Lessons 10: Literacy Night Read-O-Rama

Standards:

Grade Level: 4-6

Preparation: 30 minutes
Implementation: 20 minutes

National Standards for Family-School Partnerships

http://www.pta.org/nationalstandards
Standard 6:
Collaborating with communityFamilies and school staff collaborate with
community members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded
learning opportunities, community services, and civic participation.

World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA)

English Language Development (ELD) Standards
http://www.wida.us/standards/eld.aspx#2012
English Language Development Standard 1:
English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes
within the school setting.
English Language Development Standard 2:
English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts
necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Materials:
White or colored copy paper
Copy machine or printer
Paperclips
Brads
Pencils

Objective:
Families will attend Literacy Night to learn how to encourage and support literacy in
their homes on a daily basis.
Families will make take-home literacy activities to bolster literacy skills at home.

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Procedure:

Print the Sign-in Sheet for Literacy Night. The sign-in sheet can be found
in the Additional Resources on pages 107-108.
Print the Parent Questionnaire/Survey for the end of the event. The Parent
Questionnaire/Survey can be found in the Additional Resources on page
109.
Print the Read-O-Rama fiction and non-fiction game boards.
Provide each family with two brads and two paperclips.
Model set-up and game:
o Demonstrate how to place the brad through the paperclip and
through the center of the game board to make a spinner.
o Model how to spin the paperclip as a spinner.
o Then show that when the paperclip stops, there is an activity for
their child to practice.
o There are both fiction and non-fiction game boards to provide
support for either kind of texts.
Ask parents to complete the Parent Questionnaire/Survey at the end of the
Literacy Night event.

Target Parent Engagement Interactions:

Welcoming families
Communicating effectively
Parent collaboration for student success
Parent literacy support and activities for home

Assessment:
Maintain a Parent Sign-In sheet for your records.
Give the Parent Exit Survey and reflect on the parent feedback.
Maintain the Parent Exit Surveys for your records and to make improvements if
necessary for future events.

Differentiation:

English/Spanish communication with parents through the materials and flier.

Parent friendly language is used to explain how to use literacy games in the
home.
This resource is hosted online for customization to best benefit the class and
community. bilingualfamilyengagement.weebly.com

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Read-O-Rama
Fiction
Place a brad through a paperclip and through the center of this spinner board.
Spin the paperclip and answer the question/statement that you land on.
Pon una puntilla a travs de un clip y el centro de este crculo. Gira el clip y
responde la pregunta/declaracin en que se detiene.

Change the
ending to the

story.
What is the
point of view in
this story?

What is the
Main Idea?
Compare and
Contrast two
characters from
the story.

Describe your

Describe the

favorite part

setting of the

of the story.

story.

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Read-O-Rama
Non-Fiction
Place a brad through a paperclip and through the center of this spinner board.
Spin the paperclip and answer the question/statement that you land on.
Pon una puntilla a travs de un clip y el centro de este crculo. Gira el clip y
responde la pregunta/declaracin en que se detiene.
.

What is the
purpose of

this text?

What is the
Main Idea?

What was the

Write and

most interesting

define 3 new

part of this text?

words you read.

What is
something you
want to know
more about?

What did you

learn from
this text?

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