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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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

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

9. Documents:  Instructor  Mentor  Observation form

10. Sign me up!  E-mail us at Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu Stephen_Garretson@tamu-commerce.edu www.tamu-commerce.edu/eled

11. 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

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

13. Sign me up!  E-mail us at Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu Stephen_Garretson@tamu-commerce.edu www.tamu-commerce.edu/eled