Tuesday, December 14th 2010
A few years ago I volunteered with the SMART program (Start Making A Reader Today) and absolutely loved it. I wanted to sign up and do it again for the past couple years, but never took the time- until a couple weeks ago. The coordinator contacted me and asked if I was available on Tuesdays to start reading and replied with a "Yes!"
So today was my first day, where I had a little introduction from the coordinator for the first 1/2 hour, then read with a 1st grader for the 2nd 1/2 hour. Next time I'll sit with 2 different students, each for a 1/2 hour.
The boy, Mr. J, was adorable and read an Arthur book to me the entire 30 minutes. He wanted help with the big words but he did a fantastic job with all the rest. I think he even learned a couple words. One of them was the word "school" because at the start he didn't know it and by the end, he was reading the word without hesitation. Wonderful!
It was also take-home-a-book day so each child got to pick out a paperback book to keep.
Mr. J picked out a different Arthur book to take home and while I walked him back to class, he started reading the book outloud all the way down the hallway. So cute! I'll go back after the holidays in a couple weeks and I'm looking foward to it very much!
Peace :)
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