read+to+someone

What tips do you have for read to someone? -call it read to a buddy -assemble a tub with book pairs bundled together with rubber bands -I ordered really cute, inexpensive balsa wood checkmarks from a site mentioned on [|www.thedailycafe.com] a few months ago which are perfect k/first grade size, but in trying to find it again recently have had no luck??? try this for the wooden checkmarks: []

This can be very difficult for younger grades--they get so excited about reading to each other or together: I use their poetry notebooks to work on fluency, phrasing for this activity and also books that can be sung work well (There's a Hole in the Bucket, Raffi books, . . . ) They love those!! This might work well if all students were reading with a buddy for a 10-15 minute block because it is not very quiet!!! :-)

I like to use the You Read to Me and I'll Read to You series that are designed for partner reads. I also ordered Partner Poems for Building Fluency from Scholastic Books. A selection of books appropriate for "Buddy Reading" is waiting in the designated are if the students have "Buddy Read" time.

I am using my book groups to have students read to one another. This gives students a ready made something to accomplish in their 30 minute block. It also gives them a story in common to discuss when we come to strategy groups. It can facilitate discussion among students who have read a book that they have enjoyed and others can read that selection on their own when it is recommended by a peer. I also make lists of books that children reccomend to each other. This helps students with time management of reading materials and assignments. If it is reccomended by someone you know, you are more likely to read the book or article. Use this for summer reading or each month or quarter.

Thank you for the suggestions. I want to launch "Read to Someone" in the next few weeks in my 4th grade classroom and this gives me a few ideas. I think I will try to make some checkmarks and see how long they last before I buy any. I have many pairs of chapter books, but I would like to find some shorter texts for this component of the Daily Five. I really like the idea of the partner poems (Poems for Two Voices?). Great way to build fluency!