Becoming teammates
Subtitle: teachers and families as literacy partners
By: Charlene Klassen Endrizzi.
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Urbana, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780814102732
Subjects: Parent-teacher relationships -- United States; Home and school -- United States; Reading -- Parent participation -- United States; Literacy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Transforming our orientation toward families; title: Phase 1: extending invitations; title: Appreciating students' home resources; title: Forming a foundation of respect; title: Phase 2: initiating conversations; title: Explaining our literacy curriculum; title: Listening to parents; title: Phase 3: forging a partnership; title: Sharing our literacy beliefs and practices; title: Valuing families' funds of knowledge; title: Discovering literacy advocates; title: Organizing for family literacy gatherings; title: Overcoming obstacles; title: Becoming political.