This year at Wells Bang Na, the Grade 3 students will be continuing their meetings with their little reading buddies in K1. “We need to do reading buddies so we can help K1 learn new things,” said Edward, age 8. To make their visits more enjoyable for the younger students, the Grade 3 class will add skits from Reader’s Theatre and their original, handwritten plays.

During our first visit, the boys put on a short skit “The Three Little Pigs”. “My experience as the narrator helped me see that the little kids can learn new things when we show them something first,”�� mentioned Brilliant, age 8. Edward reflected “We were inspired to do skits by Grade 5”.

“I like reading to my sister and her friends. It makes me feel like I am a teacher!”, commented Sam, age 9. Sam has grown into a leader by visiting the early years classroom. As a result of reading to K2 last year, he is more confident when he meets new children. Actually, all of the boys in Grade 3 have gained much confidence in terms of public speaking and presenting. As a result this year, they are less shy during reading buddies.

The students will continue to help one another build communication skills during this year of shared reading. “The little kids need to improve on their listening, so when we read to them we can remind them to pay attention,” shared Jason, age 8. The older students thought about what they would like to help the K1 students develop over the next few months of reading together. “I hope that the kids can sit still,” said Jason. “I hope that they improve on English so that when they grow up we can talk more,” thought Edward. “I hope that one day they can be reading buddies like us!,” Sam explained. We all hope that the K1 classes enjoy listening to reading as much as we enjoy visiting them.

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During reading month at Wells Bang Na, our older students are meeting with younger learners for buddy reading sessions. The grade two and three students read with K2 classes on Tuesday, March 19th. The students had a relaxing reading experience together. “It was fun reading to the little kids because I love reading and want to share it with them”. said Jason, grade 2. One of the best aspects of this session was the great number of eager readers. “When I read to K2, the little kids were so nice, respectful and listened well”. thought Edward, from grade 2. “Reading to K2 is cool for me. I really like my partner in K2B. They like the books I choose”. mentioned Justin, grade 2. “It was nice to read to K2 because they are cute and can understand the stories, too”. said Brilliant, grade 2.

��K2 students shared how they loved reading with the big kids. Custom (K2) mentioned, “The big kids know how to read and they know how to focus. I want to be like that.” All of K2A agreed they want to be good readers so they can read to younger students when they grow up! Reading buddies is a fantastic way to encourage a love for literacy in students of all ages!

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