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 Keri
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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 Keri
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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 Keri
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Welcome to our Volunteer Spotlight series! Each month, New Haven Reads will highlight one of our spectacular volunteers. Read on to learn more about one of our Bristol tutors, Michelle Komie. Tutoring sessions at Bristol Street, our largest site, take place among the bookshelves in our book bank. At one of those tables, one would Read more
September 29, 2012 in News & Events by Keri
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Tutoring and working at New Haven Reads was the best opportunity that could have been afforded to me. After volunteering with various organizations in the city, ranging from sports camps to education-based programs, for the past three years, I was determined to continue this summer. After hearing about NHR, I was instantly enthralled; I myself Read more
August 6, 2012 in News & Events by Keri
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As a resident of New Haven, I have always found a way to be involved in my community. Whether it be tutoring at St. Francis-St. Rose School, volunteering summers at the Pre- Kindergarteners at St. Francis-St. Rose, teaching a catechism class for students wishing to make their First Communion, or being an altar server and Read more
July 23, 2012 in News & Events by Keri
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Welcome to our new Volunteer Spotlight series! Each month, New Haven Reads will highlight one of our spectacular volunteers. Read on to learn more about one of our book bank volunteers, Travis Crocker. There are many ways to volunteer at New Haven Reads, and volunteering in the book bank is one of them. Read more
July 10, 2012 in News & Events, Volunteer Spotlight, Volunteers by Keri
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