High School Readers Visit Alpine!

Submitted on, 03/01/2010 - 10:54am.
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Mrs. Grandia's ELL (English Language Learner) students (Laura Ramirez, Juana Garcia, Erick Medina, and Guiselle Garcia) from Kenowa Hills High School visited Alpine Elementary on Friday, February 26th to read Spanish and English fairytales to Alpine's ELL 3rd and 4th graders. This was a great way to get Alpine's students excited about reading their own fairytales. Everyone enjoyed their visit!

Here are some comments from the High School students:

“I really enjoyed seeing them smile and being able to understand a story. I read the stories to them in both English and Spanish. They were pretty good at answering the questions. I asked them questions using Who?, What?, When?, Where?, Why? and How? They were shy at first, but then they got more comfortable being around an older person. The kids were great listeners. I’d like to do something with them again and get even more kids involved.” -Laura Ramirez

“It was fun reading to the little kids and helping them with comprehension.” -Erick Medina

“I had fun reading to them. They asked me questions and told me they thought I was cool. I asked them questions about the books in English and Spanish and they understood the stories and could answer the questions.” -Guiselle Garcia

“The story I read to them was Cinderella. I read a page at a time to the students, showed them the picture, asked if they had any questions, then explained what I had just read to them in different words. I also asked them questions so they could make text to self connections. Some of the questions I asked were: Do you think it is nice to be mean to others? How should we treat our sisters? How would you feel if you were Cinderella? Is jealousy a good thing? I tried to ask them questions to get them out of their comfort zones as they were a bit shy.” -Juana Garcia