Resources
Here are a number of resources you can use to start doing a FELA! Need more information about how to do a FELA? Check out our beginning, middle, and end pages and contact us if you still have questions.
The beginning
1. Build your team
Suggested phone script
Use this script to do a 'virtual home visit' and kick off the FELA experience with families!
Flamboyan Foundation
Our friends at the Flamboyan Foundation developed this resource to guide you in building a strong relationship and communicating regularly with families.
FELA commitments
These shared commitments can help create mutual accountability and teamwork between families, educators, and learners.
2. Check your baseline
Springboard Connect
Springboard Connect is a web app that provides tips, resources, and reminders to support parents as reading coaches to their children. Reading tips are available in English and Spanish. It's the perfect at-home coaching companion!
The middle
Practice with your teacher
Khan Academy
Khan Academy has tons of videos. Check them out for all things math and science.
Wide Open Schools
Our friends at Wide Open Schools host a collection of digital resources. Check them out for activities and lesson plans.
Practice independently and with your family
Practice time tracker
This template is a tool to help families log their minutes read at home—both independent practice time and time spent practicing with a family member.
Springboard Connect
Springboard Connect is a web app that provides tips, resources, and reminders to support parents as reading coaches for their children.
Reading plan
Springboard’s family resource page features a 4-week learn-at-home plan. This includes a reading strategy of the week (by video), tip sheets in English and Spanish, daily lessons, and corresponding e-books.
Youtube reading tips
Check out this library of short videos in which parents demonstrate helpful reading strategies with their kids.
Practice at family workshops
Facebook live sessions
If you watched Springboard's short videos and want to go deeper, check out these virtual family workshops led by superstar facilitators!
The end
6. Celebrate progress
5. Check your growth
Springboard Connect is a web app that provides tips, resources, and reminders to support parents as reading coaches to their children. Springboard Connect’s questionnaire helps families target specific reading skills with their child and track progress.
Help your students and families celebrate their hard work in a lasting way with a certificate of achievement. This template can be modified to meet your needs.
Award letter template
Let your family partners know what their child earned during the FELA by using this award letter template.