Read to Me

The direct service learning project will require students to practice reading a children's book fluently to prepare for reading the book to a class or small group of early elementary school students. Struggling readers can increase their fluency and comprehension by reading along with a text being read out loud to them. However, to ask these struggling readers to identify themselves to their peers is insensitive and impractical. Therefore, the indirect service-learning project will ask students to read a part of their favorite novel, social studies, or science textbook onto a tape or CD to be kept as a resource for struggling readers in the school. An advocacy aspect of the service-learning project could be creating posters or writing persuasive letters urging parents and older siblings to read to young children.