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Thanks to The Study at Yale Hotel!

A BIG thank you to our community partner, The Study at Yale, for giving us packets of seeds for our tutors. Our tutors are planting the seeds of literacy with their students every time they come to New Haven Reads and we appreciate our volunteers so much! Thanks to The Study for all of their  Read more

May 22, 2013 in News & Events by

Registration is open for summer SAT prep!

New Haven Reads offers three 6-week SAT Prep classes each year. The goal of each class is to enrich vocabulary, improve reading comprehension, review and build mathematics skills, and learn to write a successful essay. This class, like everything at NHR, is free. Students in their 12th grade (senior) year will receive preference for the  Read more

April 16, 2013 in Programs by

Tuesday Tips: Vocabulary

This tip focuses on vocabulary building! Does your student struggle with a certain vocabulary word? Or maybe you want to introduce your student to more words during the tutoring hour.   Try this tactic with your student during your next session.   Step 1: Choose a word of the day. Maybe it is a word you  Read more

March 19, 2013 in News & Events by

Celebrating our AmeriCorps VISTA – Theresa

AmeriCorps Week may have just finished but at New Haven Reads, we continue to love our AmeriCorps VISTA! Theresa, who hails from Wisconsin, is both our Book Bank Manager and the Assistant Site Director at our Bristol Street location. She joined the NHR team last summer and will remain with us until the end of  Read more

March 19, 2013 in News & Events by

Tuesday Tips: KWL exercise

This exercise is a great reading comprehension exercise for younger and older students.  Use this exercise to get your students to think about why they are reading. The K stands for “Know”, the W stand for “Will or Want” and the L stands for “Learn”.  Before reading, ask your students the first two questions  illustrated  Read more

March 15, 2013 in News & Events by

Two AmeriCorps VISTA positions available at NHR

New Haven Reads is seeking two AmeriCorps VISTA members who will work in two main areas: our after school tutoring program and our Book Bank. VISTA members will work from July 8, 2013 to July 11, 2014 Please see the attached document for a more detailed description of these positions. Job Posting for two VISTA  Read more

March 6, 2013 in News & Events by

Tuesday Tip: Previewing Text

Good readers preview text before reading. Reading comprehension is not an automatic or passive process. It is highly interactive and planned. These are strategies to use before reading a text.   Step 1: Set a goal For younger students ask questions like, “Why did you pick this book?”. Be sure to respond to the student’s  Read more

March 5, 2013 in News & Events, Programs, Tuesday Tips, Volunteers by

You’re Invited: Literacy Forum on Early Learning

The Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven is hosting a literacy forum on March, 28th. All are invited to attend, though space is limited. R.S.V.P. to info@literacyeverday.org .           Literacy Forum on Early Learning March 28, 2013 One Hamden Center- 2319 Whitney Avenue, Suite 2B, Hamden, CT 06518 9-10:30am Speakers: Myra Jones-Taylor,  Read more

March 1, 2013 in News & Events by

Tuesday Tips: Rainbow Writing

Use this tip when your student is struggling with a word! This is especially great for sight words.   Step 1: Tutor selects a word and writes it clearly.               Step 2: Have student choose any 5 colors! Any 5! This is their rainbow.            Read more

February 26, 2013 in News & Events, Programs, Tuesday Tips, Volunteers by

Tuesday Tips: Punctuation!

Is your student reading passages out loud and ignoring punctuation?  Try this exercise with your student: Step 1: List fragments of the alphabet with various puntucation marks ABCD! EFG? HI. JKL. MN! OPQR. STU? VWXY…Z! Step 2: Take turns reading the letters while attending to punctuation   Step 3: Repeat with a new format!   Attending to punctuation  Read more

February 19, 2013 in News & Events by

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We need volunteers to help reduce our waiting list! If you're interested, please contact us at:
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