Transcript Family Literacy Instruction Through Reading Activities

Family Literacy Instruction
Through Reading Activities
Featuring Home And School
Ann Gianola
ESL & Family Literacy Instructor
San Diego Community College District
Presented at the 2004 CASAS National Summer Institute
Goal
To integrate literacy skills
with with meaningful
interaction around
common concerns that
parents have about school
and home related issues.
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Offer opportunities for
discussion, critical
thinking, and problem
solving while building
vocabulary and practical
comprehension skills.
Skills
Grammar
 Subject/verb agreement
 Writing questions
 Comparative adjectives
 Punctuation
Listening
 Listening discrimination
 Listening for and
transcribing information
Writing
 Spelling
 Sentences
Vocabulary
 Matching words with
pictures
 Identifying words from
story
 Matching sentences that
mean the same
Pronunciation
 Vowel and consonant
sounds
 Stressed syllables
Topic Examples
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Don’t Miss the Bus
An Eye Exam
A New Student at School
Breakfast at School
Read More at Home
A Classroom Volunteer
Test Next Week
Soccer Registration
Fighting at School
Too Tired For Homework
Listen and Follow Directions
It’s Bedtime
Expensive Shoes
Crossing the Street
Absent From School
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He Can’t Be Late
My Head Itches
She Wants to Be Friends
Don’t Throw Away Your Food
A Contract with the Teacher
The Field Trip
The Report Card
After-School Care
Hurt Feelings at School
He Can’t Do Multiplication
She Talks Too Much
Invitation to a Friend’s House
The School Dress Code
Playground Safety
She’s Always Absent
Lesson Structure
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Reading
Pre-reading
Story
Comprehension
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Reading
Comprehension and vocabulary development
Categorization
Putting phrases in own words
Cloze story
Choose word
Unscramble sentences
Match the sentence that means the same
Check the sentence that means the same
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Reading
Comprehension and vocabulary
development
Recap/broaden issue
Putting events in order
Who says that?
Check feelings, items
Write a list
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Reading
Comprehension and vocabulary
development
Recap/broaden issue
Dialogs
Practice appropriate language
Adapt appropriate language
Practice problem solving
Dialog
Assign each person a role
 Role-play the dialog
 What else might you say as a parent?
 What else might your child say or do?
 Role-play the dialog again, incorporating
new language for parent and child
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Reading
Comprehension and vocabulary
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Recap/broaden issue
Dialogs
Realia
Expand/explore another part of the issue
Comprehension activities
Relate to own experiences
Realia
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Answering machine
Ads/brochures
Personal information
forms
School menu
Telephone recordings
Letter from school
School handbook
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Homework schedule
Spelling test
Book reports
Permission forms
Report cards
Teacher comments
from parent/teacher
meeting
Absentee note
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Reading
Comprehension and vocabulary development
Recap/broaden issue
Dialogs
Realia
Critical Thinking
Ideas for problem solving
Integrate information from lesson with own
experiences
Discuss own experiences and solutions with others
Shopping
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Share experiences shopping for
shoes or clothes with children.
Discuss your budget for shoes
and clothes.
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How much will you spend?
How often do you buy new shoes
or clothes?
Why do you buy new clothes or
shoes?
Discuss how peers at school
influence children
Dress Code
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What are the dress code policies at
your child’s school?
Are dress codes a good idea? Why
or why not?
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Is it easier?
Is it Cheaper?
Other benefits or drawbacks?
What would you let your child
wear/not wear to school?
Share experiences where your child
wanted something another child
had.
Activity
In your small group
 Discuss the pre-reading questions at the
beginning of the story
 Read the story
Activity
In your group:
 Think about school issues that parents
encounter with their children
 Make a list
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You have 5 minutes