HOST A BUDDY - Teacher Information
All of our buddies have been partnered for this year, but we invite you to follow the progress of our project here Spring 2016.
What is involved in hosting a buddy?
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What are home visits?
The most powerful components of any Travel Buddy Project are home visits. Each night your buddy is sent home with a different student to visit with the child’s family. It’s in these experiences that students build their literacy skills, fall in love with their new friend, and take the buddy on local adventures. Whether they take him to read in a favorite spot at home or to explore and learn at a local cultural festival, every visit is special. We have seen buddies visit with famous people, attend live theatre performances, enjoy an afternoon at the beach, and even spend a day at Disneyland.
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What is the Weekly Teacher Diary?
We know how busy teachers are, so all we ask is a few minutes to upload a weekly photo and write a short paragraph of what buddy has been learning in class. Have the students discovered a new way to solve a math problem? Participated in a Skype virtual field trip? Engineered a new structure in science? We’d love to hear about it!
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