A Closer Look at a Summer Reading Program: Listening to Students and Parents. (4th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Compton‐Lilly, Catherine; Caloia, Rachel; Quast, Erin; McCann, Kelly
• Is Part Of: Reading teacher. Volume 70:Number 1(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 59
• Page End: 67
• Publication Date: 2016-05-04
• Subjects: Popular culture -- Home-school connections -- Parental involvement -- Home language -- Multilingualism -- Choice -- preference -- Case study -- 1‐Early childhood -- 2‐Childhood; Reading (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Reading -- Periodicals; Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Periodicals; 372.405
• DOI: 10.1002/trtr.1468
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-0561

Abstract

Abstract: While existing research documents the effectiveness of summer reading programs, little is know about how and to what degree children actually read the books that are sent home or how families engage with these texts. We took this opportunity to dive in and explore what happened when books were sent home to low‐income, culturally diverse families. Specifically, my doctoral students and I used home visits and interviews to better understand how students and family members engaged with summer reading books. By the end of the summer, we had a gained an expanded understanding of how our summer reading program both built upon and extended families' existing literacy practices.