Reading Buddies

The 4th grade at Penn Alexander participate in a great program called Reading Buddies. Every other week the students visit a local retirement home. They are paired up with a buddy who they read with during their visit. It is a fantastic program, one that the students and buddies look forward to each time. The students bring their latest reading assignment with them. After they have finished reading it together and working on a related activity, then the group has a snack before heading out. It is most fun to watch the group during snack time, as the students and buddies are usually chatting and learning about each other. This week the reading buddies prepared a presentation for the students about Black History Month. They shared songs, poems and personal stories with the class. The students then wrote about the experience once we got back to school. They all had very positive experiences and appreciated the time and effort that they put into the presentation.