EC, Nancy Pittman, facilitates a time of reflection by a panel of our 2014, 8th grade leadership team. You and your student will benefit from their insights and perspectives that they gained from their time as students at Hickman Charter School.

Do you ever wish that you had the opportunity to sit down with some other parent-teachers and ask their advice or see what's working (or not working) for them in their homeschooling? In this feature of Parent to Parent we asked five seasoned parent-teachers the following questions:

• How do you plan your curriculum?
• How do you organize your daily schedule?
• How do you organize your workspace?
• How do you prepare for your conference with your Education Coordinator?
• Is it normal to feel overwhelmed?
• How do you teach more than one child?
• Best practical advice…

An effective English Language Arts (ELA) lesson can really help to develop a student's reading and thinking skills. Watch Marie Reynosa as she models a "Paired Text" ELA lesson. She will show you the steps of going from the planning stage of your lesson through its delivery to your student(s).

Lesson Resources: (click below)

• Hurricane Story
  
• Coconuts Story - For an electronic copy of the story,  email: mreynosa@hickmanschools.org
• Text Dependent Questions used in the lesson