I wanted to provide some insight on the Read Aloud portion. The Read Aloud in itself is not the core. The purpose of the Read Aloud is to build knowledge and model how to decode and read. The Read Aloud builds background knowledge – just understand that we are beginning to build schema for students – create a file folder for children who may not have had certain experiences. Modeling complex text can provide these students an opportunity to build schema, which can level the playing field for many of our students. The love for the read aloud is 100% the way you present it to students! Embrace that 30 minutes – it should be the best part of the day – model your thoughts - “I did not understand that…let me go back and re-read”, this will encourage them to struggle and think critically. Know the text! Study it - don't be a robot!
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Read Alouds are so important! All elementary students love being read to...even in 4th and 5th grade. Not only is there an inherent opportunity to enrich your ELA block with read alouds but I think they provide opportunities to improve the overall culture within your classroom.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The older kids love to have stories read to them. It is certainly an opportunity to model deeper ways to think about the text, and it can become a time for a teacher to share their love for reading. Duval Reads for the upper grades has a shared reading piece to help students access the more complex text.
ReplyDeleteHa, look at that. It gave me a picture. Sorry, that is certainly off task :)
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