Jeremiah Gordy, a fifth-grader, has been working with Andrade to bring up his grades. He came up one full grade in a four-month period. But he's not just reading, he's comprehending. About Minnesota, for instance. Greg Beatie, executive director of the National City club, said parents and children like Andrade and are able to turn to him for help.
Kids are excited to learn to read.
It's like opening up a whole new world for them. Andrade shares the view of many reading professionals that if children don't learn to read early in their education, doors start closing. He said they will fall behind as early as the second grade. One word can do it. It's proven here all the time.