Discussions due Tomorrow before 11:59 pm

    
Week 5 – Discussion 1
     Week 5 Discussion 1
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Your  initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until  Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect  both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.  Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon  above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

      Welcome Informational Letter     
Analyze “Welcome Letters” 8.3A and 8.3B. Respond to the following: 

How are the two welcome letters different in regard to culture (the teachers’ beliefs)?
With regard to milieu (the teachers’ assumptions about their audience)? 
With regard to social systems (the teachers’ beliefs about how roles are to be structured)? 
With regard to ecology (the tone and language of the letters)? 
What is different about the second letter? 
How is the feeling of family-school collaboration conveyed? 
What changes would you make to the first letter? 
What changes would you make to the second letter?

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

    
Week 5 – Discussion 2
      Week 5 Discussion 2
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Your  initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until  Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect  both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.  Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon  above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

      Contextual Instruction     
Contextualized Instruction consists of three levels; teaching  (strategy), curriculum (culturally relevant materials) and policy  (specifically in collaboration with parents and communities). Create an  activity/lesson that will address all three levels. The activity/lesson  should draw on what the students may already know from home, community  or school, will be meaningful, will show knowledge of local norms  (please choose one culture/language/community to highlight), will show  evidence of integration of the community and creates an opportunity for  parents or families to be involved. Respond to at least two of your  classmates’ postings.