Group 3 - Engaging Family, Community, and Elders: How does your school engage family, community, and elders?
Face-to-face contact with parents on yard at pick-up
send a parent survey home to generate a list of their strengths/interests/occupations etc.
Google Forms
Classroom Blog/Website
Google Classroom
Slack (phone app)
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Gardening
School-wide gardening with eco club.
Growing our own plants in the classroom
Seniors Residence: visit to do art work, storytelling, interview elderly, talk, to staff, perform,
What a cool idea!
Main topic
Show up where?
Invite parents to speak about their professions/interests
Communication
remind Apps
Newsletters
Classroom blogs, Google classroom, email, Friday Flash
Inviting speakers into the classroom (family members of students).
Fire Fighter
Visiting neighbourhood places (parks, libraries)
Subtopic
Community Walk
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
Field Trips in your community
