Reading program puts 'buddies' on same page ; Fourth-graders and kindergartners work together to boost their skills and build confidence.

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: February 23, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

PAUL LIVINGSTONE News Assistant
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
02-23-2006
Reading program puts 'buddies' on same page ; Fourth-graders and kindergartners work together to boost their skills and build confidence.
Byline: PAUL LIVINGSTONE News Assistant
Edition: Final
Section: Your Neighbors-Lakes

A Manchester School teacher started her "Little Buddies" program as a way to help pupils learn to read.

Having her fourth-graders help teach kindergartners at Windham Primary School what they know would give the youngsters in Joyce Greenacre's class a head start, she thought, and teach her own pupils how ...

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