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Title I Parent Meeting September, 2009

Title I Parent Meeting September, 2009. What is Title I?. Federal Government Program Provides funding to States to help make sure that all children meet challenging state academic standards Many types of grants depending upon the percentage of students from low-income families

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Title I Parent Meeting September, 2009

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  1. Title I Parent Meeting September, 2009

  2. What is Title I? • Federal Government Program • Provides funding to States to help make sure that all children meet challenging state academic standards • Many types of grants depending upon the percentage of students from low-income families • Lake Central qualifies for the Basic Grant

  3. What is Title I? • LEAs target the Title I funds they receive to schools with the highest percentages of children from low-income families. • Lake Central Title I schools • Homan • Peifer • Protsman • Watson

  4. What is Title I? • The school must focus Title I services on children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet state academic standards. • Student qualify on academic needs not family income • Each school develops a Title I program.

  5. What is Title I? • Title I reaches about 12.5 million students enrolled in both public an private schools. • Most of the students served (65%) are in grades 1 thru 6. • Parent involvement major focus.

  6. PARENTS

  7. When schools work together with families to support learning, children tend to succeed not just in school, but throughout life. Anne T. Henderson Parent Involvement

  8. Parent Involvement • Higher grades & test scores • Better attendance • More homework completion • More positive attitudes about school • Better student behavior • Higher graduation rates • Increased enrollment in education after high school

  9. TIPS FOR HELPING YOUR CHILD

  10. With our help, our children can become confident students, able to handle the challenges of school. This means:

  11. Talking with our children about the value of hard work and about the importance of education; • Talking about what's happening in school – have them teach you what they learned that day; • Reading report cards and messages that come from school; • Attending scheduled meetings with teachers; • Keeping lines of communication with teachers open; • Taking part in school events when you can.

  12. What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn • Listen to them and pay attention to their problems. • Read with them. • Tell family stories. • Limit television watching and monitor content.

  13. What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn • Have books and other reading materials in the house. • Look up words in the dictionary with them. • Encourage them to use an encyclopedia. • Share favorite books, poems and songs with them.

  14. What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn • Take them to the library--get them their own library cards. • Take them to museums and historical sites, when possible. • Discuss the daily news with them. • Go exploring with them and learn about plants, animals, and geography.

  15. What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn • Find a quiet place for them to study • Review their homework. • Encourage and support a child’s efforts • Meet with their teachers.

  16. Messages to get across to your children about homework: • Education is important. Homework has to be done. Let children know that this is what you value. • Try to have a special place where each child can study. • Help your children plan how to do all the things they need to do--study, work around the house, play, etc.

  17. Messages to get across to your children about homework: • Let your children know that you have confidence in them. Remind them of specific successes they have had in the past perhaps in swimming, soccer, or in doing a difficult homework assignment. • Don't expect or demand perfection. When children ask you to look at what they've done--from skating a figure 8 to a math assignment--show interest and praise them when they've done something well. If you have criticisms or suggestions, make them in a helpful way.

  18. Helping with homework • Monitor assignments • Provide guidance • Talk with someone at school when problems come up

  19. A Parents Role... • Be available for questions and clarification - not answers; • Communicate with your child’s teacher; • Encourage your child to seek help; • Help your child organize adequate time to complete homework;

  20. The Student’s Role... • Be sure to know what the assignment directions are; • Know when the assignment is due; • Know what other special instructions have been given; • Ask questions of the teacher before going home; • Take home the right materials (books, worksheets; pencil; paper, etc);

  21. The Student’s Role... • Learn to budget time • Use class time effectively • Plan ahead on long term assignments • Take advantage of available study helps • Return completed work by the due date • Make up work missed

  22. Parent and Student Sharing • Jointly agree on a time and place for studying • Organize schedules to provide quiet, uninterrupted study time • Organize time so assignments can be completed on schedule • Check completed work carefully

  23. Study Skills Tips... • Know what the topic is about • Read directions carefully • Skim the entire assignment • Review information from prior learning • Know the vocabulary required

  24. Study Skills Tips... • Read carefully and critically • Work carefully • Check work before moving on

  25. Children and reading... • Need early exposure • Need frequent exposure • Need a print-rich environment • Need to hear, see, and use language

  26. Children and Reading... • Need to read a variety of materials • Need to use picture clues • Need to be attentive and interested • Need to ask questions • Need to see a parent’s value of reading

  27. Reading benefits... • Opportunity to share and communicate • Encourage improvement of existing skills • Builds vocabulary • Develops oral expression/speech patterns

  28. Reading benefits... • Builds listening skills • Builds appreciation of literature • Helps develop attention span • Stimulates imagination • Builds parent-child relationship

  29. Reading Readiness... • Use pictures in magazines to identify • objects • letters • sounds • Let your child provide sound effects • Early books should be repetitive and predictable

  30. Reading comprehension... • Ask where, what, how, when, why, and who questions • Read book title and guess the main plot • Identify word in a group that does not belong • Explain events in a story in order

  31. Reading comprehension... • Explain a different ending • Predict the ending to a story • End sentences that you start • Practice multiple meaning words • Give directions to a location • With a fairy tale, relate facts to fantasy

  32. Thank You for Attending!

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