About the Intervention
Read It Again! PreK (RIA) is a whole-class, teacher-implemented language and literacy intervention for preschool children, particularly those in early childhood special education (ECSE) classrooms. Teachers implement two RIA lessons per week for 30 weeks (60 lessons total) using 15 commercially available storybooks. Each lesson is approximately 20 minutes and follows a systematic scope and sequence that embeds explicit instruction in print knowledge, phonological awareness, narrative, and vocabulary within shared book reading. Lessons are soft-scripted and include a learner's ladder with scaffolding examples to help teachers differentiate instruction and provide more or less support to meet lesson objectives. RIA teachers receive an 8-hour face-to-face workshop and a 3-hour mid-year refresher workshop. Caregivers receive four of the books used in RIA (one every 6 weeks) and are encouraged to read them to their child once a week.
Statistical Findings
No effect: on print awareness
No effect: on letter knowledge
No effect: on phonological awareness
No effect: on narrative
No effect: on vocabulary
More Intervention Details
Focus Areas
Those with DisabilitiesPrograms & Services
Early Childhood Special Education Tier One Program, General EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s), Teachers/Instructional TeamsCitation
Dogucu, M., Jiang, H., Justice, L. M., Khan, K. S., O'Connell, A. A., Piasta, S. B. & Sawyer, B. (2020). Effects of Read It Again! In Early Childhood Special Education Classrooms as Compared to Regular Shared Book Reading (EJ1260922). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1260922.pdf.
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