Week 5 – Discussion 1

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.

Take some time to read the article, A guide for engaging ELL families: Twenty strategies for school leaders.Choose one of the strategies outlined for connecting ELL families with the classroom and the student’s learning experience. Then, using the Ashford University Library, find a peer-reviewed article that supports the method of engagement you’ve chosen.  Explain how the method you’ve chosen aligns with the importance of involving families in ELL academic growth.

Some articles to consider are:

1. Integrating home and school identities of recent-immigrant Hispanic English language learners through classroom practices.
2.  Increasing ELL parental involvement in our schools: Learning from the parents. 
3. Literacy programs with parent involvement.
4. A place for all families.

Guided Response:  Respond to two of your peers by reviewing what they’ve written to support engaging families in ELL academic growth.  Then put yourself in the role of an ELL family member.  What additional questions would you have for this teacher?  Using what was written, do you see yourself being truly engaged?  Why or why not?

Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.