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© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Office Hours: Connecting School & Home — Getting Parents involved in Instruction Session 5

© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Take Home Family Letters & Activities At the beginning and in the middle of the domain:  Family letter, read-aloud, nursery rhyme Content-related activities to do at home Skills to practice at home 3

© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Steps for Making School to Home Connections Step 1: Read the Parent Letter Step 2: Highlight the content objectives that are discussed. State that Sonia Sotomayor speaks both Spanish and English State that Sonia Sotomayor had to work hard to become a judge/justice 4

© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Steps for Making School to Home Connections Step 3: Develop activities around the content objectives to support children in extending learning from school to home. Step 4: Create Parent Board Be intentional Bridge communication 5 Parent Board

© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Office Hours 1.Sonia Sotomayor Parent Letters 2.CKLA Learning Center Kits 3.Sample School to Home Connections  Parent Letter: Extending Extension Activities  Conversation Starters: “Car Talk”  Family Flyer: “Judge Day” Use your Learning Center Capture Sheet to write down your questions, notes and ideas to replicate in your classroom (PW: p ). 6

© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Sample #1 School to Home Connections Quote from Parent Letter: “You might also talk about what languages people in your family can speak since Sonia was bilingual and speaks both English and Spanish.” CKLA Core Content Objective: State that Sonia Sotomayor speaks both Spanish and English Connecting School to Home: Parent Letter Parents, today your child learned how to count to 10 in Spanish. Use the Spanish counting list in your child’s cubby to test their knowledge. I can’t wait to hear about it tomorrow. Thanks- 7

© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Sample #2 School to Home Connections Quote from Parent Letter: “I don’t care what work you do when you grow up, ”her mother said. “Just do it well.” CKLA Core Content Objective: State that Sonia Sotomayor had to work hard to become a judge/justice. Connecting School to Home: Car Talk Teachers: Get an index card. Title the card: CAR TALK. This card should be posted on your parent board daily. It’s a short phrase or word that helps parents start a conversation in the car with their child on the way home. 8

© 2015 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Sample #3 School to Home Connections Quote from Parent Letter: “She puts on her black robe, and everyone calls her Justice Sotomayor.” CKLA Core Content Objective: Identify Sonia as a Supreme Court justice called Justice Sotomayor. Connecting School to Home: Family Flyer Parents, Friday is ‘Judge Day’ in our class. Children can wear a black shirt for their robe. Please also support us in teaching the class about the word ‘Justice’ by calling your child “Justice________” when you arrive! 9