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Strategies for Engaging Parents in Home Support of Reading Acquisition
Author(s) -
Darling Sharon
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.58.5.8
Subject(s) - phonics , fluency , reading (process) , psychology , phonemic awareness , vocabulary , vocabulary development , comprehension , reading comprehension , phonological awareness , literacy , pedagogy , mathematics education , focus (optics) , primary education , teaching method , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics
The author asserts that “Children benefit when teachers and parents reinforce the same concepts and ideas. For this to happen, teachers and parents must have some knowledge of what happens in the classroom and what happens at home that support reading acquisition.” In this article, the author describes several strategies that teachers can share with parents to involve them in supporting reading instruction. The strategies focus on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, concepts of print, and writing.