K Buddies is happening again this year at the Cambridgeport. Students in
Sarah W. and Maisha’s kindergartens are being read to and mentored by
students in Isabel and Sarah B.’s fifth grade. Fifth graders are reading
to the kindergarten students, as well as leading them through writing
exercises designed to improve and scaffold kindergartners’ emerging
literacy skills.
Kindergarten buddies is also a way for students
to build relationships with one another across the school. As a school,
we believe strongly in the power of cross-age learning. These partners
learn so much from one another, and the experience makes our school feel
like a more close-knit place as well. It’s an amazing partnership that
all the students look forward to every week!