Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills

Title:	Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
Description:	This Kindergarten Teacher's Guide provides information for kindergarten teachers on how to support families as they practice foundational reading skills at home. It serves as a companion to the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade. Both guides present four research-based recommendations and how-to steps: the WWC guide is for teaching children at school, and this guide is to help teachers support families in practicing foundational reading skills at home. br/> The information in this Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide is 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’s Guide provides a framework for literacy support activities presented during schools’ family literacy nights and parent-teacher conferences.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (23MB)
Cover Date:	January 2020
Web Release:	January 6, 2020
Print Release:	January 6, 2020
Publication #:	REL 2020016 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	REL
Associated Centers:	NCEE, WWC
Authors:	Marcia Kosanovich, Ph.D. Laurie Lee, M.S. Barbara Foorman, Ph.D.
Type of Product:	Tools
Keywords:	Kindergarten Reading • beginning reading Teachers • kindergarten Teaching Practices
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Tools, please contact: Amy Johnson.