Reading PK-3

Non-intensive HLE Intervention Program

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Overview

A parent evening meeting about how to support literacy at home with one follow-up meeting with each family has shown strong results for students' reading development. The second meeting can consist of an individual reading session that introduces dialogic reading, an interactive technique to encourage children to become tellers of the story, giving parents a strategy for continued reading support for their children.

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Learn how this program encourages families to read together by providing reading materials and strategies. By providing access to books and resources, families and children can read together in their homes and in their Primary Language.

  • Teachers can provide families information and suggestions for providing students more reading and Vocabulary in their homes. They can also facilitate access to books by allowing students to borrow and take home reading materials.

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  • Products can support family involvement in learners' literacy development in homes through reminders, such as prompts to read together or help with homework. They can also provide through free digital texts and audio books additional opportunities for learners to access age-appropriate materials and hear fluent reading even when their families are unavailable.
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    Resources

    Below are additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
    Examples

    Home Literacy Environment Checklist

    Checklist for families to develop a literacy-friendly environment

    Examples

    Parent Involvement in Early Literacy

    The importance of parent involvement and strategies for parents when reading aloud

    Research

    Family Engagement

    Topic that includes research on how schools can improve their family engagement on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    Family Resources & Relationships

    Subtopic that explores research on the effects of parenting, SES, and stress on children's wellbeing and achievement on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Research

    Parent Involvement

    Subtopic that includes research on the connection between parent/family involvement and student achievement on Digital Promise's Research Map

    Factors Supported by this Strategy

    Language and Literacy
    Alphabet Knowledge
    Background Knowledge
    Morphological Awareness
    Narrative Skills
    Phonological Awareness
    Syntax
    Vocabulary
    Cognition
    Social and Emotional Learning
    Student Background
    Adverse Experiences
    Home Literacy Environment
    Physical Fitness
    Primary Language
    Safety
    Sleep
    Social Supports
    Socioeconomic Status

    More Instructional Approaches Strategies

    Dialogic Reading

    With this interactive technique, teachers help students become storytellers by listening and questioning.

    Direct Instruction: Comprehension Strategies

    When teachers provide explicit instruction in comprehension strategies and model when to use them, students learn how to flexibly apply them to make meaning of texts.

    Direct Instruction: Vocabulary

    Seeing and using new words repeatedly and in many contexts is critical for Vocabulary acquisition.

    Family Engagement

    Students are more likely to come to school when families feel like a valued part of the community.

    Guided Inquiry

    In guided inquiry, teachers help students use their own language for constructing knowledge by active listening and questioning.

    Independent Reading

    Independent reading promotes reading development by emphasizing student choice with teacher support in selecting books, as well as by making time for free reading.

    Literacy Centers

    Literacy centers with reading games, manipulatives, and activities support learner interests and promote the development of more complex reading skills and social interactions.

    Mindfulness Activities

    Through short but regular mindfulness activities, students develop their awareness and ability to focus.

    Multimodal Instruction

    Instruction in multiple formats allows students to activate different cognitive skills to understand and remember the steps they are to take in their reading work.

    Phonics Programs

    Students with low early literacy skills benefit from a focus on phonics and Phonological Awareness.

    Pre-reading Questioning

    Talking with students about what they know about the topic of upcoming work helps activate their Background Knowledge or reveals gaps.

    Whole Language

    Students with strong early literacy skills benefit from a literacy-rich approach.

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