Friday Folders: Building the Home-School Connection with Engaging Homework (Virtual Tour)

Parents are kept informed of what their children are working on in class through weekly homework folders.

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From: The Balanced Literacy Diet

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Language and Literacy 6 Question School Home Connection

Young children spend about 20% of their waking hours at school. Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek suggests a strategy for communicating with parents to make a strong home-school language connection.

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From: WisconsinDPI

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Connecting School and Home: Supporting Parents to Build Student Achievement

At the Bronx Parent Center in New York, professors are training parents to play a more active role in their children's schooling, teaching them strategies for helping their children build academic, behavioral, and social skills.

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From: Education Week

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Parent Teacher Home Visit - Denver Public Schools (Full Version)

In Denver Public Schools, we have a deep awareness of the role a student’s social and emotional well-being is in their academic success. We also recognize that a huge part of nurturing the Whole Child – one of the key components to Denver Plan 2020 – is understanding a student’s home life and their own aspirations for the future.

With a focus on collaboration and discussing those critical topics, several schools are participating in the Parent Teacher Home Visit (PTHV) program –...

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From: Denver Public Schools

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Wisconsin Connections Academy - insight from parents, students, teachers

This video shows parents, students, and teachers talking about Connections Academy (WCA), Wisconsin's premier virtual charter school. WCA provides a new form of public school that students in grades K8 can attend from home—tuition free.

Open enrollment begins February 1st, to learn more visit www.connectionsacademy.com

The video also highlights the school's recent trip to the History Museum at the Castle featuring the Houdini exhibit.

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From: Connections Academy News

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Kansas Connections Academy Online School Overview Video

Parents, students, and, teachers at our Kansas Online School provide insight into the accessibility and flexibility of our free online school program. Kansas Connections Academy offers a challenging and enriching learning community in which students can flourish scholastically and socially. http://www.connectionsacademy.com/kansas-online-school/home.aspx

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From: Connections Academy

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Classroom News: Strengthening the Home-School Connection (Virtual Tour)

A biweekly newsletter informs parents about what is being covered in class and provides helpful hints for at-home reinforcement.

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From: The Balanced Literacy Diet

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Demo of Online Parent Newsletter Introduction Screencast

The screencast can be a powerful tool to augment the home-school connection. Watch this video for ideas of how a teacher could demonstrate the navigation of a Google Slideshow online newsletter for parents.

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From: Avra Robinson

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Joe Mazza on Home & School 2.0 - #140edu Conference 92Y NYC, 8/1/12

Home & School 2.0 - Envisioning a Connected Learning Community - (Presentation Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/psumazza/joemazza-home-school-20-140edu)

Barriers in the way of the home-school partnership are well documented over decades of research by Epstein, Henderson, Mapp and others. Depending on your school make-up, these barriers include fear, lack of transparency, culture, access, language challenges and mobility. When face to face communications make up the foundation of the...

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From: Joe Mazza

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Parents and Literacy

Making connections for parents between Literacy taught at school and developing literacy at home.

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From: Calamvale Community College

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