Group 3 - Engaging Family, Community, and Elders: How does your school engage family, community, and elders?

Field Trips in your community

Community Walk

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This sounds interesting. What do students look for on the walk?Find ways to tie it into what we are studying eg. Media Literacy, Mapping Unit

invite parents to join us

Visiting neighbourhood places (parks, libraries)

Visiting neighbourhood places (parks, libraries)

Subtopic

Inviting speakers into the classroom (family members of students).

Fire Fighter

Communication

Classroom blogs, Google classroom, email, Friday Flash

Newsletters

remind Apps

Invite parents to speak about their professions/interests

Main topic

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Show up where?

Subtopic

Seniors Residence: visit to do art work, storytelling, interview elderly, talk, to staff, perform,

Seniors Residence: visit to do art work, storytelling, interview elderly, talk, to staff, perform,

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What a cool idea!

Gardening

Gardening

Growing our own plants in the classroom

School-wide gardening with eco club.

Classroom Blog/Website

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Google Classroom

Slack (phone app)

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send a parent survey home to generate a list of their strengths/interests/occupations etc.

Google Forms

Face-to-face contact with parents on yard at pick-up

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