{"product_id":"bridging-school-and-home-through-family-nights-ready-to-use-plans-for-grades-k-8-9781412914673","title":"Bridging School and Home Through Family Nights: Ready-To-Use Plans for Grades K-8","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis how-to guide includes all the necessary information and materials for implementing family nights that increase parental involvement and improve academic achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane W. Kyle,Ellen McIntyre,Karen B. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Corwin Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412914673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiane W. Kyle\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Louisville. She has coauthored \u003cem\u003eReaching Out: A K-8 Resource for Connecting Schools and Families \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eReflective Teaching for Student Empowerment: Elementary Curriculum and Methods\u003c\/em\u003e, coedited \u003cem\u003eCreating Nongraded Primary Classrooms: Teachers' Stories and Lessons Learned\u003c\/em\u003e, and pub-lished in such journals as Language \u003cem\u003eArts, Peabody Journal of Education, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Education \u0026amp; Equity, Teaching Children Mathematics\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eElementary School Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. Her most recent project, co-directed with Ellen McIntyre, is \"Sheltered Instruction and Family Involvement: An Approach to Raising Achievement of LEP Students,\" funded by the US Department of Education. She also codirected with Ellen McIntyre a research project, \"Children's Academic Development in Nongraded Primary Programs,\" funded by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) at the University of California at Santa Cruz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen McIntyre\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literacy professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Louisville, where she teaches courses on lit-eracy research and instruction and studies children's development in light of instructional contexts. She has published extensively, having coau-thored \u003cem\u003eReaching Out: A K-8 Resource for Connecting Schools and Families\u003c\/em\u003e, coedited \u003cem\u003eClassroom Diversity: Connecting School Curricula to Students' Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBalanced Instruction: Strategies and Skills in Whole Language\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCreating Nongraded Primary Programs\u003c\/em\u003e, and published in such journals as \u003cem\u003eLanguage Arts, Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of Literacy Research, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Educational Research Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. Her most recent project, codirected with Diane Kyle, is \"Sheltered Instruction and Family Involvement: An Approach to Raising Achievement of LEP Students,\" funded by the US Department of Education. She also codirected with Diane Kyle a research project, \"Children's Academic Development in Nongraded Primary Programs,\" funded by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) at the University of California at Santa Cruz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren B. Miller has taught elementary school for more than 20 years in grades 1-4. She currently teaches at Roby Elementary in Bullitt County, Kentucky. For two years, she participated as a teacher-researcher on the study, \"Children's Academic Development in Nongraded Primary Programs,\" funded by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Making family visits during this time enabled her to learn more about the students in her classroom and to make connections in her instruction, often through Family Nights she planned and implemented. She has co-authored Reaching Out: A K-8 Resource for Connecting Schools and Families and presented for several years at the National Reading Conference. In addition, she has served as a teacher leader for the Kentucky Reading Project and Project READ Early Intervention, in which she has provided intensive professional development for teachers on literacy and family involvement. She also has presented at the National Reading Conference on home-school connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGayle H. Moore recently retired after teaching elementary school for 31 years at grades K-8, including 9 years in the nongraded primary program at LaGrange Elementary in Oldham County, Kentucky. Throughout that time, she participated as a teacher-researcher on studies related to the nongraded primary. She has coauthored Reaching Out: A K-8 Resource for Connecting Schools and Families, a chapter in Creating Nongraded Primary Classrooms: Teachers' Stories and Lessons Learned, and articles in Language Arts and Peabody Journal of Education. She has presented at conferences of the American Educational Research Association, the International Reading Association, and the National Reading Conference. Most recently she has participated as a teacher-researcher for the study, \"Children's Academic Development in Nongraded Primary Programs,\" funded by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) at the University of California at Santa Cruz. For three years, she made family visits to the homes of her students, learning about the families' knowledge and using it to make instructional connections. She also planned and implemented several Family Nights, one focused on mathematics. Her subsequent classroom activities are described in an article in Teaching Children Mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corwin Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409593266291,"sku":"9781412914673","price":61.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b2e2dba4-c095-43d5-81e2-415e3ef11014.jpg?v=1771936940","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bridging-school-and-home-through-family-nights-ready-to-use-plans-for-grades-k-8-9781412914673","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}