by Colette Aru, age 8

Literacy experts say reading aloud to one’s pet is a great way to become a more confident reader. It’s also really, really fun. In the Writing for Your Pet workshop, we teach students that cats and dogs have no interest in the sports pages. They want stories written just for them. As expected, our students are more than ready to meet the challenge. For the next week and a half, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite stories from the most recent session.

My fishes are fat and so is my cat and that’s the way I like them and I love them very very much. I have a fish, fish, fish and one cat and I mentioned that she is fat. My downstairs neighbors have a hamster he is smart his nails are sharp so he bites his name is Scwertel my cats name is Kooskia and my fish are Shark, Hair Brush, and Hair Clip.