Inter-Generational Reading Project RDNG030 Students At Motherly Intercession

The Book: Rocks in his Head The Themes: Collecting something your interested in Following your dreams The Memories: Ahamad remembers collecting rocks with his grandmother. Ahamad wrote a poem about his grandmother collecting rocks. He has a passion for writing poetry. Made By Amber Wilkins

The Book: The Quilt Story The Themes: Family History Tradition The Memories: Krystal’s memory was the tradition of how her dad takes her on trips. Aliyah’s memory was her favorite teddy bear she had at home. Presented By: Katherine Sangster

The Book: Uncle Jed’s Barbershop The Themes:  Saving money for something special.  Always have dreams, and make them come true by hard work. The Memories:  Naija remembers reading this book prior to me reading it, and she really likes the book.  Naija also can relate to the book because her cousin also has a barbershop  Presented by Alice

THE BOOK: CHICKEN SUNDAYS Themes: Having someone see the good in you Giving a special gift MEMORIES: Brooklyn remembers spending her own money on her big sisters dog Brooklyn bought him a huge bone Presented by Philana Herron

The themes:  Its okay to let go of the past and keep moving forward.  Loyalty and friendship. The Memories:  Aaliyah is loyal to her dog, Lilly. She remembers dancing to “I Knew You Were Trouble” by Taylor Swift with Lilly.  Aaliyah remembers having sleepovers with Lilly and her friends.  Presented by Megan Bellinger

The Book : The Keeping Quilt The Themes: Making the quilt as a reminder The importance of sharing the quilt as a family tradition The Memories: Areyanna remembers the first day she purchased her favorite jacket. Presented by: Symone’ Blount

THE BOOK: UNCLE ANDY’S The Themes: How family gets along How art is used The memories: George remembered taking trips with his Grandparent to a water park. He also like the art in the book. He was able to use that to draw the animals he had seen. Buffy Wier presenter

THE SIGN PAINTER THE THEMES OF THE BOOK WHERE TRUST THE MAN AND BOY HADE TO BUILD TRUST WITH ETCH OTHER PRIDE THE BOY WAS PROUD OF WHAT HE COULD DO AND WANTED TO DO MORE RESPECT THE BOY RESPECTED THE MAN FOR GIVING HIM A JOB AND A CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT HE COULD DO LOYALTY THE MAN WAS LOYAL TO THE CLIENT BY PAINTING THE SINGS THE WAY HE WANTED THEM TO BE DONE AND HE HAD THEM DONE ON TIME MY KID WAS NAMED KADIEN HE TOLD ME THE BOOK REMINDED HIM OF A BOY THAT HADE A RACE CAR AND WON A RACE FOR HIS MOM. TO SHOW HER HE COULD WIN ANDREW ANTHES

The Book: The Gardener The Themes: Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover Creating Something Beautiful You Can make The World A Beautiful Place The Memories: Destiny remembered helping her grandmother in her garden. Destiny remembered walking her dog to the park. Destiny remembered writing letters to her dad and him writing her back. Presented byJaushea Jones

The Themes:  No matter where you are, you can have a bad day. The Memories:  Dainecia remembers when she had a paper first and some other student took it from her and hit her and she got in trouble.  Presented by Saige McLain

THE BOOK: How My Parents Learned to Eat The Themes:  Multi-cultural relationships  Learning something new The Memories:  Tayshaun remembers going to Old Country Buffet and using chopsticks to eat his food.  Deshawna remembers eating Chinese food and being full so she gave it to her dog.  Presented by Devin Rutherford

Student Reflections For this project, I used the before, during and after reading process. It helped me to really put thought into what questions I wanted to ask Aaliyah as well as helped me to analyze the story in more detail. ~ Megan The most rewarding thing out of this project was reading to the child and bonding. It has always brings me joy to work with children and see them smile while they are with you. ~Jalen The most rewarding aspect of being a volunteer was being able to teach someone else something new. ~ Katherine Just like I showed the child I could relate his interest to the story, reading is a social activity with others and you can show them connection they might not have thought about. ~Amber I would say to future students doing this assignment, go in with your heart open, the kids are funny, they do behave, and they just love the attention. You’ll gain an enjoyable experience watching the smile on their faces. ~ Buffy