http://christycasey.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/the-community/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:39:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://christycasey.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-25 dbabb Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:25:58 +0000 http://christycasey.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/the-community/#comment-25 Christy, I love the idea of sending home postcards with positive comments about positive things a child has been doing at school. I think this is a great idea for every school. If parents can receive at least one postive comment from us before they are bombarded with negative comments about their child, I think they'd be much more receptive to our ideas to help change that negative behavior. I have enjoyed doing culture quilts in my class this year. I send home the information with a different student each week so that they can work on their poster with their families at home. My first graders are very proud of their posters and have enjoyed sharing them with their classmates. First graders seem to understand more than I thought they would about culture. Christy,
I love the idea of sending home postcards with positive comments about positive things a child has been doing at school. I think this is a great idea for every school. If parents can receive at least one postive comment from us before they are bombarded with negative comments about their child, I think they’d be much more receptive to our ideas to help change that negative behavior. I have enjoyed doing culture quilts in my class this year. I send home the information with a different student each week so that they can work on their poster with their families at home. My first graders are very proud of their posters and have enjoyed sharing them with their classmates. First graders seem to understand more than I thought they would about culture.

]]> http://christycasey.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-24 park Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:59:10 +0000 http://christycasey.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/the-community/#comment-24 Christy, I think that you calling your parents with positive antecdotes and sending the postcards is a great way to open communication lines with your parents. I too like to call, email, or say something to my parents in person that addresses a strength of their child. I do think that the postcards are a great idea. Maybe I could write a PTA mini-grant for my school next year. Anyways, I agree with you about the critical child project. Although it was informative, I think that I gained more from the culture quilt than from the critical child experience. I also think that the culture quilt allowed the entire class to embrace one another whereas the culture quilt it on only one child. Christy,
I think that you calling your parents with positive antecdotes and sending the postcards is a great way to open communication lines with your parents. I too like to call, email, or say something to my parents in person that addresses a strength of their child. I do think that the postcards are a great idea. Maybe I could write a PTA mini-grant for my school next year. Anyways, I agree with you about the critical child project. Although it was informative, I think that I gained more from the culture quilt than from the critical child experience. I also think that the culture quilt allowed the entire class to embrace one another whereas the culture quilt it on only one child.

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