A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in K-3 Literacy
Under Development
Contact
Marcia Kosanovich
mkosanovich@fcrr.org
Description
This tool will assist K-3 teachers in informing and encouraging families to engage in out-of-school literacy activities. It will also provide guidance for families to help their child's literacy development.
The outcomes for this tool will include a suite of grade-level specific materials based on the recommendations from the Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through Third Grade Practice Guide by the What Works Clearinghouse:
- A Teacher Guide will be designed to assist teachers in supporting out-of-school literacy activities that are aligned to classroom instruction, informed by student need, grounded in evidence-based practices, and facilitated by ongoing parent-teacher communication. The Teacher Guide will provide a framework for literacy support activities presented during schools' family literacy nights and parent-teacher conferences.
- Family Resources will contain evidence-based literacy activities that the teacher can give to the parent during family literacy night or at parent-teacher conferences for the parents to do at home with their child. Each resource in the packet will use family-friendly language and include a user-friendly format. Materials needed (e.g., letter cards) for each resource will be included.
- Videos will depict families supporting children's literacy at home. The videos can be shown at the school's literacy night or during parent-teacher conferences to illustrate family involvement in K-3 literacy.