First of all, happy new year to everyone! I come back after a long break with a renewed spirit to ratchet up for the next level of effort that will tell the tale of whether or not the San Antonio community is willing and able to meet the needs of our 2nd grade students. I ask myself this question on a daily basis: How important is it to this community that we have literate children? This year we hope to tutor 1,481 students but there are still over 5,800 kids that fail the 3rd grade literacy test every year in Bexar County.

Reading Buddies, if you have a student who has a tendency to confuse lower case d and b, try using this visual: The lower case b fits inside the upper case B when you overlay them. Using the dry-erase board, write an upper case B, then on top of the upper case B, write the lower case b and let your student see how they fit. This just might be the hint your student needs to correctly identify their  d’s and b’s!Check out more tips and resources via the Reading Buddy Insider online via saylonline.wpengine.com!

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