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Date
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1999
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Source Title
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Literacy Teaching and Learning
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Source Volume
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4
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Source Issue
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2
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ISSN
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1538-4209
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Document Language
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English
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Document Type(s)
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Journal Articles
Reports--Research/Technical
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Abstract
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One hundred thirty parents completed a literacy survey in the
fall of the school year and again in the spring as their children completed
first grade. At both times, parents were asked about the type
and frequency of literacy activities in which the children engaged
at home. Responses in the spring were compared across three
groups of parents representing children who had been (a) enrolled
in Reading Recovery, (b) identified in the fall as experiencing reading
difficulties but received no special reading instruction, and (c)
identified as having grade-level reading skills at the start of first
grade. Responses provided by parents in the spring were compared
to responses they gave to the same questions as their children began
first grade the previous fall.
All children showed growth in literacy skills at home over the
course of the year. Children who participated in Reading Recovery
made significant changes in the frequency with which they read
aloud to adults and with which they read independently at home.
Furthermore, parents reported more frequent writing of words and
simple sentences at home by the Reading Recovery children as the
year progressed. Results are discussed relative to the role home literacy
experiences play in early reading and writing and the reciprocal
influences that home and school literacy experiences may have on
each other. (Author Abstract)
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ERIC Descriptors
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Grade 1; Program Effectiveness; Emergent Literacy; Family Environment; Family School Relationship; Parent Participation; Student Improvement; Reading Skills; Writing Skills
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Other
Descriptors
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Reading Recovery Programs; Home Literacy; Literacy Socialization
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Categories
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| Early Intervention >> Reading Recovery | | Parent Participation | | Research >> Instructional Effectiveness |
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Target Audience(s)
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Researchers
Practitioners--Teachers
Parents
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Document Notes
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Also published in Forbes and Briggs (Eds.), Research in Reading Recovery, Volume 2 (Heinemann, 2003).
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