Read Aloud

What is it?

Reading aloud to students in order to foster the love of reading and to expose students to a variety of vocabulary, language patterns, story structures, genre and authors. The text may be at a higher readability level than the level of the students because a proficient reader is reading.

Resources

• Read Aloud Planning Conversation Video (7 minutes long)

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• Please print off the Nonfiction Read-Aloud Planning Guide.

Web Links

• The Components of Effective Read Alouds – (A PowerPoint Presentation to view or download) – Teacher preparation for Read Alouds. Also talks about Think Alouds
• What are read alouds nd what can they do for instruction? - A great site for information on the benefits of using read alouds, read alouds in Science, planning for read alouds and much more!
• Reading Aloud -- Are Students Ever Too Old? - A Education World article on the benefits of reading aloud at any age.
• Reading Aloud -- Is It Worth It? - An Education World article which includes Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, talking about the value of reading aloud.
• Print Awareness During Read Alouds - A sample format for what you can do before, during, and after a read aloud activity to help students develop print awareness.
• Teaching Shapes Using Read-Alouds, Visualization, and Sketch to Stretch (K-2) - Three interactive read-alouds of winter-themed books guide students through the concepts of shape and pattern. (from Read-Write-Think)
• Catching the Bug for Reading Through Interactive Read-Alouds (K-2) - An interactive read-aloud of Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten helps students learn reading strategies and how to prevent the spread of germs in their classroom. (from Read-Write-Think)
• Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction Using Read-Alouds (K-2) -Using read alouds to teach about the distinction between fiction and nonfiction. (from Read-Write-Think)
• Thundering Tall Tales: Using Read-Aloud as a Springboard to Writing (Gr. 3-5) - As the text is read aloud, students examine the elements of the book that are characteristic of tall tales and then use that knowledge to write their own tall tales. (from Read-Write-Think)
• Story Elements Alive! (Gr. 3-5) - Using read alouds to help students gain an understanding of setting, characters, problem/solution, and plot. (from Read-Write-Think)
• Predicting and Retelling Read Alouds