Sample Page from Home With Somali 353kb download (less than 30 seconds on 28.8)

Finally!! A solution to your concerns about communicating with the Somali-speaking parents of your students. Inspired by the Home With Spanish series, Home With Somali is a 25-page workbook that has over 300 typical comments that you need, already translated for you from English to Somali. You can send your comments home on report cards, notes, tests, homework or any other correspondence with parents. AND, because the official Somali language is Latin-based, you can copy the comments right out of your workbook in your own handwriting! You choose the comments that apply to your student and then just copy the translation right out of your workbook. It’s that simple!

The first ten categories of comments are broken into two basic sections:

POSITIVE & ENCOURAGING - The first section expresses areas of improvement, as well as positive and/or encouraging comments.

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM & NEEDS IMPROVEMENT - The second section expresses comments that are not so positive and include constructive criticisms and suggestions for improvement.

Comments are catagorized as follows:

As a bonus . . . look for some information about the culture and people of Somalia, along with a few tidbits of information about Somalia’s language, traditions, beliefs and customs.