This article is written for beginning teachers of the primary grades to provide tools for empowering parents as co-educators in the reading curriculum. Parents play a crucial role in the development of their child\u27s learning. By inviting them to take joint ownership in their child\u27s education, a teacher can build a bridge of communication that will stimulate success for both parent and child.
An overview of how to begin to build the bridge with parents and empowering those parents to become involved is presented. Then, several strategies for decoding text and boosting a child\u27s sight word vocabulary will be discussed. The final component of this article will present comprehension boosting strategies
