1. Reading Improvement Through Homework Help Fatimah Washington Ed 700.22 Spring 2010

2. Table of Contents • Statement of the Problem • Contemporary Practices from practitioners • Points of View from Theorists • Statement of Hypothesis • References

3. Statement of the Problem Children of parents with low socio-economic attainment have low reading scores due to insufficient help with homework.

4. Contemporary Practices • Family literacy as a third space between home and school (Pahl & Kelly, 2005). • Interactive homework assignments (Bailey, 2006) • Reading First: A component of the No • Child Left Behind Act (Whitfield, 2005) • School support strategies (Sen. et al.,2009)

5. Points of View From Theorists

6. Statement of Hypothesis The reading scores of 10 at-risk first grade students of school x will receive professional help with homework to improve their reading scores.

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