Bridging School and Home Through Family Nights: Ready-to-Use Plans for Grades K-8
- ISBN-10
- 1412914671
- ISBN-13
- 9781412914673
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 178
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Corwin Press
- Authors
- Ellen McIntyre, Diane W. Kyle, Karen B. Miller
Description
Yet, as student populations become increasingly diverse, educators face a daunting challenge in establishing close connections with families. Bridging School and Home Through Family Nights: Ready-to-Use Plans for Grades K-8 offers all the information, materials, and resources for planning and implementing events that build effective relationships. Drawing on their own experiences and extensive research, the authors include information on adapting events for special populations, issues around providing food and incentives, cost-saving ideas, and additional resources. Each of the book's thirteen family night chapters is a self-contained unit that provides event procedures, neededmaterials, connections with national standards, and numerous reproducibles, including: Invitations Agendas Sign-in sheets Evaluation forms Activity worksheets Handouts Overheads Productive family night experiences offer an enjoyable and meaningful way for schools to reach out to families and get them involved
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