Which of the following is a way to involve the community in your classroom?

• A. Isolate classroom from community
• B. Special guest readers
• C. Career week with community helpers
• D. Buddy reading

Answer: (B)

Bringing real voices from the community into the classroom through reading aloud directly connects students to people outside school and shows that literacy is valued in the wider world. Special guest readers model fluent, expressive reading and can spark genuine conversations about texts, broadening students’ exposure to diverse genres, perspectives, and experiences. This creates motivation, strengthens relationships with local readers, and reinforces the idea that reading matters beyond the classroom.

Isolating the classroom from the community misses these connections. A career week with community helpers broadens students’ horizons but doesn’t center the literacy practice itself, while buddy reading stays within the classroom with peers rather than involving the wider community.