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Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms
Pamela Farris, Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler, Iowa State University
Maria Walther

Organizing the Classroom Environment

Portfolio Activities

Activity 4.1: Thursday Folder

Create the letter that you will include in the Thursday folder when you send it home for the first time. Be sure the explanations and expectations are clear!

Activity 4.2: Parent Evening

Design a plan for a parent evening. Focus on ways that parents can encourage their child's literacy development through an everyday activity such as those described on page 173.