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Reading Buddy Letters
By Lynn

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Last year I created a competition I called Reading Olympics with my students. There were four categories: AR points, AR test average, time spent reading, and pages read. I listed students in order for each category and
listed the score of the leader so that everyone could set an appropriate goal for the week. I offered small rewards for top three category winners and the top three overall winners were allowed to invite someone of the choosing to the pizza or ice cream party. It worked so well I am doing it again this year.
This year I have also paired up my students with students from my husband's
high school english classes. My students (grades 1-5) read a book and write a letter to their reading buddy about it. Then I send the book and the letter to the high school for their reading buddy to respond to. If they ask questions back to my students they answer them in their next book. Both groups of students are eager to get and write letters.

 


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