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8. Connecting School and Home

An elementary school student.

Factors Related to This Session
•	Parent involvement at school and at home

•	Regular teacher-parent communication

•	Structured parent-teacher conferences

•	Environments supporting home literacy

•	Teacher-assigned home literacy activities

•	Cultural differences in parents' perceived roles -- for themselves and for teachers


In this session, you will investigate and apply research-based principles of home-school partnerships in early literacy.

Before You Watch

Session Preparation

Watch the Video

Classroom Excerpts

More Classroom Excerpts

Further Discussion

Examine the Topic

Extend Your Knowledge

Determine Conferencing Practices

Put It Into Practice

Choose Activities

Plan a Parent-Teacher Conference

Publish a Newsletter

Create a Handbook

Wrap Up

Reflect on Your Learning

Learning Goals
At the end of this session, you will better understand:

•	how language and culture influence home literacy

•	challenges and opportunities in building home-school partnerships

•	differences between home literacy and school literacy

"There are rich resources within each family. If we can find out what those funds of knowledge are we can build on them in the classroom."

Jeanne R. Paratore

Jeanne R. Paratore.

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