1. Parental Involvement & Third Grade Reading
How does parental involvement improve student achievement in third grade students reading?
Phaedra Boyd

2. Let’s Discuss… What is your definition of Parent Involvement?
How does Parental Involvement look in your school?
What are the pro/cons of parental involvement?

3. What the research says…
Parental Involvement Definition
“Parental Involvement is the process in which those involved mutually support each other” (Driessen, 2005)
Pros:
Students do better in school and in life
Parents become empowered
Teacher morale improves
Schools get better
Communities grow stronger
Cons:
Bring their own agendas
Can be overbearing

4. How does parent involvement look?
Establish a daily family routine by providing time and a quite place to study with the children and assigning responsibility for house hold chores.
Monitor out-of-school activities, for example setting limits on television watching, reduce time of playing, monitor the groups of friends the pupils walk with.
Encourage children’s development and progress in school; that is maintaining a worm and supportive home, showing interest in children’s progress at school, helping him or her with homework

5. Let’s Discuss… How does the Language Arts program look at your school?
Is reading a concern?
How important is reading mastery by grade 3?

6. What the research says…
40% of students struggle with reading
2 hour reading blocks each day
All subjects require reading
70% of 3rd graders who read below grade level never catch up
70% of high school dropouts have reading problems

7. What the research says…
A student who can't read on grade level by 3rd grade is four times less likely to graduate by age 19 than a child who does read proficiently by that time. Add poverty to the mix, and a student is 13 times less likely to graduate on time than his or her proficient, wealthier peer
–Educator Week
Third Grade Jail Prediction

8. Question formed…
How does parental involvement improve student achievement in third grade students reading?

9. What will my research look like?
George Washington Carver Elementary
3rd grade classroom
15-20 students
Surveys (initial, middle, end)
Informal Interviews (parents, students)
Personal Journaling
Student Assessment (PALS, Benchmark, Bi-Weekly, SOL)

10. Questions???