JENNIFER ALEXANDER

Research Questions: 1. Does communication through technology increaseparental interaction with weekly sight words games?2. The sub question will focus on will the mastery of sightwords increase a student’s reading levels?

IS TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT WAYSTHOUGH TECHNOLOGY TO HELPPARENTS GET INVOLVED IN THEIRSTUDENTS LEARNING BY PLAYING SIGHTWORDS GAMES AT HOME WHICH WILLINCREASE STUDENTS READING LEVELSAT SCHOOL.

* QUALITATIVE DATA WAS COLLECTED BY A PERAND POST WRITING ASSESSMENT, PICTURESTHE PARENTS SENT IN OF THEM PLAYING THESIGHT WORD GAMES AT HOME, WEEK SIGHTWORD ASSESSMENTS.*QUANTITATIVE DATA WAS COLLECTED FROMRUNNING RECORDS ON READING LEVELS AT THEBEGINNING AND END OF THE SIX WEEKS.

PURPOSE OF RESEARCH

DATA

INCREASING PARENTALINVOLVEMENT WITHTECHNOLOGY WHICH WILLINCREASE STUDENTSREADING LEVELS

THE ACTION RESEARCH SHOWED THATCOMMUNICATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ISEFFECTIVE IN INCREASING A STUDENTS READINGLEVEL. FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO BE EFFECTIVE THEPARENTS HAD TO WATCH THE SIGHT WORD GAMESSO THAT THEY COULD MOTIVATE THEIR STUDENT TOMASTER THEIR SIGHT WORDS. WHEN THE STUDENTSMASTER THEIR SIGHT WORDS THEY INCREASE THEIRREADING LEVELS.

Conclusion

Participants16 KINDERGARTNERS8 GIRLS AND 8 BOYS

10 ELL STUDENTS3 STUDENTS WITH AN IEP