Family Involvement that Supports Early Literacy Development Annual DISD Prekindergarten Conference April 2, 2005

Question 1: What works in Early Literacy Development? Five Big Ideas  Phonemic Awareness  Phonics  Vocabulary Development  Fluency  Comprehension One activity covers all – Reading Aloud

Q2: What is being taught at home?  How does that native literacy promote/detract from the formal literacy of school?

Q3: What links school and home?  How teachers connect with families  Why teachers connect with families  What happens when teachers connect with families

Q4: What about NCLB?  Parental Engagement  Accountability  Local Control  RESEARCH

Q5: Whose standards? Epstein (1994) and NPTA Six Standards for Parental Engagement  Communication  Parenting  Student learning  Volunteering  Decision making and Advocacy  Collaborating with Community

Q6 What is an effective way to reach out to families?  Strategies, tips, techniques, cues, ideas, brainstorming, practical bag-of-tricks, parent packs, home visits, literacy lunches, marketplace

Q7 How can I help?  Action Research  SBRR  EBRR

Documents:  Instructor  Mentor  Observation form

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ESPECIALLY READING FIRST SCHOOLS  Arcadia Park, Blair, Burnet, Bushman, City Park, Conner, Fannin, Gill, Hawthorne, Henderson, Hernandez, Hogg, Houston, Ireland, Maple Lawn, Medrano, Milam, Miller, Mills, Moreno, Peeler, Roberts, Rowe, Runyon, Saldivar, Silverstein, Stevens Park, Tolbert, Truett, Walnut Hill

Last Question: Now what? Go read a good book!

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