Why Companion Reading?
- Uses the powerful tool of peer tutoring
- Children start to read the first day of school
- No tracking or grouping--all kids learn together
- Integrates reading, writing, and comprehension
- First graders learn over 2300 words
- Cooperative nature reduces bullying
- Uses nonsense words to improve decoding skills
- Builds confidence--kids are successful everyday
- First graders will read 60 words per minute orally
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"When I taught Companion Reading for the very first time, the classrooms around me were using it and I barely used it because I was just learning about the program. Even though I'm an excellent teacher, my kids could not read as well as the kids in the other classrooms. So the next year I went ahead and used it in my classroom and I had incredible results." -Karen Zastra, First Grade teacher Read More...