Buddy reading

We know that being able to read is very important for all age groups. This is why we go to rooms two and three for buddy reading on a Wednesday afternoon.


We have identified our feelings using the red hat:

• I feel OK with buddy reading (Maggie)
• I feel good with buddy reading (Nakita)
• I feel buddy reading is helpful (Izabella)
• I feel buddy reading is alright (Gabriel)

 We have identified the facts about buddy reading using the white hat:

• We go to buddy reading every Wednesday at 1.30 p.m. (Matthew)
• We help students from rooms 2 & 3 to pronounce words. (Jordan)
• Year 8 students help room 3 and year 7 students help room 2. (Mystery)
• We read the books to the students in room 2 & 3. (Georgia)
• We spend twenty five minutes buddy reading. (Ezekiel)
• We all have our own reading buddy. (Kaea)
• We can read inside or outside the classrooms. (Nakita)
• We take turns reading with our buddy. (Ngaire)
• Each buddy reader has their own book to read. (Nancy)

We have identified the benefits using yellow hat thinking below:

• It helps the buddies read and spell. (Antoinette)
• It will help the buddies to read better, so that when they come to the senior school they will think the reading in the senior syndicate is easy. (Chase)
• We can help our buddies get a better education. (Kaea)
• It can help buddies get to know older students. (Tei)
• It helps the teachers in room 2 & 3, because if we didn't go there, they'd have to work with each student one by one. (Nancy)

We have identified the weaknesses using black hat thinking below:

• My buddy gets sidetracked (Korowai)
• My buddy talks while I'm reading (Nakita)
• After a while of reading to my buddy, she gets bored and loses attention. (Rachael)
• My buddy is shy, so she doesn't usually read. (Matthew)
• My buddy runs off when I'm reading. (Ngaire)
• My buddy doesn't read even when the teacher asks her to. So I don't know what she can do. (Nancy)

We have created some new ideas to improve some of the weaknesses using green hat thinking below:

• Get books buddies are interested in (Kaea)
• You can give buddies the books to read if they are talking while your reading. (Ezekiel)
• You can use expression in your reading to keep buddies interested. (Kody)
• You can encourage buddies to read, and model reading first. (Matthew)
• Ask buddies to sit down and be quiet. (Nakita)
• Get the teacher to sit down with them, so that they do read.

Below are some photos of us working with our buddy class:

By Room 12