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Family Literacy
We know that students do better in school when they are reading, writing, and participating in literacy activities with their families. Family Literacy Month is a great way to support their education; to help children toward lifelong learning; and to engage community partners in organizing a variety of family-centered events. For a listing of suggested family literacy ideas as well as how communities can organize their own literacy events, log on to http://www.doe.mass.edu/familylit/month/month2.html
RESOURCES:
For Parents
http://www.readingrockets.com/
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. The Reading Rockets project is comprised of PBS television programs, available on videotape and DVD; online services, including the web sites ReadingRockets.org and ColorinColorado.org; and professional development opportunities. |
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Activity: The Weather
Age level: Pre-School/Elementary School
Submitted by Lei-Anne Ellis
Massachusetts Literacy Foundation - Literacy Champion 2004
Read the book The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
Synopsis: On a windy day, the wind blows away articles from several people. Mr. White loses his umbrella, while the letters are whipped out of the hands of the postman. Everyone who looses something runs after it until, finally, the wind lets everything it has taken drop to the ground. It then whips out to sea pushing a boat along.
After reading the book, put a blank calendar page for the month on your refrigerator. Every day, check the newspaper for the day’s weather forecast. Write down a weather word found in the forecast that best describes the day on the calendar. At the end of the month, look back at the calendar. Talk about the month’s weather. What would be the best word to describe the month’s overall weather? |
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