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Chapter 12, The Sociocultural Context in which Children Acquire Literacy, of the NLP report, makes a recommendation based on one study's findings. This study (Mulhern), documents the importance of helping parents understand the kind of instruction children are receiving in school so that misunderstandings do not arise do not arise when children work at home. One way of creating consonance between home and school may be by teachers modeling an activity and involving both parents and students.

The following links are the lesson plan and materials you will need to replicate the "Learning How to Write the Right way with Your Child: The Five Steps that Good Writers Use! A Parent & Student Writer's Workshop." The teacher models how writing is being taught in the classroom, involving both parents and students, to better prepare parents for writing with their children at home.