Category: Writing

There are a variety of ways teachers can promote culturally responsive partnerships with families. Here are just a few. First learn about your children and families, invite families to the classroom to participate in activities with their children. Home visits also reveal cultural values and norms in the home environment. Conferences and meetings build relationships. Sharing positive notes about their child. Relationship building is the first step. Next, sharing pertinent information about their child and their strengths as well as areas of improvement. Having a whole class reading 1 book. Providing the book to students and encouraging reading a chapter a night with family and having response questions to answer at school the next morning. Reading logs, where a parent signs off that the child read or had been read to. Parent involvement is key to promoting literacy at home. comment as you see fit. min 40 words or more

Please open the link to the article
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/college/t053-c047-s002-how-to-tame-your-student-loans.html
Questions:
The article states “Bachelor’s degree recipients are estimated to carry an average debt burden approaching $40,000 per borrower at graduation”. Does this figure surprise you? Do you think the actual amount is higher or lower than that?
What can a student in college do now to help lower his or her student loan debt?
What are your thoughts on the 50-20-30 rule? Do you think that is something you could live by?

Why is it important to post and reinforce schedules and functional routines in an early childhood setting? min 40 words or more

In the space below, write a script of at least 500 words in which the two characters analyzed above appear in a new context or narrative. Each character should relate his or her personal tale from a first-person perspective in the dialogue. As you write, consider how to maintain recognizable characters, consistent with Chaucer’s original pilgrims, when these figures are placed in a new context. The dialogue of the script is how the narrative is revealed. Your writing should establish at least three character traits per character, in order to ensure well-rounded character development.