Emergent Reader Program
UMS runs a really special emergent reading program that brings together families, students, and teachers. But it only works if we have you! On Mondays and Fridays from about 9-10am, we need volunteers to come in to read with our Kinders. It's a great experiene and the kids love readingn to other adults. It's quite a rewarding experience, as you see first hand the growth and progress each child makes. Anyone can volunteer (pending background checks), and you don't have to commit to each week. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings!! Whatever time you can donate, we will take! Here's what it looks like in a nutshell:
Each child will have a fabric reading bag. In that bag, he will have a book, a notepad, and a letter or sight word deck.
Each Monday and Friday, kids will read their old book to a volunteer, read their letters/sight words, and then check out a new book. The volunteer will read the new book to the child. The volunteer is then asked to write some positive comments in the notepad for the student to take home and share with their family.
The volunteer is then invited to read with another student and repeat the process until all kids are read with or the volunteer has to leave.
At the end of the year, we will have a Readers' Tea to celebrate with the kids' accomplishments and the work they did during the school year. ALL families are invited to celebrate with us. It is truly an exciting celebration and one that the kids really value.
So if you have time to give, please let me know! THANK YOU!
Each child will have a fabric reading bag. In that bag, he will have a book, a notepad, and a letter or sight word deck.
Each Monday and Friday, kids will read their old book to a volunteer, read their letters/sight words, and then check out a new book. The volunteer will read the new book to the child. The volunteer is then asked to write some positive comments in the notepad for the student to take home and share with their family.
The volunteer is then invited to read with another student and repeat the process until all kids are read with or the volunteer has to leave.
At the end of the year, we will have a Readers' Tea to celebrate with the kids' accomplishments and the work they did during the school year. ALL families are invited to celebrate with us. It is truly an exciting celebration and one that the kids really value.
So if you have time to give, please let me know! THANK YOU!
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