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Local third-grade reading scores leave room for improvement
Students must 'learn to read' before they 'read to learn,' educators say
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Oakwood Elementary third-grade teacher Tonya Campbell helps out students Fernando Resendiz and Zoe Townsend with their reading exercises Wednesday morning during class.
Tonya Campbell chatted for 30 seconds with her third-graders about how they know a book they selected is just right for them. Those little talks help her know where students might need help and what they understand and don’t understand. And many of them need help.