Weekly Wagon Walk of Books
- Reading materials for kids and adults shared
- Walk through neighborhoods as a lending library
Family Book Club involvement - from Jenni Zimmer
Post cards - exchange post cards throughout the summer about the books that have been read
Organize school library - as a community lending library / community center that would be open later in the day
Dialogue journals - where book notes had been written; others respond
Parent English classes - as have been done in the past at Mitchell
- English skills
- model how to read with kids
- T/Th
Think Stretch program - workbook program to reduce summer slide
Connect with Charo from Palma?
Seven Weeks of Winter (SWOW) - Lunch hour classes taught by parents
Parent meeting to talk about the report card in both Spanish and English
Spanish language classes for English speaking families
Poetry cafe to showcase writing work being done
Celebrations for parents (e.g. poetry slam) that involve and informally teach parents in safe ways at school
Show parents what secure third grade writing looks like
Find parents who will help with science fair
Connect science fair to reading/writing goals
Involve UM interns in science fair activities - maybe as a part of extended day
