The students need consistency. The school plans to order more books. Nell Royston, a second-grade teacher, says the program works as a supplement. I pick and chose specific reading assignments that follow our curriculum. The students leave class in the morning to meet with their book buddies.
Sessions take place in an empty classroom or in a private corner of the library.
So we try to take them out where it won't hurt them. Of course, we don't take them out during reading. She agrees that the students respond well to their book buddies. The parents are pleased, the students are responding well and we love having the extra help.