Unit15LearningSometimesthebestwayforstudentstolearnisn'tfromateacher—it'sfromanotherstudent
AnewlearningprogrampairsstudentshavingdifficultyinreadingatHandleyHighSchoolwithstrugglingreadersatQuarlesElementarySchooltohelpthemimprovetheirreadingandwritingskillswhileworkingtogether
“Itbuildstheirconfidencereadingwithotherstudents,”saidJessicaCavalier,areadingexpertatHandley
“There'sanunderstandingbetweentheolderandyoungerstudentsbecausetheybothstruggle
”EightstudentsfromHandleybeganvisitingQuarlestwiceaweektoworkwithstrugglingfourthgraders
Thefourthgraderstakingpartintheprogramwerepickedbytheirteachersandreadingexpertsattheschool
For30minutes,thestudentsreadtogetherinQuarles'library,workingwiththesame“readingbuddy(朋友)”eachweek
“They'rebuildingrelationships,”saidCavali