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Stuffed Reading Buddies
By JulieP

Each year, I have a couple in my class that HATE to read by themselves. They whine and moan when I tell them that we will do DEAR every day. I hear "I hate to read." all the time.

I keep a large bin next to my class
library that holds various sized stuffed animals. I tell my students that they can take a reading buddy with them when they read by themselves, but only when they read by themselves.

Now my kids who HATED to read at the beginning of the year are the first to ask if they can get a book and a buddy and read. And this is not just during DEAR time. They ask when they finish assignments

early.

It has also worked in another way this year. I have a couple of coveted reading buddies that all the kids want to read with. My late finishers have started working faster to try to get one of these animals.