Buddy Reading: Cross-Age Tutoring in a Multicultural School

by Katharine Davies Samway and Mary Pippitt

Book Overview

In this book, Samway, Whang, and Pippitt describe their experiences in establishing and maintaining a cross-age reading program in a multiethnic, multilingual inner-city school in Oakland, California. What began as an effort to engage one underachieving fifth-grade boy evolved into an effective cross-age tutoring program, involving first/second grade students and fifth/sixth grade students, most of whom were acquiring English as a non native language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435088408
• ISBN13: 9780435088408
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 6

Customer Reviews

It's Okay to Read Easy Books!

After carefully digesting Buddy Reading and having implemented the program for four years, I truly believe that the suggestions and techniques that the authors had to offer helped to develop fluency, intonation, critical thinking, and a love for reading! There are many articles on the benefits of buddy reading and this book offers an excellent guide on how to successfully implement one. There are lessons for the teacher of older buddies as well as lessons for the teacher of the younger buddies. I highly recommend this book!