Module 5 - Session 5
ENGAGING WITH FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE ACROSS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Family and Community Engagement Across Learning Environments
GETTING STARTED
OVERVIEW
Welcome to TALE Academy Module 5: Family and Community Engagement Across Learning Environments!
Goal – The goal of this module is to help teachers expand their capacity for effectively engaging families and communities when teaching across learning environments (TALE).
Module Content – This module consists of 8 sessions on family and community engagement across learning environments. Each session contains a variety of content and learning activities.
Session Content – You are beginning Module 5 – Session 5: Engaging with Funds of Knowledge Across Learning Environments.
MODULE WORKBOOK
If you have not yet downloaded your personal copy of the TALE Academy Workbook for this module, do so now. See directions below. There is only one workbook for each module which contains activities for all sessions within that module.
Step 1: Create your personal copy of the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook.
Throughout this session, you will complete the session activities and take notes in the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook. You will have many opportunities to apply the knowledge and skills you learn using your digital workbook. When you click on the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook link, you will be prompted to make a copy of the workbook. Once you do so, your notes and your work within your workbook will be visible only to you. Please note that the workbook is fillable using Google Slides. We do not recommend printing a copy due to the length of the workbook.
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Step 2: Get familiar with the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook.
Now that you have your personal copy of the workbook, review pages 1-7 to learn about the workbook’s contents and tips for using the workbook. Don’t forget to add your name to page 1 to personalize your workbook!
Step 3: Review “Key Terms” for Session 5 in the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook.
Your last step is to review the key terms for Session 5. For every TALE Academy session, the key terms are listed at the start of each new session in the workbook. You can return to the key terms page(s) of your workbook throughout this session to add your notes.
GUIDING QUESTIONS & LEARNING OBJECTIVES
GUIDING QUESTIONS
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Why is it important to understand culture with family engagement?
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Why is it important to understand culture with student engagement?
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How do I understand myself as a member of my own culture interacting with others?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this session, you will be able to do the following:
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Become familiar with the ways in which cultural knowledge, assets, and ways of interacting can be leveraged across learning environments.
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Identify funds of knowledge in your current class and potential classroom applications to ensure that content is connected to students’ experience.
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Identify a strategy for learning about students and families’ funds of knowledge and how they can be integrated into learning experiences across environments.
ENGAGE: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
LEARN FROM OTHERS:
VOICES FROM THE FIELD
The following video highlights the reflections of New York State educators on how they engage with funds of knowledge across learning environments.
WORKBOOK
ACTIVITY
To activate your prior knowledge on the topic, please complete the following steps:
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In your copy of the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook, complete Activity 5.5.1 – Gathering Funds of Knowledge.
If you have not already created your personal copy of the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook, you can make a copy by clicking here.
EXPLORE: TOPIC OVERVIEW
READ, WATCH, LISTEN
Select from the learning modalities below to explore an overview of the topic for this session. You may read a magazine-style article, watch a video, or listen to a conversational podcast.
You need to select only one option: read, watch, or listen.
As you read, watch, or listen, consider pausing and reviewing the key terms for this session in your workbook. You can add your own notes, ideas for application, or definitions of the terms in your own words.
READ
Dive into our Module 5 – Session 5 READ, a magazine-style overview of the session topic with infographics and links to resources.
WATCH
Tune into our Module 5 – Session 5 WATCH, a narrated, animated video that provides an overview of the session topic.
LISTEN
Settle in for our Module 5 – Session 5 LISTEN, a conversational, podcast-style discussion among educators about the session topic.
EXPLORE: CHOICE BOARD
Select one option from the choices offered below to learn more.
You need to select only one of the choices, but you are welcome to explore all the resources!
Tapping into the Funds of Knowledge of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and Families
Synopsis: In this article, the authors advocate for the implementation of “additive practices” to meaningfully engage with Latina/o students and families and highlight studies that have drawn on funds of knowledge.
Format: Article
Time: 10 minutes
Synopsis: This video is a presentation on the application of funds of knowledge in the classroom, answering the questions, “What are funds of knowledge, and why should teachers care?”
Format: Video
Time: 9 minutes
Next Generation Science Standards and Funds of Knowledge
Synopsis: These videos introduce elementary science educators to important strategies based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards.
Format: Videos
Time: 22 minutes
Nice White Parents, Episode 1: “The Book of Statuses”
Synopsis: The podcast Nice White Parents looks at the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block. In this five-part series, a reporter turns her attention to what is arguably the most powerful force in our schools: white parents.
Format: Podcast
Time: 60 minutes
ESTABLISH: REFLECTION FOR ACTION
WORKBOOK ACTIVITY
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Return to your copy of the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook and complete Activity 5.5.2 – Analyzing and Applying Funds of Knowledge in the Classroom.
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If you have not already made your personal copy of the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook, you can make a copy by clicking here.
EXTEND: DEEPER LEARNING
Extend your learning by engaging in a longer workbook activity and/or accessing additional resources.
This section is designed to help you begin a journey into deeper learning on the topic area.
WORKBOOK ACTIVITY
Return to your copy of the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook and complete Activity 5.5.3 – Learning About and Centering Funds of Knowledge. If you have not already made your personal copy of the Module 5 TALE Academy Workbook, you can do so by clicking here.
Time: 20 minutes
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
Gathering Funds of Knowledge: An Elementary Social Studies Unit Plan for Bilingual Settings
Topic: Strategies that allow students’ families to contribute funds of knowledge to learning activities in elementary classrooms; includes a unit plan for pre-K to first grade
Format: Instructional Plan
Time: 15 minutes
Topic: Strategies for identifying students’ funds of knowledge and integrating them into classroom practices; includes a funds of knowledge inventory matrix to help teachers record their observations and potential classroom ideas
Format: Toolkit
Time: 15 minutes
Culturally Relevant Teaching in Mathematics
Topic: Useful frameworks for culturally responsive and relevant teaching in mathematics (and for content-agnostic settings), common challenges, and considerations for planning
Format: Blog
Time: 10 minutes
Topic: Professor Lara Handsfield reads Conner’s Big Hunt by Shawn Meyer and thinks about the skills and knowledge Conner likely gains through his family tradition of hunting.
Format: Video
Time: 18 minutes