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Adding to Social Media- Have teachers showcase skills on Facebook Live so parents can continue the same skills at home. Kindergarten showing breaking words down as syllables or phonics skills in 1st grade how to blend sounds. 

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Adding to Social Media- Have teachers showcase skills on Facebook Live so parents can continue the same skills at home. Kindergarten showing breaking words down as syllables or phonics skills in 1st grade how to blend sounds. 

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Sooooo…. As we were all talking this morning about getting our parents more involved and coming up with ideas for reading in our class….. I was jotting down notes and was thinking about maybe doing a weekly read-aloud on my parent/class facebook page.  Maybe 1 day a week at the same time so parents could “tune in” with their child at that same time each week (not sure what day or time yet).

I was thinking of doing it LIVE and reading aloud, asking questions and students and parents could comment and/or respond during the reading….. AND if parents miss it, it is always available forever after that!  Somehow tie in some incentives for answering or commenting…. Still thinking all of the details through….

Would this be something I could do?  I would send a letter to parents and then at the beginning of the week, promote the book that will be read to get families on board to know what book is going to be read.  They can follow along if they have the book OR just simply watch and listen to follow along…

Just a lot of thoughts out loud…. But another way to get families on board and involved without having to buy or do anything extra!

I would do themed books for the season and ask comprehension questions, (maybe even send home a little comprehension checklist so even if they miss the LIVE read-aloud they can still have the questions for when they do watch the video?) sight word hunts, etc….  just some fun but engaging things families could do with us….

Still trying to come up with some kind of name for it all and how I want to organize it all….

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In Baltimore County Public Schools, our parents can get library cards and are patrons in our school libraries.

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In Baltimore County Public Schools, our parents can get library cards and are patrons in our school libraries.

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Have students take selfies while reading at home and display in the library.

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Help your student find a book that they fall in LOVE with. Then, have them email their parents to share their exciting news and invite parents to read the book with them! AA

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Help your student find a book that they fall in LOVE with. Then, have them email their parents to share their exciting news and invite parents to read the book with them! AA

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Pick a book of the month, and have families read it at home- maybe align to character traits or theme?  Share pics and reflections on social media. KM

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Let kids choose books they are interested in and share good books with friends. We are on the 10th Captain Underpants book and my son won't put it down. He also stayed after school to talk to his friends about it.

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There is a mystery reader monthly and and I signed up to be the mystery reader in my son's class. It was so fun to go in to school and read to this class.

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Require parents to initial that their child has been reading their take-home book.  This helps them to see that reading at home is important and a must-do.  At parent conferences, I ask families how reading at home is going and give suggestions on how to make that time more impactful.  I have noticed that parents love tips on reading strategies and what to watch for as their child reads.

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Find out what platform most of your parents are engaging in and come up with a “Parent Engagement Strategy” Facebook Friday = all pics of book recommendations from kids. Facebook live reading strategies. I think it would be easier if you had a strategy for a few weeks so you’re not all over the place

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Invite families/parents to participate on the reading challenges we do as a class.

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As a parent, I love seeing my kiddo's face when his teacher talks about his growth - inviting students to meetings to celebrate their successes or strategize together to meet big challenges is a huge help in showing the student that SHE is a part of her own team :)

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before Christmas I sent a list of books their kids might like for Christmas. I gave kids books for Christmas and their birthdays (dollar books from scholastic, or even used books.)

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I shared what I was reading and encouraged parents to do the same. I let kids write on 3 by 5s talking about their books and posting them on a bulletin board.

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(with parent permission) had kids explain what my teacher means when she asks me to....... infer, make a summary, retell, etc.

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monthly check in's on Ss who are struggling with parents and admin

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monthly check in's on Ss who are struggling with parents and admin

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Use Seesaw (or similar) to model for parents reading strategies or ways to read together at home.

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Use Seesaw (or similar) to model for parents reading strategies or ways to read together at home.

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I think sitting down with guardians snd their child and having honest conversations is so important. I love all the new and flashy ways to communicate, but nothing gets your message across better than sitting down and having conversations.

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Highlight strategies in newsletters for parents to "see" what you're doing too!

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Sharing out on FB when students achieve or surpass a reading goal/DRA level!

Teamann