Professional Project: Promoting Home Literacy Environments Through the Implementation of a Literacy Night and a Website
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Title
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Professional Project: Promoting Home Literacy Environments Through the Implementation of a Literacy Night and a Website
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Creator
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Sam Shuirman
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Degree Name
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Master of Science in Education: Reading
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Project Type
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Professional Project
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Date
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6/15/2025
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Abstract
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The research question behind this professional project looks at why students may be behind in their literacy learning, and takes a look at what can be done outside of the school environment. The goal of this professional project is to explore the meaningful impact of a comprehensive home learning environment for children, as well as looking at two different ways to share strategies, methods, and ideas for how to construct a home learning environment, through a literacy night and a website. It is widely understood that children who grow up in homes that have home literacy environments, have much more positive growth in their literacy skills overall, in conjunction with formal instruction at school, than children who do not have that same access to home literacy environments. The goal of the literacy night is to inform families, students, and community members of several key strategies for cultivating a home literacy environment. The website adds on to this by providing different resources for families and community members to access that provide literacy resources and websites that can be used at home. Creating a community of learners progressing in their literacy development is the end goal of this project.
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Keywords
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home literacy environment
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literacy
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Committee Member
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Kenneth Carano
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Melanie Landon-Hays
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Sharlee Blackwell
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Rights
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Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/20/2025, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author.
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https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
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Language
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eng
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spa
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Type
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Text
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Identifier
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SamuelShuirman_PP_2025
