Family Stories Night: Celebrating Culture and Community.

Meoli, Paula L.

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ERIC Number: EJ626250

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Family Stories Night: Celebrating Culture and Community.

Meoli, Paula L.

Reading Teacher, v54 n8 p746-47 May 2001

Describes a program where each family shares a story in its native language and the children then provide an English translation when the original was a language other than English. Concludes with the hope that through fostering relationships with students and their families, all can benefit from the merging of the school and home cultures. (SG)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Family Literacy, Family School Relationship

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: Embracing Pluralism Worldwide, Part 2. Classrooms in the U.S.