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Planning
the Family Discussion Event
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A Sample
Plan
Who
Third, fourth and fifth graders and their parents and teachers.
Where
Some options: your school's all purpose room, the local library,
or the local middle school that the students will attend.
The
Setup
Eight people will be assigned to one discussion group (4 children
and 4 grownups). Each group will be given a number. Tables will
be set up and each one will be marked with a number corresponding
to one of the discussion groups. (Instead of numbers, you could
use sports teams to identify each group.)
Schedule
- 7:15pm:
Families arrive and are given a number corresponding to the group
they are in. Four families are assigned to each group. Tables
will be marked by group number (or sports team), and families
find their table and take their seats.
- 7:30 --
8:30pm: Discussion questions will be on the table. Children will
take turns reading the questions and the group will discuss one
and then move on to next question. (For Sample
Questions click here.)
- 8:30 - 8:45pm:
Wrap-up. Invite kids and grownups to report on some of the interesting
ideas that came up in their discussions.
Additional
Options:
- You could
serve ballpark franks and chips at 7:00.
- Invite a
local coach to participate.
- Have members
of the business community donate door prizes.
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