Use the family and community as resources of information. 0001.4.2

Links verified 10/20/2010

1. Community Resources - Resource page with many topics and ideas.
2. Family Ties: Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension - Read-alouds of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant are followed by activities that help students learn to identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections and apply them when responding to texts
3. Fifty Questions for Family History Interviews - A great way to uncover clues to your family history or to get great quotes for journaling in a heritage scrapbook is a family interview
4. How to Interview a Relative - Getting people to share their stories isn't always easy. Follow these step-by-step ideas for a successful family history interview
5. How to Interview Your Family about Your Family History - step-by-step how to organize, conduct and get the most out of interviewing a family member to better understand your family history
6. Interview Your Relatives Before It's Too Late! - Personal interviews play a vital role in compiling family histories and genealogies. It's important to interview aged relatives while their memory is sharp and accurate
7. Interviewing Your Family Members - tips to remember as you plan a family interview
8. Making connections between things that happen in a story - worksheet for family involvement
9. Using Community Resources - Teacher resource for ideas on how to use your community as a resource for your classroom.
   

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