This toolkit helps families join efforts to support children’s literacy growth in remote or blended learning environments.
You will learn:
- Features of remote literacy learning.
- Roles that families play.
- Coaching steps to support literacy learning at home.
This toolkit includes:
- Overview Video & Resources
- Research Briefs & Infographics
- Tools & Tips for Families
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Overview of Remote Literacy Learning
Remote literacy learning is a collaboration among schools, families, and students. Watch this brief overview video and explore these resources for a quick introduction to the features of remote literacy learning.
What is Remote Literacy Learning? What should it include? What are important considerations for students with reading disabilities? Learn the answer to these and other questions about Remote Literacy Learning in five minutes!
Remote literacy learning is a collaboration among schools, families, and students.
This guide describes the use of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) framework, like positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS), to restart classrooms and schools in a manner that all students, families, and educators are supported effectively, efficiently, and relevantly.
Topic: Remote Learning, General Literacy
Families can use this resource for tips and strategies on how to improve their child's learning.
Topic: Partnerships, Remote Learning
This handout presents strategies for bridging the digital divide during remote learning.
Topic: Partnerships, Remote Learning
Families as Partners in Remote Literacy Learning
Learn what roles families and schools play in remote literacy learning and how families can create conditions to partner effectively with families and support children’s literacy growth in remote learning.
Remote literacy learning includes a mixture of literacy learning experiences that are teacher-led, family-led, and student-led. It is a collaboration among schools, families, and students. Parents have an important role in helping develop your child’s literacy skills.
You can coach your child’s literacy learning at home. This means interacting with and guiding your child so he or she grows and succeeds.
This playbook talks about the five components of reading, games to play with kids to develop their literacy skills, and shares 20 stories of Dads who have helped their kids learn to read.
Topic: Beginning Reading
These videos and activities provide families with information about how to support children as they practice foundational reading skills at home.
Topic: Partnerships, Remote Learning, Beginning Reading
Parents and caregivers can use this resource to support their teenager's reading skills.
Topic: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Remote Learning
Check out these evidence-based classroom practices that you might be able to adapt for home-use. (But please note that research has not investigated the efficacy of these practices in home contexts).
Topic: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency with Text
This resource accompanies the NCII video demonstrations of sample instruction and provides helpful tips for parents when using the lesson plans in a virtual environment.
Topic: Dyslexia, Reading Disabilities, Remote Learning
This video provides an example of how a parent can implement one of the NCII sample reading lessons to provide additional practice opportunities
Topic: Dyslexia, Reading Disabilities, Remote Learning
These videos provide families with information about how to do the FCRR student center activities at home with their child.
Topic: Remote Learning, Partnerships
Educational experts at MCPER have created videos to help parents and guardians use effective practices to teach students at home due to COVID-19
Topic: Remote Learning, Partnerships
Learn tips for helping your child cope socially and emotionally with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Topic: Remote Learning, Partnerships
Use this free online assessment to screen your child for risk of future reading difficulties.
Topic: Remote Learning, Assessments
Parent Tips for Educating at Home
Breath and Relax
It’s OK to feel overwhelmed. This is very hard, especially with the many other responsibilities you have. There is no right way to do this. We’re all figuring it out as we go.
Love and Support
Continue to do what you’re already doing, like being supportive, loving, and responsive to your child’s social, emotional, and learning needs. You know your child best.
Be You
You probably feel under-prepared for this new role. That’s natural. Being a home educator is very challenging. Your child’s school knows this and appreciates your efforts. You’ve got this!
This toolkit helps schools support children’s literacy growth in remote or blended learning environments.
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The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2023 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliteracy.org
