Artifact 11A PowerPoint created at Liberty Elementary School for an FCAT parent meeting.

•This artifact was developed during my practicum experience at Liberty Elementary School Spring 2007.•My role in producing this project was as a member of a team. I was responsible for gathering information to discuss and assisting in presenting information to parents.

•This project addresses the following Florida Educational Leadership Standards: Standard 4: Community and Stakeholder PartnershipsThe principal collaborates with families, business, and community members, responds to diverse community interests and needs, works effectively within the larger organization and mobilizes community resources.

•Reflection: I learned that teacher leaders are school leaders. Parents genuinely want to do what is best to help their students. It is the role of school leaders to provide parents with the tools they need to help their children. Educators have the tools and they need to share. This meeting provided parents with necessary tools. The evening was a success and we will duplicate it each year.

Presented by:

Liberty Elementary

Third Grade Team

January 24th, 2007

The evidence is in: when schools and families work together to support

learning, everyone benefits.

-National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education

Benefits from working together

Students do better in school and in lifeParents become empoweredTeacher morale improvesSchools get betterCommunities grow stronger

-National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is the foundation of the statewide educational assessment

and accountability program.

Writing for students in grades 4, 8, and 10

Reading and mathematics for students in grades 3 through 10

Science for students in grades 5, 8, and 11- Bureau of Family & Community Outreach/ Florida Department of Education

Parents, students, and teachers need FCAT data to provide information about student mastery of

skills. - Bureau of Family & Community Outreach/ Florida Department of Education

10. Make sure your child arrives on time for school.

11.Make sure your child is well rested, and has a healthy breakfast, on the day of the tests.

12.Try not to be overly anxious about test scores. Too much emphasis tends to be upsetting to children.

- Bureau of Family & Community Outreach/ Florida Department of Education

7. Make sure your child is well rested on school days. Children who are tired are less likely to pay attention in class or to handle the demands of classwork.

6. Ask teacher(s) to suggest activities for you to do at home with your child. This can improve your child’s understanding of school work.

5. Try and meet with your child’s teacher as often as possible to discuss your child’s progress.

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4. See that your child completes homework assignments. Homework supports classroom instruction and can help your child increase his/her comprehension of classroom work.

3. See that your child has a well rounded diet.

2. Give your child encouragement. Praise him/her for things done well throughout the year.

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1.Make sure your child attends school regularly. The more often your child is in a learning situation, the more likely he/she will do well on test.

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Take children's books and writing materials with you

whenever you leave home. This gives your child fun activities to entertain and occupy him while

traveling and going to the doctor's office or other

appointments.

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On longer trips, have your child help read a map and road signs.

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Before a long trip, help your child write to the Chamber of Commerce for brochures about your destination. The family can

read these together while traveling.

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Create a travel Bingo game for the car. Include the names of towns,

roads, stores, street signs and monuments you will pass along the

way.

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Create a quiet, special place in your home for your child to read, write and draw. Keep books and

other reading materials where your child can easily reach them.

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Cut out a news story your child will find interesting and cut the paragraphs

apart. Ask your child to put the paragraphs back in order.

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Integrate technology

www.fcatexplorer.com

www.netsmartzkids.com

www.whitehousekids.com

www.funbrain.com

www.timeforkids.com

www.ala.org (American Library Assosiation)

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Help your child see that reading is important. Set a good example for your

child by reading books, newspapers and magazines.

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Limit the amount and type of television you and your child watch. Better yet, turn off the television and

spend more time cuddling and reading books with your child. The time and attention you give your child has many benefits beyond

helping him be ready for success in school.

- The Florida Department of Education

When reading a book where the print is large, point word by word as you

read. This will help the child learn that reading goes from left to right and

under stand that the word he or she says is the word he or she sees.

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Read a child's favorite book over and over again.

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Read many stories with rhyming words and lines that repeat. Invite the child to join in on these parts. Point, word by word, as he or she

reads along with you.

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Discuss new words. For example, "This big house is called a palace. Who do you

think lives in a palace?"

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Stop and ask about the pictures and about what is happening in the story.

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Read from a variety of children's books, including fairy tales,

songbooks, poems, and information books.

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