Leer Juntas (reading together)

1. multimodal literacy practice using diverse media to connect mothers and daughters

1.1. schoolbooks

1.2. magazines

1.3. internet

1.4. cookbooks

2. Two-way support system

2.1. mothers and daughters help each other with texts in their dominant language.

2.2. read texts in the mother's second language

2.3. mothers and daughters read together

2.4. affection between mothers and daughters

2.5. helps teachers design insturctional practices that are relevant to transnational children

2.5.1. maintain social ties with their countries of origin through school

2.5.2. include linguistic and cultural resources and include them in activities

2.5.3. incorporate the translation practices of the daughters with their mothers

2.5.4. foster the development of the first and second languages in local and global dimensions

3. is meant to

3.1. help children, particularly daughters, with homework.

3.2. renovate relationships with their daughters

3.3. develop the Spanish language

3.4. contribute to family unity

4. emphasizes mothers placing on

4.1. school literacy

4.2. completing homework

4.3. monitoring their child's reading

5. connects families by

5.1. maintains relationships between mothers and daughters

5.2. incorporating mothers' beliefs and purposes

5.2.1. in more diverse ways by

5.2.1.1. reading with their daughter

5.2.1.2. meeting the requirements for homework

5.2.1.3. going beyond reading a book

6. values Spanish language and children's billingualism

6.1. people need both languages to function

6.2. maintain and develop their native lanauge