Thursday, February 15, 2007

SIT Team Agenda - 2/16/07

On Friday, 2/16, at 7:30, the King SIT team will meet to discuss the following:
  • Parent Workshop Discussion
  • MEAP 2006 scores
  • Education Yes!
Hope to see you then!


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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