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Think of a time when What were the
your teacher read to you components that made it
and you thoroughly memorable?
enjoyed it
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What grade were you in? Share your thoughts in
the chat box!
What is an interactive read aloud?
Students are Students can Teacher sits at the Allow space for
seated easily see and front, students students to turn
comfortably hear face teacher and talk
5 Key Components of an Interactive Read-Aloud
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3. 3 Questions writer.
4. Strategic Pauses for Discussion
Examples:
● Why is Sam I Am trying to convince his friend to eat green eggs and
ham?
● Why does Sam I Am’s friend say no to trying the green eggs and
ham?
● In these examples, the why question is deepening the student’s
comprehension of the text.
Importance of Questioning
stronger readers
Gives experiences with language that requires students to make sense of ideas
Listening to others read develops key understanding and skills, such as
an appreciation for how a story is written and familiarity with book
conventions. Children can listen on a higher language level than they can
read, so reading aloud makes complex ideas more accessible
“Reading aloud to students frees them from
struggling with vocabulary and decoding, so
they can enjoy the text and get into a book.”
—Valentina ESL—
Adapting Interactive Read Alouds to K-2
Early Literacy Components
Vocabulary
3 Questions
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Go to wooclap.com Send in key words that
Enter in code at the top describe an interactive
of the website: CSSKEN read aloud
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Reading aloud to build comprehension. (2018, August 16). Retrieved April 22, 2021, from
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-aloud-build-comprehension
Team, F. (n.d.). What is INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUD? Retrieved April 22, 2021, from
https://fpblog.fountasandpinnell.com/what-is-interactive-read-aloud