Resumo

MAIMONI, Eulália H.  e  BORTONE, Márcia E.. Family-school collaboration in a reading procedure for inicial grades. Psicol. esc. educ. [online]. 2001, vol.5, n.1, pp. 37-48. ISSN 1413-8557.

The present study had for objective to use the procedure of "paired reading", involving the parents' collaboration. The parents (mother or father) should hear the reading of texts, twice a week, done by the son, student of second grade of the fundamental teaching, that chose a theme of its interest. Each session lasted five minutes, having a test of understanding of the reading, applied before and after the six weeks of use of the procedure. The parents answered to a questionnaire, about its perception concerning the son's reading. There was improvement in the acting in reading and, although the control group has also improved, the data showed the possibility of the parents' participation in the process of construction of the son's reading.

Palavras-chave : Educational involvement of parents; Relation family-school; Proficiency in reading; Parents perception on reading.