St. Gregory kindergartners, eighth-graders team up for reading
ZELIENOPLE — Eighth-grader Anna Stumm points out a difficult word in a Dr. Seuss book to the small group of kindergartners surrounding her in the gymnasium of St. Gregory Catholic School.
“We do this every week,” Anna said, helping kindergartner Brayden Fedorka sound out the letters.
Anna is one of 19 eighth-grade students who work with the St. Gregory kindergarten class on a regular basis as part of the school’s Book Buddies program. Older students read books to younger students and listen to the kindergartners reading back to them in return.
“Usually, what happens is the kindergartners will read their readers to the eighth-graders,” kindergarten teacher Marianne McElree explained. “Then, the eighth-graders will read a bigger book for them.”
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