Chapter 15:
This chapter discussed the various ways to get parents involved in the classroom. To get parents involved in the classroom Wormeli suggests using technology to communicate with parents. There are a variety of websites that can be used for parent teacher communication; some example websites are blackboard.com, myclass.net, and funbrain.com. He realizes that not every parent will have access to the internet or a computer, and for those parents he suggests using more old fashioned methods of communication. His suggestions are: postcards, having parents visit the classroom, teachers visiting the student’s homes, newsletters, report cards, surveys, and index cards. Each of the above suggestions are cheap, quick and effective ways that teachers can communicate with parents.
I thought this chapter was interesting because it gave so many suggestions on how to get parents involved in their student’s academic life. As we’ve discussed many times in class there is a decline in parental involvement when students enter middle school because parents try to give their students more space to grow. I also appreciated the fact that he realized not all parents have access to a computer and tried to come up with other ways to keep in contact with parents. Overall, I feel that this chapter was very helpful because it gave me a lot of ideas of how to get my parent’s actively involved in the classroom.
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