Adopt a reading buddy

Reading Buddies can improve reading fluency and decrease stress. Let me share ideas and a free printable with you and get you going with Reading Buddies!

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This end of the year student gift that will keep your students reading throughout the summer. Your students will adopt stuffed reading buddies, sign an adoption certificate and vow to read to their stuffy every day this summer!

Take this fun and cute idea to get your students reading at home! Set up an adopt-a-pet reading kit in your classroom to encourage kids to read. When it comes to wanting our students to love to read, we teachers will pretty much bend over backward. So, when we come across an idea that has … Cute Adopt-a-Pet Reading Kit to Encourage Your Students to Read at Home Read More »

At my school we call them learning buddies but you might know them as reading buddies or big buddies/little buddies. Whatever you call them, some times it’s hard to think of activities to do with them. I often found myself planning things on the fly so I decided to compile a list of activities that […]

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Keep your students motivated to hit their weekly and monthly reading goals by offering a little motivation or reward. Here are some of our favorite ideas.

A Book Buddy Bag is a special backpack that contains activities, books and a stuffed animal or character that will go home with a student each Monday. Book Buddy Bags are designed to be a fun and informative way for families to share literacy and learning experiences at home. Book Buddy Bags help to...

During Daily Five, my students are able to choose a reading buddy from our classroom basket to read to during Reading to Self. My first graders have loved the buddies all year long, so for Christmas I decided to give them all a new buddy to take home. I created this little poem to go on the gift tags: I am your little reading buddy, quiet as can be. I will listen to you, as you read to me. Read to me anywhere, anytime you can. You will soon find, I am your biggest fan! Happy Reading! I found…