SF Bay Area
Stories
September 10, 2019
Making Time to Make a Difference
One hour a week for a semester is a commitment and that’s why I’ve come up with some tips to help make that commitment a little bit easier.
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December 14, 2022
The true power of books: Emmy Leviss | My Bookmark
Emmy Leviss believes that the true power of books is about creating an environment where all students can be empowered through reading.
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September 26, 2019
Reading Partners Volunteer Nominated for the San Francisco Giants 2019 Isabelle Lemon Community Spirit Award
Our tutors are our superpower. With over 1,400 weekly volunteers, this is no small task, but some tutors make our jobs easy– tutors like Jennifer Pereira.
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September 10, 2019
The Goldilocks Effect: Turns out Reading Partners is Just Right!
Telling a story with audio only – too cold!
Watching an animation – too hot!
Showing images with spoken words put together – just…
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April 25, 2019
Partnering for Succesful Summers
In addition to weekly tutoring, Reading Partners’ Take Reading Home program gives students the opportunity to take a book home every single time they come to a reading center – that’s as many as two books a week for months!
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November 8, 2018
Supporting Student Success with Phonics-Focused Learning
Today we’re going to go over a couple of words that all end with the letters i,n,k, sounding like ‘ink’ as in ‘sink.’
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August 24, 2018
Can a book drive change a child’s future? We think so.
Here in the Bay Area, 86% of our student body is students of color, but only 17% of the books they are reading are by authors of color. At Reading…
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