Congratulations to our Reading Buddy of the Month – Vivian Holder! This is Vivian’s first year as a Reading Buddy, and she is currently tutoring at Madison Elementary in SAISD. Vivian has a history with Madison. The CFO of her company, Shannon Braymen had started a drawing for a free
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Book Buddy News – December 2018
November saw over 100 volunteer hours donated by our terrific Book Buddies. By mid-month volunteers had emptied four huge Gaylord cartons, each holding up to 2,000 books! At this rate we’ll have them all emptied and boxed up for distribution by the end of January. We couldn’t do this without
Reading Buddy Tip – Learning a New Word
Learning and Retaining New Words with the Whiteboard & Piggy Bank A shared concern of many Reading Buddies is when their student misreads the same word on multiple occasions, sometimes even on the next page. For these new or challenging words students may need a lot of repetition with a
School Spotlight – Larkspur Elementary
Congratulations to our School of the Month – Larkspur! They have done an awesome job helping us roll out the Reading Buddy program this year. We started 26 Zachry Corporation volunteers in October, and we had a few community volunteers start as well. The 2nd grade teachers, Ms. Leyva, Mr. Ibarra,
Donor Spotlight – Hulu Viewer Experience
A special thank you to Hulu Viewer Experience for donating $2,344 to San Antonio Youth Literacy. Hulu created their own Fiesta medal with a goal to donate their proceeds to a local nonprofit, and SAYL was the lucky recipient!!
Reading Buddy Spotlight – Lucy Blevins
This month’s Reading Buddy goes to Ms. Lucy Blevins! Lucy has been a Reading Buddy since the 2013-2014 school year and is continuing into her 6th year. She is a volunteer at Bonham Academy and has enjoyed every minute of it. She first learned about the program through her company,
Book Buddies News – November 2018
At Book Buddies the new year of book drives and volunteer activity is in full swing. Our Book Drive Committee, consisting of Maria Salinas, Rosa Maria Gonzalez, and Midge Breslof, is working on encouraging groups all over the city to hold book drives. And those books have been coming in! Concordia
Reading Buddy Insider – Book Introductions and the Picture Walk
One way we can set students up for greater success when reading is by introducing and previewing a book before beginning to read. Many students are familiar with the process of taking a few minutes before reading a new book to discuss what they are about to read; however, other
Executive Director Note – November 2018
“Each day I am thankful for the nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into family, dreams that turned into reality and likes that turned into love.” –Author Unknown Here at SAYL, we have many things to be thankful for this coming Thanksgiving Day. We are thankful first and
Reading Buddy Tip: Relationship Building in Your First Few Sessions
The title Reading Buddy implies two roles for the volunteer: reading tutor and supportive mentor. Both roles are important and intertwined. When we build strong, supportive relationships with students they feel more at ease to take the risks that learning requires. Because of this it makes sense to take some