Full Description
Learn how to work more effectively with K-5 parents to increase student achievement in math and literacy. Research shows that parent involvement in schools leads to higher test scores and more engaged and enthusiastic students, but it isn't always easy for teachers to bridge the gap between the home and the school. This insightful book provides helpful, research-based strategies to foster meaningful home-school partnerships and overcome the challenges teachers often face when trying to build relationships with parents. You'll learn new ways to:
Promote parent involvement at home and school;
Share specific math and literacy strategies with parents to reinforce children's learning;
Plan and organize effective parent conferences that foster true dialogue about a child's education;
Communicate with parents about what you're teaching and how you're teaching it, so they can actively contribute to their child's learning at home;
Develop family nights and workshops to get parents involved in learning at school;
Recommend games, activities, and projects that parents can use at home to help their children practice math and literacy skills;
And much more!
Each chapter is full of practical tools such as Common Core-aligned strategies, useful resources for parents, and sample parent letters that you can use to increase and improve your home-school communications.
Bonus: Additional parent letters on a variety of topics are available on our website, www.routledge.com/ 9781138998698, to help you keep parents connected throughout the year.
Contents
eResources
Introduction
PART I. Parents and Teachers Working Together
Chapter 1
Why Parent Involvement Matters
Chapter 2
The Teacher's Role in Parent Involvement
PART II Involving Parents in Their Children's Learning
Chapter 3
Communicating With Parents Face to Face
Chapter 4
Other Methods of Communication
Chapter 5
Inviting Parents into the Classroom
PART III Involving Parents in Supporting Language Arts
Chapter 6
Supporting Parents In Read-Alouds and Other Forms of Home Reading
Chapter 7
Building Foundational Knowledge in Literacy at Home
Chapter 8
Fostering Reading Comprehension
Chapter 9
Supporting Writing Development
Chapter 10
Building Children's Vocabulary
PART IV Involving Parents in Supporting Mathematics
Chapter 11
Thinking and Talking about Math
Chapter 12
Foundational Knowledge in Mathematics
Chapter 13
Supporting Children's Developing Number Sense in Grades 1-3
Chapter 14
Supporting Growth of Number Sense in Grades 3-5
Chapter 15
Supporting Understanding of Fractions
Final Thoughts
References
