2-15-11+Family+Info.+Meeting

Plans for 2/15/2011 Family Reading Informational Meeting:

 * TO DO ITEMS IN RED BELOW.. **.

Excerpt from first email:

// Hi, // // I'd like to secure a date for a reading family night at OUE, like we did last year - //
 * // overview of reading instruction //
 * // overview of reading data //
 * // tips for working with readers at home //
 * // AR home connect //
 * // Parent viewer //
 * // other? //

WHAT NIGHT? 2/15/11 Erin, Mary Martin, Kathy Perysian, Becky Wurm and Christie Shaub collecting RSVP info. ** Erin will print student-specific Renaissance info. on Tuesday for families to have that night. STAR test record report too? Ann did this last year. **

WHAT TIME? Pizza from 5:30-6:00, meeting from 6:00 - 7:15 (childcare beginning at 6:00)


 * Families can eat together, ( ** with fun dinner conversation starter cards at their tables ** ) then at 6:00 the kids can line up to be escorted to the child care locations
 * Maybe split by age group?
 * Older kids go to gym first (called Ron and he said it was available)
 * Younger kids to another room for crafts? (Erin's room?) Erin has leftover craft materials from the parent info. night at OLE earlier in the year - foamies to make bookmarks, foamy markers, foamy stickers, etc. Could have movie in here too.
 * Maybe the groups switch rooms 1/2 way through? Older to the craft room, younger to the gym?
 * ** Erin will have notes typed for NHS volunteers **


 * __ Other details and ideas from emails: __**

Mary said

 * I think it would be great to one week do reading, and the other week do a presentation on Accelerated Math like we did last year. I would love to help again.
 * Maybe we could have the PTO help us advertise too! Like if they have a massive email list that they would be willing to send out the flyer. Plus put the flyer on the website. (done) Advertise on the board by E&A.

Pollie said
 * Great idea, the going green emails are almost all in we can also send out an announcement that way too. ** Pollie is doing this **


 * Erin has pizza planned already- will call Little Ceasars with a count total Monday at 5:00. Will be delivered at 5:20 on Tuesday. Pollie taking care of paper products, beverages and possibility of veggies. **
 * ** Erin talked to Linda already to give her and Chip a heads up. Erin talk to Randy still. Tables will be set up already, but need to decide where best to put food. **

Agenda ideas - very open to revision: 5:20 - set out pizza, (veggies?), beverages 5:30 - families eat together in cafeteria (Have some Q & A bookmarks with fun ideas for conversations around the tables - can take with them to enhance their own family dinner conversations) 5:55 - Kids line up to go down to the child care rooms and NHS volunteers lead them down

(We can use the projector on the cart and do our presentation right there in the cafeteria. We can take turns on the topics below based on the agenda we land on and who we decide will do what.)

6:00 - Welcome ** Who? ** 6:02 - What does reading instruction look like in Oakridge - generalized overview Who? Kathy 6:05 - How does Accelerated Reader fit in the picture? Who? Kathy 6:10 - Touch on STAR like last year? Who? Corrie 6:15 - At home reading: "What can you do to best support your reader?" Erin can do - and have resources (bookmarks, brochures, a short prezi, etc.) kids are never too old to be read to - what and how? independent reading - "miles on the page" - quantity + quality - share data (de-identified) of students who read nightly last year vs. those who did not resources (strategy tips and bookmarks, brochures)
 * "Slow" reading - Jenn F
 * Reading Logs - Dawn

6:25 - What we will see in the lab: Home Connect and Parent Viewer intro. Mary 6:30 - move to lab? M Anything else to discuss in the cafeteria before doing so? 6:35 - Who in lab? Who in Library, if needed? Who in back of room 10, if needed? Whoever wants to do this part could go to the lab/library/room 10 early and make sure computers are up and running after the 6:00 automatic reboot. If using the LAN, could pre-prepare for that. 6:40 - Independent work time and support - Families access their students' Home Connect and teachers support All rove and support 7:00 - 7:05 = give away while people explore Parent Viewer - I have two new copies of books: The Read Aloud Handbook and Baby Read-Aloud Basics Erin can do drawing
 * Last year we also did a drawing giveaway for E & A gas certificates. Was that through Parent Club? Anyone know details and willing to do this?


 * Anyone want to manage the book gift certificate thing through Scholastic? They are for a free book (up to $4 I think). We went this way at OLE as a gift for attending rather than giving free books thinking that giving them a choice was a nice way to go. Families appreciated. Managing this would entail collecting book orders from kids in rooms that don't do book orders, or that just want to turn it in that night. Would need to make copies of a current book order - off website? - would need to add these book orders to your classroom order and, when come in, get them to the students.