educating parents enables
learning to continue & extend at
home.
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One School’s Effort
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Located in Bronx
Attendance rate 91.9%
Poverty rate 95.7%
Black or African
American 26.8%
• Hispanic 63.3%
• Title 1, Title 3 funding
• Designated as
Persistently Low
Achieving school (PLA)
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Parent Involvement Policy
• Holding an annual Title 1 Parent Curriculum Conference
(V.I. P. night)
• Host educational family events/activities during PTC and
throughout year
• Provide translation and interpretation services
• Parent Resource Center, Instructional materials for
parents in Library
• Train parents to be school volunteers
• Provide written and verbal progress reports
• Inform and invite parents to school activities
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Helping Parents to Understand
Core Knowledge
Parents need to learn what
their children are learning
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V.I.P. Night
• Held in September
• CKLA orientation for
K-2 parents
• Held in auditorium
• Followed by
classroom visits
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Classroom Visit during V.I.P.
• Meet child’s
teacher
• Learn about
daily schedule
• View CKLA
materials
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Classroom Visit
Family Projects
Domain Related Field Trips
Assessments
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New Supports for V.I.P. Night
Core Knowledge
Orientation for
Parents
“Tools For Working
with Parents”
http://www.engageny.
org/resource/professi
onal-developmentturnkey-kit-ela-p-2skills-strand-in-depth
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Helpful Handouts and Visuals
for a V.I.P. Night
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Reflection
• How did you provide orientation to the parents
this year?
• What have you heard that you would like to try
for your orientation?
• What would you do differently?
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November: Family Reading
Workshop
• November 3:30-5:30
• Joint effort-Coaches
and Librarian present
workshop
• Scheduled after
student dismissal
• CKLA focus
• Informational session
on library services and
resources
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Family Reading Workshop
Agenda
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Sound Clinic
Chaining Activities
Domain Read Aloud Demo
Strengthening vocabulary, questioning and
speaking skills
• Domain related trade books and resources
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Parent Feedback
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March: Family Game Night
• Held in cafeteria
• Grade specific tables
• Multiple tables per grade, each with a different
game.
• Games from Pausing Point and A & R guide
• Teachers and coaches ran games and directed
traffic
• Make and Take activity table
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Games Played During Family
Game Night
Word Bingo, Tic-TacToe, Tricky Word
Baseball, Spelling
Alternatives Board
Game, Make and Take
Activities
• Prepare games in
advance
• Plan logistics
• Publicize event
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Kindergarten
Assessment and Remediation Guide
Unit 6: Letter Name Game
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First Grade
Assessment and Remediation Guide
Unit 4: Spicy Sentences
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Second Grade
Teacher’s Guide
Unit 5: Spelling Alternative Board Game
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April: Family Story Night
• Teachers dress up
as storybook
characters
• Students attend in
pajamas, bring
blankets and stuffed
animals
• Cookies and milk
provided
• Held in gym
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April: Family Story Night
Activities
• Teachers read L & L
stories
• Some stories acted
out
• Students turn and
talk with parents
• Parents practice
reading aloud trade
books to students
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Throughout the Year:
Monthly Assemblies
• Classes take turns
hosting
• Parents Invited
• “Show What You Know”
• Writer’s Chair
• Host class presents
domain related
performance
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Throughout the Year:
Parent Progress Reports
• Report cards-Nov.,
and March
• Progress ReportsOct., Jan. May.
• Official DOE report
card in June
• Includes CKLA
learning objectives
• Translated in
Spanish
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Great Idea! Listening Nook
• Set up in hallway
• K students ask
adults to listen to
them read
• Adult signs in
• Listens to student
• Adult receives
sticker for listening
Quitman Elementary School Newark, New Jersey
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Connect, Question, Extend
• How does this parent outreach case study
compare to your original ideas?
• What was covered?
• What was missing?
• What will you take away?
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