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A Parent/Grandparent/Caregiver’s Guide to the Strive-for-Five Framework for Reading Comprehension
As a parent/grandparent/caregiver, you play a crucial role in nurturing your child’s reading skills. I purposefully included grandparents in the subtitle of the article because my earliest memories of reading and discussing text were with my grandad, Bada — A very smart, giant of a teddy bear, West Indian man, proud of his British and Irish ancestry. While classroom instruction is essential, involvement at home (whether from parents, grandparents, or any caregiver) can significantly impact your child’s reading comprehension and overall literacy development. You may be familiar with the Science of Reading, a research-based approach to teaching reading that emphasizes the importance of explicit instruction in phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
According to Burke Hadley et al. (2020), supporting young learners’ oral language development is foundational to future success as readers, and one important way teachers foster language development is by having active conversations with students. Similarly, at home, parents should implement the same approach, and one practical way is to use the Strive-for-Five Framework, designed to empower children to become active and engaged readers.
