Family Engagement Plan

"At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents."
Jane D. Hull

Smarter Balanced Assessment

Smarter Balance Assessment

• deep comprehension questions
• text heavy, complex format
• analyzing others' arguments
• multi-step word problems

What can parents do at home?

• basic fact fluency
• reading about math
• speak about math to encourage critical thinking

Objectives

• Improve basic fact fluency through play.
• Increase math literacy through reading about math.
• Improve critical thinking and ability to apply math through everyday conversations.

Important Contacts

• Principal
• Vice Principal
• Math Teachers
• Math Coaches
• Teachers willing to volunteer
• PTO
• Custodial staff
• Local Restaurants

Strategies to communicate events/activities to parents

General Communication

• Post information weekly on the school website and all school social media platforms
• Emails Parents
• Students will bring home flyers of events
• If the Principal does a weekly message to parents, the events will be included.

Personalized Communication

• Teachers pick two families and make a personal connection
• I can reach out to two other families that have been recommended by teachers
• Word of mouth: Talk with PTO families and encourage them to invite 5 friends

Strategies to Encourage Families to Attend

Make the Event Accessible

• Film the event
• Live stream the event for families that can’t come
• One virtual session and one in person event

Make the Event Enticing

• Provide food
• Provide child care
• Raffle prizes

Objectives

• Improve basic fact fluency through play.
• Increase math literacy through reading about math.
• Improve critical thinking and ability to apply math through everyday conversations.

Fact Fluency Game Night

Location

• Parkville School

Parent Engagement

• Have stations set up for families.
• Staff will model and explain the games to families.
• Parents will play math games without staff.

Parent Engagement

• Parents will process the game experience and have an opportunity to ask questions.
• Once complete, they will move to the next game station

Examples

• Go Fish: fish for pairs that add up to 10. Have student ask: “I have a 2. Do you have an 8 to make 10?” Change aces to 1 for this game and leave face cards out entirely.
• Make a Buck: logic and problem solving skill are used to discern which cards to keep and which to discard, as well as thinking through possible ways to collect $1.00.

Examples

• War:Deal two cards, a numerator and denominator, then determine whose fraction is the largest. The winner keeps all four cards, and play continues until the cards are gone.
• link to more games https://www.weareteachers.com/math-card-games/

Math Tech Night

Parent Engagement

• Staff will assist parents in finding and downloading math apps.
• Staff will model how to use and navigate the apps with parents
• Staff will talk about how to incorporate apps during everyday activities
• Staff will show how to use the read to me section

Parent Engagement

• Staff will model how to ask critical thinking questions.
• Parents will be put into groups to read a quick math story then work together to come up with questions.
• Groups will share questions and process ideas with staff.

Epic

• This ebook app can help parents search for books and stories about math concepts.

Bedtime Math App

• This app can be added to parent's bedtime routines for short easy math practice.
• Click on the Surprise section for a fun new math challenges.

Community Scavenger Hunt

Location

• Community location that will be voted on by the school PTA
• Rainy day location would be Parkville School

Parent Engagement

• Staff will pick three examples they found in the community and model how to turn what they found into a teachable math experience.
• Families will walk with their children and do a scavenger hunt.
• Once all the items have been found, parents will practice using these scavenger hunt items into teachable math experiences
• Parents will share with the group and process with staff

How to talk math in our everyday interactions

• Prices
• Hours in a store window
• Shapes
• Estimating length/distance

Examples

• If Nia works Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the whole shift, how many hours does she work?
• Would you measure that car with inches or feet?

Evaluate the success of the events/activities after implementation

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• Before and after surveys at events
• Instagram # so parents can post photos of actual implementation
• Increase in test scores for families who participated

How to use the results of my evaluations to drive future work

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• If families don't participate in events I would reach out and conduct interviews to see what would make them more likely to participate.
• Use this data when conducting future events