- Parent Workshop Discussion
- MEAP 2006 scores
- Education Yes!
The results of the feedback sheets from the January 23, 2007 parent presentation show below.
Evaluations/Parent Writing Night/January 23, 2007
What would you like to learn more about?
- By age, what’s the appropriate help to give your child (6)
- Define outline for various types of writing that would help kids to start thinking in a structural way (3)
- More discussion on how to proofread, correct and critique with my kids (3)
- Better ways on how to help your child organize their thoughts (3)
- Ways that parents can help the teachers with writing assignments (3)
- More exercises for us to use with kids like the one we did in the beginning (2)
- How to help kids with writing when English is not your native language
- Discuss the different problems that elementary students tend to have with writing and how to deal with them
- Review the information presented in smaller segments
- Ways to encourage writing at home
- How criticism impacts kids later in life
- More samples of kids’ writing
- More information about how King’s teachers are using writing in the classroom and incorporating these concepts into their teaching
- Common problems that other parents have faced with their children’s writing and how they overcame them
- More information from a kid’s point of view…how they thinking about writing and why they may not want to write down their ideas.
- How is grammar taught these days
- How my child can be enrolled in this workshop
What was most helpful to you about tonight’s presentation?
- Practical ways to help children be good writers (12)
- Ideas on incorporating writing into daily life (8)
- Make writing a family fun activity (6)
- The many resources and ideas presented (4)
- The presenters’ enthusiasm was inspiring (3)
- The exercise in the beginning helped me realize that there are different writing styles
- Reiteration on encouragement and to tone down criticism
- Tips on how to respond to your child’s writing
Is there anything else you’d like us to know?
- Great workshop (6 people specifically said but all comments were positive)
- How will the school follow up? One workshop – even when every single parent takes part – is not enough to help our kids write better (2)
- I think it would be helpful to have teachers suggest to parents some ideas for incorporating the teaching of writing into family life
- Provide more opportunity for parents to tell their own stories as part of the workshop
- I think it would be most helpful to have this seminar in a longer session maybe laid out during several evenings with or w/o kids
- How can we connect our efforts at home with the teacher so that we can develop some writing projects together
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