Gifts for Reading Recovery Teachers

Picking a gift for a reading recovery teacher

Reading Recovery teachers work one-on-one with first graders who are falling behind in reading, usually for about thirty minutes a day over a number of weeks. The work is patient and specific: running records, choosing the next book, noticing the one strategy a child is starting to use. Most of them carry a stack of sticky notes and a lot of quiet hope. A gift for someone in this role should acknowledge that slow, close kind of teaching. A tee or hoodie with reading recovery teacher on it says the job is real, and adding their school or district name on the second line makes it personal. A mug works well for the staff room, where these teachers often eat lunch alone with a book, grading or planning the next session. If you're buying for a whole team of Reading Recovery teachers at one school, the Team Shop lets you print one design with each person's name, so everyone gets their own shirt.