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Become a Mentor or Tutor

A great way to make an impact is to Get Involved. Reading Buddies and REAL Mentors gets you on the front lines to making a change in a child's life and improving their reading.

READING
BUDDIES

Reading Buddies is a skills-based volunteer program. We connect business professionals and community stakeholders to Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd Grade students who need extra support in reading.

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Black River United Way is proudly working directly with teachers and principals to target the most at-risk students and ensure they have the support they need.

 

Reading Buddies Program connects business professionals and community stakeholders to Pre-K through 2nd-grade students who need extra support in reading. These children are known as striving readers.

 

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HOW IT WORKS

  • RECRUIT: Black River United Way will recruit volunteers to read 1 on 1 to Pre-K, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Graders who need help building foundational reading capacity

  • READ: Volunteers review letter names, letter sounds, and sight word drills with Pre-K through 2nd Graders. Reading Buddies will provide 30-minute 1 on 1 or small groups tutoring 1-2 times per week

  • INSPIRE: Students to focus more on reading strategies and help them reach their reading level or beyond​

The outcomes are significant:

  • Reading practice, reading motivation, and reading improvement

  • Improved self-esteem

  • Ongoing and consistent community engagement

 

Reading Buddies Material Includes:

  • Alphabet magnet set

  • Sight word deck

  • Alphabet book

  • Verbal Pathways For Letter Formations

  • Construction Papers and Markers

  • Big 5 Curriculum Binder

REAL
MENTORS

The outcomes are significant:

  • Relevant Connections to the real world

  • Reading practice, reading motivation, and reading improvement

  • Improved self-esteem

  • Ongoing and consistent community engagement

 

Reading Buddies Material Includes:

  • R.E.A.L. Mentor Set Includes:

  • Scholastic R.E.A.L.® Mentor Pack -                 An Orange In January

  • Scholastic R.E.A.L.® Mentor Pack -         Mañana Iguana

  • Scholastic R.E.A.L.® Mentor Pack -              Ruby Bridges Goes To School

  • Scholastic R.E.A.L.® Mentor Pack -          Whistle For Willie

  • Scholastic R.E.A.L.®: Implementation Guide

Black River United Way is proud to offer Scholastic R.E.A.L.® to Georgetown and Williamsburg County elementary schools.

 

With this program, primary school children will explore fiction and nonfiction books that cover topics reflecting their families, friends, communities, and concerns.
 
Scholastic R.E.A.L.® is a read-aloud mentoring program designed to inspire students and build literacy skills. 

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HOW IT WORKS

  • RECRUIT: Black River United Way will recruit volunteers to mentor 1st Grade Classrooms to support their literacy development.

  • READ: R.E.A.L. Mentors read aloud in selected classrooms for an hour each month. Each mentor has one class of 1st Grade students.

  • INSPIRE: Mentors read and discuss four books during their class visits. Students will receive their own copies of the book to build their personal libraries.

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