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About the ELL Family Engagement and Building Bridges Program
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The Fox C-6 ELL Family Engagement and Building Bridges Program provides opportunities for parents and families to actively participate in school. It is designed to increase communication, trust, and support between families and the teachers they work with. The collaboration between teachers and families will help to build foundations that will promote language acquisition while increasing student achievement. The program provides information in a meaningful way that gives parents the opportunity to provide feedback about our ELL program. This collaborative relationship is non-threatening and allows families to express pride in their personal heritage. The program also facilitates opportunities for families to collaborate with members of the educational community. Events are scheduled to give families the opportunity to meet with ELL teachers. Surveys are used to help promote collaboration between families and members of the Fox C-6 community.
Family Engagement and Building Bridges Program Objectives
- Building Bridges will help students and their families learn skills and strategies they can use to move toward language acquisition.
- Family Engagement will help students and their families develop basic skills and strategies that will help them to become functional in a classroom setting where the dominant language is English.
Mission Statement
The mission of Family Engagement and Building Bridges is to promote success for all, one family at a time.
ELL Family Engagement and Building Bridges Resources
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Summer Bridge Books
The Fox C-6 Building Bridges Program is now offering Summer Bridge Activities™. The summer between grade levels can be a time of discovery and anticipation as parents and teachers work together to create a path that will guide children on their journey toward academic success. Summer Bridge Activities™ are designed to review the skills that your child mastered in the current grade level, preview the skills that he or she will learn in the upcoming grade level, and help prevent summer learning loss. Summer Bridge Activities™ can help you to fill the summer months with learning experiences that will deepen and enrich your child’s knowledge. The three sections in the workbooks correspond to the three months of traditional summer vacation. Your involvement outside of the classroom is crucial to your child’s academic success.
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Pre-K Kits
We currently offer Pre-K kits to families with children that will enter kindergarten in the fall. The kits contain many educational items. The kits use spoken, receptive, and written language to increase communication skills while enhancing learning ability. Items such as flip books, flash cards, and games build self confidence while providing a foundation that will promote success later in life. The kits also contain manipulatives, videos, and workbooks that are designed to develop English language skills while enhancing imagination and curiosity. Students who use the kits will develop positive associations with learning English and going to school. The kits instill educational competency while strengthening knowledge of the core content areas.
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Bilingual Book Program
Research continues to support home languages as essential elements that support academic success for students. Bilingual books help to build a bridge between students’ home languages and the languages spoken in the school setting. Parents can use bilingual books to encourage their children to speak their native languages while fostering cultural appreciation. Bilingual books can also help the students to develop an appreciation for their home languages. The Fox C-6 Bilingual Book Program gives parents the opportunity to read books at home with their children in their native languages. Parents who are interested in reading at home with their children can contact their child’s ELL teacher. Books will be sent home via backpack mail.
The Bilingual Book Program offers books in many languages. We currently have Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Turkish, Bulgarian, Slovakian, Hindi, Farsi, Italian, Lao, and Bosnian books. If your language is not represented in our library, please let us know. We would be happy to locate books in your home language.
