By Alejandra Garcia | Executive Director
We continue to see significant improvements in our students' reading levels at the Yspaniola Learning Center. This is due in part to creative strategies employed by our teaching staff aimed at harnessing student engagement and active participation in their educational journey. One recent strategy to encourage student enthusiasm for reading is a reading exchange between our Learning Center and Preschool students, called ¨Hop on the Reading Train." Students in our preschool are between the ages of 3 to 5 and in our Learning Center between 7 to 13, so they are at very different levels in their reading journey.
We began implementing ¨Hop on the Reading Train¨ in spring 2024 and are excited to see how enthusiastic students feel about this exchange! The goal is to motivate our students who are learning to read, to get on the reading train!
Every Friday, a student from the learning center visits our preschool class 1A and conducts an hour of reading with younger students. This exchange positively impacts all students involved, benefiting both the listener and reader. The older students who serve as readers develop their skills in fluency, stage management, reading comprehension, and leadership. Younger students develop an enthusiasm for reading, experience a positive mentor, and develop reading skills.
Thanks to this initiative, we have seen preschool students become new readers. In September of last year, our preschool 1A class began with 14 children who were not yet readers. In January, when we administered tests to determine reading levels, we learned that we had 4 new readers! Students' effort, dedication, and the teachers' strategies have contributed to this exciting achievement.
Our commitment to education is a wonderful adventure, just like hopping on the reading train!
By Alejandra Garcia | Project Leader
By Alejandra Garcia | Project Leader
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