A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Cover page
Acknowledgments
Compact Legislation
Foreword
Committing to Improvement

Step 1: Get Started

• The Core Compact Team
• The Compact Invention Team
• Assisting Participants
• Addressing Language Differences
• Taking An Inventory of Your School's Literacy Needs and Resources
• Activity Sheet 1A: Taking Stock of Your School's Reading Standards and Activities

Step 2: Write Your Compact

• The First Meeting of the Compact Invention Team
• Getting Down to Work
• Making the Compact a Part of the School Community
• Activity Sheet 2A: How Parents Can Improve Children's Reading Achievement
• Activity Sheet 2B: How Teachers Can Improve Children's Reading Achievement
• Activity Sheet 2C: How Administrators Can Improve Children's Reading Achievement
• Activity Sheet 2D: How Community Members Can Improve Children's Reading Achievement

Step 3: Put Your Compact for Reading to Work

• The School-Home Links Reading Kit
• How The School-Home Links Reading Kit is Used
• The Principal's Role
• The Teacher's Role
• The Parent's Role
• The Role of Community Volunteers
• Other Types of Activities to Implement the Compact for Reading
• Activity Sheet 3A: Putting Your School's Compact Into Action

Step 4: Evaluate Your Compact

• Agreeing on the Results to Measure
• Assessing How Well Your Students Are Reading
• Supporting Learning, Communication, and Capacity Building
• Activity Sheet 4A: Evaluating the Quality of the Compact Process
• Activity Sheet 4B: A Final Tally -- What We Are Doing Well and What Can We Improve?

Step 5: Strengthen Your Compact

• Generating Solutions for Thorny Challenges
• Sample Challenges and Solutions
• Activity Sheet 5A: Your Improvement Plan

Appendices

• Appendix A: The National Academy of Sciences' "Accomplishments in Reading"
• Appendix B: Reading Fact Sheets
• Appendix C: School-Home Links Calendar
• Appendix D: Key Resources
• Appendix E: Partnership for Family Involvement in Education Information

School-Home Links Reading Kit is a series of student activities for the kindergarten, first, second, and third grade classrooms.

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