Planning For a Family Literacy Event|My homework helper

Posted: February 27th, 2023

Planning For a Family Literacy Event

For this assignment, you will develop a Proposal for a small Family Literacy Event that you can create at your school/preschool setting. Keep the ideas for the event simple and the focus on building relationships with families and on authentic engagements with real books. *Remember that you will not be required to actually create this event; you are just developing a usable proposal for the event that takes all of your learning from this course into consideration.

What you will submit:

Part One:

· A description of your the setting including grade level, your role in the setting and a proposed number of participants for your event (this proposal should be for a small event, not a schoolwide event).

· Select one of the reading tip sheets linked below and explain how you will use this with families. Plan to include a read aloud and demonstrate some of the tips on the tip sheet.

· Reading Tip Sheets for Parents

· Links to an external site.

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· Explain how you will share information with families about resources in the community (including library resources for your community).

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· Describe how you might learn from families about home literacy practices and how you might use this knowledge to help enrich the literacy learning in the classroom.

· Describe how you might use at least ONE of the ideas described in your Accelerating Literacy textbook for your proposed event. (Find these in Part II of your book).

One approach that you might explore is to connect with parents of children in an after-school program and offer to provide a 30 minute workshop around a read aloud. Demonstrate an interactive read-aloud with students and offer parents some tips (see link above) on how to support literacy learning at home though simple things like conversation, songs, simple activities, books to provide literacy enrichment and a love for reading.

Part Two:

Reflecting on this assignment:

Write a reflection on your growth and new learning around this assignment.

· How did your research into literacy learning needs for the discussion assignment influence your literacy learning event?

· Do you think that you could help meet a recognized need in the community?

· What might your vision be for expanding on your ideas for this event?

· Reading Tip Sheets for Parents

· Links to an external site.

· The Resources at Your Library

Krystle Grant

ELE 5700

Dr. Nickolson

March 7th, 2022

Family Literacy Event Proposal

School Description

Petree Elementary School is a Title I public school located in Winston-Salem, NC, which

is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Petree is 377 and the school serves PK-5

(Overview of Petree Elementary, n.d.). At Petree Elementary in 2019, 6% of students in grades 3-5

scored at or above the proficient level for math, 12% of students in grades 3-5 scored at or above

the proficient level for reading, and 32% of students in grades 3-5 scored at or above the proficient

level for science. 75.1% of students are economically disadvantaged and 96% of students enrolled

are minorities (North Carolina School Report Cards, n.d.).

My Role

My role in the classroom as a teacher is to teach, engage, and support students through

academic instruction. Additionally, my role as the teacher also requires me to build relationships

with my students and their families so we can all be on one accord as we work towards helping

the student reach their academic goals. For this event, I will be working with third-grade students

and there will be a total of thirty participants present. This includes fifteen students and two parents

to accompany each student. During this event, I plan to use and share the reading tips page that is

titled “Reading Tips for Parents of Third-Graders.” More specifically, I will start off by giving

every parent a copy and explaining the purpose of the page. Next, I will read through the tips and

provide more context behind what is on the page. Then, I will encourage each parent to try to use

a new reading tip with their child every week and explain the benefits of doing so. After going

over the tips, I will conduct a read aloud portion where I model for parents how I use some of the

reading tips, as well as explain and show them some of the best ways to engage children in reading.

Sharing Information

I plan to share information with parents regarding resources in the community in many

ways. More specifically, some of these methods include word of mouth, parent emails, classroom

newsletters, phone calls and parent messages through communication platforms such as

ClassDojo. Furthermore, at this event I plan to present a slideshow which will thoroughly review

the library resources in our community. I plan to share a list with all the local libraries in our

community. This list will include Forsyth County Central Library, Southside Library, Reynolda

Manor Branch Library, United Way of Forsyth County, and Foundations Early Learning Center

of Winston-Salem. I plan to address frequently asked questions such as what is a library, who can

use it, where are they located, how to get a library card, what can be found at a library, how to

access books and materials in other languages, and how to locate other libraries in our area

(Colorado, 2019). In addition to talking about the different libraries and the services they offer, I

also plan to have an informational table set up with pamphlets from each library, reading tips,

afterschool clubs and programs that are offered, as well as afterschool tutoring programs that are

offered. Additionally, I will tell parents about local book clubs, book fairs and writing contests so

they can provide their child with the opportunity to attend.

Learning from Families

Throughout this process, I can learn from families in many ways. Moreover, I can learn

from families about home literacy practices by having an open discussion with parents based on

what literacy practices they feel work best for them and their child at home. During this discussion,

I can record their suggestions on chart paper for everyone to see and take note of. Another way of

doing this would be something as simple as having a box titled “best at-home literacy practices”

and next to it, I can have post-it notes so parents can write their suggestions on the post-it’s and

drop them in the box at their convenience. One other way I can learn from families about home

literacy practices may include me creating a Google Form that I can link to my teacher website

which will allow parents to enter their names and a host of literacy practices that they feel work

best. After learning from families, I can then use this knowledge to help me enrich the literacy

learning that occurs in my classroom. For example, I can implement one new suggestion from

parents each week. By doing this, students won’t become overwhelmed, and it will provide me

with a decent amount of time to see what works and what doesn’t. In addition to giving

suggestions, I believe parents can contribute to the classroom in several other ways. More

specifically, I believe many parents would be able to contribute to the school/classroom by

teaching students how

SOLUTION

Introduction:

Our school/preschool setting is excited to propose a small Family Literacy Event aimed at building relationships with families and promoting authentic engagements with real books. The purpose of this event is to encourage families to read and explore literacy together, promoting the value of literacy and learning.Event Goals: To create a welcoming and engaging environment for families to explore literacy together. To provide opportunities for families to participate in hands-on activities that promote literacy and learning. To promote the value of literacy and learning for both children and adults. To encourage families to read and explore literacy together.