Family Night Helping families have fun and get involved in education

Overview Parents will have a chance to positively interact with teachers in a fun environment Families will learn skills that they can do at home to help reach academic success You can assess family’s understanding of concepts Families will become familiarized with some of the technology used

First Part of the Schedule TimeWhatWhere 5:30-6:00 Introduction to the day: Parents get Game Cards, Raffle cards, and schedules. Administrators welcome,explain the event, and introduce the prizes. Families eat. Library or Gym

Game Cards 1. EACH FAMILY WILL GET A BINGO CARD 2. UPON ARRIVAL, FAMILIES WILL BE GIVEN TEN INITIAL TERMS THAT THEY CAN PLACE ON THE CARD: 3. THE FAMILY GOES TO EACH SESSION, THEY WILL GET FIVE TERMS TO PUT ON THEIR CARD IN EACH SESSION. Garsidefocus Family Nightstudy Funtechnology diplomaSTEM successGladiator

Raffle Cards Each person will get a Raffle Card During each session, teachers will stamp these cards when people enter the room (If families arrive a little late, ask them to see you at the end for the stamp). GARSIDE RAFFLE Get a stamp from each session to enter the raffle Name: _______________________________________ Session I: Session 2: Session 3: Session 4:

Schedule Cards Session 1: Room ______ Session 2: Room _______ Session 3: Room _______ ONE LESSON PLAN FOR EACH IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT FAMILIES NEED TO HELP WITH ACADEMICS. EXAMPLES: MATH SKILLS, COMPREHENSION TOOLS, BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ________________.

Second Part of Family Night’s Schedule TimeWhatWhere 6:00-6:03 Time to get to Session hallway 6:03-6:20Session 1Schedule 6:20-6:23 Time to get to Session hallway 6:23-6:40Session 2Schedule 6:430-6:43 Time to get to Session hallway 6:43-7:00Session 3Schedule

Last Part of the Schedule TimeWhatWhere 7:00-7:30 Game and Raffle Time: A game of BINGO is played. The winners will get a prize and their picture taken with the staff. A raffle is held that gives away prizes to those who attended. Library or Gym

SAMPLE lesson (17 mins) Show parents Achieve 3000 Give families a handout either at the start or end with five questions about the topic. Quick sample lesson with an article about The Trail of Tears (current social studies topic). Go over the answers on the worksheet, these are the terms that the family can use on their BINGO card.

Five questions 1. What is the website for Achieve 3000? How many points do you earn for scoring a 75% or higher on the test portion? 10 points 3. What does this help your student with? Reading Comprehension 4. What classes are you giving academic help to when students use this program? Every class Who can give students their username and/or password if they lose it? Teachers

What teachers will need to do..... Agree on three lessons that will give parents a way to get involved and help their kids academically. So pick three major skills that need focus school-wide: Idea: It could be practice with specific skills Idea: It could be something we use school-wide Idea: It could be an app