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Reading Buddy is a customized GPT created by DLS designed to support students in their academic reading development. It acts as an interactive AI reading partner that guides students through every stage of reading — before, during, and after — with built-in support, feedback, and progress tracking.

Reading Buddy Access Link

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Whether students are reading assigned texts or self-selected materials, Reading Buddy provides structured guidance and responsive feedback to strengthen their comprehension and engagement with the text.

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Whether students are reading assigned texts or self-selected materials, Reading Buddy provides structured guidance and responsive feedback to strengthen their comprehension and engagement with the text.

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Core Feature 1:  Flexible Starting Options 

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Core Feature 1:  Flexible Starting Options 

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Reading Buddy offers a structured, adaptive environment that integrates flexibility, progress monitoring, and responsive scaffolding to support reading development. 

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Reading Buddy offers a structured, adaptive environment that integrates flexibility, progress monitoring, and responsive scaffolding to support reading development. 

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Flexible Starting Options

First time users are introduced through a guided orientation that explains the tool’s functions and reading support.

Learner may return to their previous chat to continue from their last session, ensuring continuity in practice.

At any point, learners may also initiate a new session for a complete reset.

Progress Tracking

Learners can revisit prior activities and review strategies practiced in earlier sessions.

Vocabulary is reinforced through reminders and opportunities for re-engagement in context.

Each session concludes with a personalized recap, supporting reflection and setting future learning goals.

Adaptive Difficulty

Activities are dynamically adjusted in real time to align with learner proficiency.

Scaffolding and targeted feedback provide support when challenges arise.

As skills develop, learners encounter increasingly complex tasks to foster continued growth.

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Student-Centered Flexibility

Students can choose their own topic, language, and proficiency level. Reading Buddy supports user-uploaded texts or can generate them based on learner interests.

Comprehension Scaffolding
Through guided prompts and interactive questions, students are supported as they make predictions, monitor understanding, and summarize key ideas.

Vocabulary Development in Context
Students can explore new words as they read—asking for definitions, examples, or synonyms—within meaningful language contexts.

Interactive Feedback and Personalization

Real-time responses from Reading Buddy help deepening student understanding, rephrase or correct misunderstandings, and adapt its level of questioning to student responses.

Autonomous Practice

With consistent use, students build reading stamina and confidence.

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Independent Reading Time
Use Reading Buddy to help you understand and stay engaged with your book—before, during, and after reading.

Reading Tasks or Homework
Whether you're assigned a story or article, Reading Buddy can help you prepare, understand, and reflect on it.

Reading Intervention or Support
If you’re working on building your reading skills, use Reading Buddy for extra practice with guidance at your level.

Enrichment and Challenge Practice
Ready to push further? Choose a higher-level text or a new topic, and Reading Buddy will help you explore it deeply.

Assessment for Learning
Use it to check your own understanding before a quiz, or to practice summarizing, retelling, and explaining key ideas.

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-  First time users are introduced through a guided orientation that explains the tool’s functions and reading support. 

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-  First time users are introduced through a guided orientation that explains the tool’s functions and reading support. 

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-  Learner may return to their previous chat to continue from their last session, ensuring continuity in practice. 

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-  Learner may return to their previous chat to continue from their last session, ensuring continuity in practice. 

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At any point, learners may also initiate a new session for a complete reset.

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Learners can revisit prior activities and review strategies practiced in earlier sessions.

Vocabulary is reinforced through reminders and opportunities for re-engagement in context.

Each session concludes with a personalized recap, supporting reflection and setting future learning goals.

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Activities are dynamically adjusted in real time to align with learner proficiency.

Scaffolding and targeted feedback provide support when challenges arise.

As skills develop, learners encounter increasingly complex tasks to foster continued growth.