ABOUT PALS
Student Comments

Elementary school students from Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools offered this feedback about PALS reading:

"The best thing about PALS is being respectful to people that may not be as strong a reader as you. My reading improved during PALS. In PALS, when your partner makes a mistake, you are taught how to encourage him to do it again. Also you can tell him 'good job' when he does good after he rereads the sentence. I really hope we can do PALS again because it was really fun." - Merri

"The best thing about PALS was I became a better reader. The reason why is because I use to stutter when I read and Mrs. Martin helped me with the words I stuttered with. PALS helped me with sounding out the words, and my reading improved. PALS really helped me. I hope we have PALS again." - Cearuh

"PALS was a good experience for me. It helped me cooperate with other students. For example one of my partners read a four paragraph page very slowly. I helped him. The next day he read much better. That made me feel really good. Later, another PALS partner I had didn't like to answer the PALS question. When I showed her how, she was spectacular. I loved PALS. I hope to do it again." - Myers

• "I need to learn how to read."
  
• "I got to meet friends."
  
• "If it was not for PALS I will not read."
  - Avier
  
• "I liked the competition."
  
• "I liked making new friends."
  
• "I liked learning how to read."
  - Demarcus
  
• "I like to read in the PALS."
  
• "I like my reader partner because I learned how to read."
  - Ashley