Middle+School+Chapter+6+Make+Way+For+Parents

Monico De Leon TEED 540 July 13, 2009 **GROUP DISCUSSION READING GUIDE **  For this assignment I chose to read chapter 6 of the middle school version of //Fires in the Bathroom.// This chapter deals with when and how to invite parent involvement to improve their children’s learning. In order to read and understand this chapter better I chose to use the KWL reading strategy. I chose this strategy because it is simple to use and it also stimulates deeper thinking. This is how I used it. **KNOW ** || **WANT ** || **LEARN ** || This is what I know about middle school age children.  · Independent from parents · Building social networks · Have lots of peer pressure ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Developing their identity ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Hormonal changes ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Know it all ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Validation is important || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">This is what I want to learn from this chapter. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";"> ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">How has the generational gap changed in the last 20 years? ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">What role parents currently play in their kids’ education? ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">How can I help both parents and students? ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">What’s the best way to approach a parent? || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">This is what I learned from reading this chapter. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";"> ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Students want their parents to ask how they are doing ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Students want their parents to be around them, not on top of them ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Students want parental help when they have problems at school but want it in new ways ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Students want teachers to get to know their parents ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Students want their parents to know their accomplishments ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Students want teachers to keep parents informed ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Students are still freaked out about seeing their parents at school ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">After school programs provide students a way to bring together family and school experiences || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">