Nationwide, learning loss from Covid has proved devastating. Providing a tutor for every student would be awesome, but not the most practical or cost-effective solution. That's where peer tutoring steps in -- Learning Together offers in-depth training and scripted lessons that allow older students to be productive change agents in building reading and math skills as they develop their own leadership skills. Ask us how at info@learningtogether.com.
At-Home Summer Camp gets students ready for school!
At-Home Summer Camp is a simple, fun way to reinforce your child’s reading and writing skills, and get them excited about returning to school in the fall. It also promotes close and caring relationships between your child and their “camp counselor,” the parent, grandparent, older sibling or other family member who will be their tutor. Your child will enjoy reading with you, but also independently exploring puzzles, games, videos and crafts based on the books and passages. Ask your school district if they are providing this online program for families, or contact us at info@learningtogether.com to find out how to get a copy in English OR Spanish!
A Listening Mindset Helps Re-Engage Students As They Return to the Classroom
Administrators and teachers are anxious to get back to face-to-face instruction. Our new Listening Mindset online professional development series can help you re-engage students who have been working in isolation for so long. It's your chance to learn from a top expert in the field, Dr. Kyle Jensen of Arizona State. Contact us at info@learningtogether for details!
Stories from Space!
The Learning Together team had too much fun turning our Reading Together elementary programs into distance learning modules. Students don’t just read about space now — they see astronauts walking on the moon, check their understanding with interactive Google forms, listen to a story read on the International Space Station and more! Learn more at info@learningtogether.com.
Helping Parents Support Literacy at Home
We’ve adapted our proven peer tutoring programs in elementary reading to be used by parents, guardians and adult volunteers at home via on-line delivery. Providing highly structured academic content specifically designed to support at-risk students, these units are also of particular interest to parents who are worried about learning loss because of distance-learning or interrupted education schedules. NEW! Districts can license use of all elementary grade level programs at significantly reduced costs for use by all families within the district, or parents can buy individual grade-level tutoring programs (or additional coaching support) on-line.
Celebrate Black History Month
Share 10 stories of famous and not-so-famous African-Americans who changed history. Reading Together and Math Together teachers can contact us for a PDF of special passages like this one about WWII hero Doris Miller, who left his post collecting laundry to protect his ship at Pearl Harbor. The Navy is naming its newest aircraft carrier in his honor!
Watch a master teacher at work!
Refresh your Reading Together skills by watching a master teacher prep her tutors.
It's time to schedule Phase II training
As tutorials progress, Learning Together tutees gradually build confidence and assume more responsibility for their own learning. Tutors check back into Leadership Academy to fine-tune their skills and prepare for changes in upcoming Phase II lessons. Plan ahead by scheduling a PD session with your L2 coach. Contact us at info@learningtogether.com if you need assistance!
16 Years and Counting...
At 16 years, we think Barbara Frye may be our most loyal volunteer Reading Together tutor. (Yes, there are lots of schools using adult instead of peer tutors -- it's a wonderful way to engage the community.) Barbara volunteers at Fairview Elementary in High Point, NC, which is part of a wonderful Communities in Schools program called GrandPals. Let us know if you have a special volunteer you'd like to honor!
Adult volunteers are transforming lives with Reading Together
H.U.G. — Help Us Grow — keeps expanding to serve more second and third graders in the Lousiville , KY. Look for our Reading Together materials in this inspiring video!
Looking for caring hearts...
An amazing program called H.U.G. in Louisville, Kentucky, uses Reading Together materials with community volunteers. Kudos to founder Janine Broussard, who saw a need and stepped in to fill it! Learn more at https://www.hugreadingprogram.org.
Capture the voice of your students
The Gallup Student Poll, a web-based survey, empowers schools to add the voice of their students to measures of school success. The survey helps educators provide a more positive school culture -- one that builds engagement, creates hope for the future, fosters talent and prepares students to meaningfully participate in the economy.
Register now for no-cost administration between Sept. 25th and Oct. 27.
What does student engagement look like?
See Mrs. Dixon's Reading Together class in action at Lexington Park Elementary, St. Mary's County, MD!
Get Their Attention
Many thanks to teachers Paul Lopez and Martin DuSold in Beaumont USD, CA, for sharing a list of videos they used to provide context for Reading Together SECONDARY lessons. Sports videos like this one were a great hook for their high school students! Access their list here.
Celebrating a Great Partnership
The United Way of Greater Houston, Spring Branch ISD and Learning Together joined forces to help students reach a critical second-grade milestone -- reading at or above grade level! Check out the video!
Keeping Middle Schoolers Motivated
It's not easy to engage young adolescents. Bentonville, Arkansas is having great success with Reading Together!
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