		Key Terms \| About This Workshop


	Connecting School and Home: Before You Watch


	Session 8



	Before You Watch Video Summary Session Preparation



	Watch the Video



	Examine the Topic



	Put It Into Practice



	Wrap Up

Session Preparation


			A student's work samples and assessment records.

Throughout the session, questions are posed to guide you through the topic. If you are working in a group, discuss your responses; if you are working alone, reflect on them in your journal.

To prepare for the workshop session, you will tap your prior knowledge, read an article on home-school literacy practices, and review important terms.

What do you already know?

Print and complete the Connecting School and Home Chart (PDF).


	Save your Connecting School and Home Chart to revise at the end of the session.


	Read this article:

Home and School Together Part: 1 \| 2 \| 3 (PDF) Paratore, J. R. "Home and School Together: Helping Beginning Readers Succeed." In Farstrup, A. E., and S. J. Samuels, eds. What Research Has To Say About Reading Instruction, 48-68. Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, 2000. www.reading.org


	Review these important terms:

Background knowledge Emergent literacy Funds of knowledge Home literacy Portfolio assessment


	Revise your chart:

Return to your Connecting School and Home chart. Add any new thoughts, ideas, or questions based on your readings and review of important terms.

Next > Watch the Video


	Session 8: Printouts \| Assignments \| Related Resources

	Teaching Reading K-2 Workshop Home \| Site Map © 2003 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved.

Session Preparation

What do you already know?

Read this article:

Review these important terms:

Revise your chart: