Singing the Same Song: Engaging Families in Read Two Impress Plus
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2022-05-04
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Nash, K.T., Michael, J., Mata-McMahon, J., Lee, J. and Ackerman, K. (2022), Singing the Same Song: Engaging Families in Read Two Impress Plus. Read Teach, 76: 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2114
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Abstract
Read Two Impress Plus (R2I+) is a fluency-building routine involving students and a more experienced reader in an echo reading process using culturally and linguistically authentic texts. R2I+ was offered as a partnership-centered, culturally and linguistically affirming family engagement to improve the literacy proficiency of students, aged 7–12, at two urban schools in the Mid-Atlantic. Results of this mixed methods study indicate that the family literacy routine had a positive impact on the participating students' reading fluency. In addition, the engagement had a positive influence on the way family members engaged with their children in reading and literacy practices at home.