We played "Who Wants To Be The Best Reading Buddy?" It was my take on role playing No Way, Not Quite, and Just Right partner behavior. I had three students come up to the front to be contestants. I then jumped into the role of their reading buddy.
With the first contestant, I was a disaster of a partner. I didn't look at the book, I kept saying, "This is boring", and at one point I threw the book. The judges (the rest of the students) tried buzzing me out many times. We then talked about everything that went wrong.
As the reading buddy to the second contestant, I actually looked at the book, but I kept telling the buddy all the words. I interrupted her a million times, and didn't give her a chance to share. Again, the judges made their buzzing sound and reprimanded me for being a crumby partner.
After reviewing everything I needed to change as a reading buddy, I was the perfect buddy with the last contestant. The judges were very happy and I was impressed with their attention throughout the activity.
We created this poster as a reminder of all the expectations that we need to remember for Buddy Reading time. You can grab a copy of this poster by clicking this link, or the picture.
Remember that it is easy to print this as a larger poster. Just click on "Poster" on the print page, and increase the scale to 150%. It will print onto 4 pages and you just have to tape or glue them together.
What is one Buddy Reading expectation in your classroom?
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