Supporting Literacy at Home Guides in English and Spanish (Multitiered System of Supports for English Learners)

Description:

The Supporting Literacy at Home Guides in English and Spanish provides parents with suggestions for supporting their children's literacy development at home, through a culturally and linguistically responsive approach to shared reading. Parents and family members are encouraged to engage in interactive reading and discussion in Spanish and/or English and their funds of knowledge are tapped by connecting the text to the families' culture and background experiences. Parents learn to use evidence-based reading strategies, such as making predictions, fluency checks, rereading, and deepening comprehension, through open-ended questioning strategies. These strategies accommodate variations in parent language and literacy proficiencies. The guides support an asset-based view English Learners' parents and family members and of their ability to support literacy, even if they do not read or speak the language being read by their child.