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TitleClosing the Gap Early: Implementing a Literacy Intervention for At-Risk Kindergartners in Urban Schools.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsMacDonald, C., & Figueredo L.
JournalReading Teacher
Volume63
Pagination404 - 419
ISSN00340561
KeywordsCHILDREN – Language, LITERACY programs, READING (Kindergarten), Reading Intervention, Reading Strategies, TUTORS & tutoring
Abstract

This article describes the implementation of an early literacy intervention program designed to help at-risk kindergartners in urban schools. The Kindergarten Early Literacy Tutoring (KELT) program is designed to decrease the academic gap for these students and to help them develop language capacities and literacy knowledge. The program provides the students with a tutor and an additional source of support during the critical language development period. Studies have shown that such tutoring programs are typically successful. Information about the program is presented.
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