[MOSAIC] Book Clubs

[Felicia Barra]

What a great idea!  Did the parent's then get to read the book they brought?
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> This week marked my first parent participation workshop in reading. With
> minimal guidelines, I invited parents to share a Halloween text with us on 
> Oct.
> 31st. Only requirements:the reading should be appropriately developmental 
> in
> terms of context and length and parents' ticket in was to be dressed in  a
> full costume of their choice. We had 12 out of 19 parents arrive at a 
> doorway  at
> a prearranged schedule. The children had no idea that this event was even
> planned.Some chose to arrive in teams others braved it alone.
> As in years passed, the parents were exceptional in their book choice,
> costume and presentation. I suggested that they come with a prepared rhyme 
> that
> might tip the kids to their identity. I also asked that the rhyme be 
> written on
> large chart paper. As the kids tried to guess the identity of our guest I
> kept  referring to the strategies they were using to figure out who was 
> behind
> the  mask and made analogies as to how these very same strategies could be
> applied to  reading unfamiliar words or any learning for that matter. 
> (visual
> clues,  background knowledge, auditory cues and the like) We also examined 
> the
> rhymes  not only for identity clues but for notices much like a morning 
> message
> noting  vowel patterns, letter formation, punctuation ... you name it..... 
> the
> kids had  a hilarious time guessing... the parents got a birds' eye view 
> of a
> constructivist approach to learning and the whole time we were fostering a
> learning community with mentors who were kids, parents, and teacher.
>
> Activities like this remind me to activate learning as a cooperative 
> effort
> and to expedite understanding by using  minimal paper and pencil  tasks
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