Family Activities
Reading to your child, or having your child read to you every day will greatly improve the literacy abilities. You have the opportunity to partake in your child's learning by using the following activities at home as a chance to increase awareness and understanding for your family and your child.
1. Interview with a family/community member:
Student interviews a family/community member about a time he/she faced a challenging situation. Students ask what beliefs or values helped that member persevere through the challenge. Students ask if the person reached out to his/her community, or relied on them through the challenge. The interview can serve as a brainstorming tool for the narrative writing piece they craft later in the unit.
2. Read a picture book at home, family member facilitates discussion
Student reads a biographical picture book with a family/community member. Student and adult will answer questions about this biographees beliefs or values and how they reached out to their community or relied on them through the challenge. They will also discuss the similarities between this person and the person they are reading about in class and give a brief description. Finally they should discuss what they would do similar or different to the person in the book and write their response.
3. Collaborative Timeline of Student’s Life
Students will create a timeline of their life with the help of their parents. After beginning one in class based on the book they are reading, they will take home a template to a family or community member (someone who has been around for a large portion of their life), and together they will create a timeline of important and challenging events in their life. (Challenging events in their lives could be big events, or smaller events such as wanting a dog for Christmas). They will bring this timeline back to class to help guide them in writing their narrative.
Student interviews a family/community member about a time he/she faced a challenging situation. Students ask what beliefs or values helped that member persevere through the challenge. Students ask if the person reached out to his/her community, or relied on them through the challenge. The interview can serve as a brainstorming tool for the narrative writing piece they craft later in the unit.
2. Read a picture book at home, family member facilitates discussion
Student reads a biographical picture book with a family/community member. Student and adult will answer questions about this biographees beliefs or values and how they reached out to their community or relied on them through the challenge. They will also discuss the similarities between this person and the person they are reading about in class and give a brief description. Finally they should discuss what they would do similar or different to the person in the book and write their response.
3. Collaborative Timeline of Student’s Life
Students will create a timeline of their life with the help of their parents. After beginning one in class based on the book they are reading, they will take home a template to a family or community member (someone who has been around for a large portion of their life), and together they will create a timeline of important and challenging events in their life. (Challenging events in their lives could be big events, or smaller events such as wanting a dog for Christmas). They will bring this timeline back to class to help guide them in writing their narrative.
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