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How to Plan an Interactive Read Aloud
How to Plan an Interactive Read Aloud
Interactive Read Aloud is the HEART of Reading Instruction and is an essential component of a balanced literacy program. TCRWP recommends that students participate in an Interactive Read Aloud every day for 20 minutes.
While the Units of Study teach skill by skill, the Interactive Read-aloud allows the teacher to show HOW to use all the reading skills at once.
TIP 1: Be a book Snob
TIP 1: Be a book Snob
It has to be engaging.
It has to be one where you can try out the skills.
Think about text band - is this the level of my students or the next higher to show how to read that level?
Diverse picture books with strong plot, characters and theme include:
The Big Red Lollipop by Ruksana Khan
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino
Ben Rides On by Matt Davies
A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts
Abuela, Mango and Me by Meg Medina
Interactive Read Aloud List.pdfTIP 2: PLAN it out
TIP 2: PLAN it out
Read book first straight through, spying on yourself as a reader...what am I doing to get this book?
Reread and think about the skills of the unit you are teaching and think about which could be taught with this read-aloud
Reread again with that skill in mind, adding post-it notes to pages (K-2 teachers can use the transferable post-its that come with the Read Alouds for each UoS; 3-5 teachers refer to your learning progressions).
How to Plan an Interactive Read Aloud.pdfTIP 3: Support your class
TIP 3: Support your class
Provide 4-6 times for practice in a read aloud (4-6 post-its).
Be prepared to share your own think-alouds - this sets kids up for to be able to practice what I am showing. It also can be a good model for a harder skill.
Use Turn and Talk OR Turn and Explain: this lets them try it out. Then bring class back and teacher says: Something I heard was….
Stop and Jot - once or twice only. Add jot to Jot Lot or have a section of notebook for read-aloud thinking or model and write it together as a shared writing
Ex: At the end of A Chair for My Mother, choose one character trait of the girl, think across your fingers the details that are evidence for this trait. Jot your big idea and tell your thinking. Add jot to jot lot.
Use Act it Out to help students deepen envisioning work. Place the text on the document camera and ask students to read the dialogue of a particular character using expression and body language.
Gestures are a great way to increase engagement without slowing down read aloud time.
Making Read Alouds More Interactive.pdfTIP: Conduct a Book Talk 1-2 times per week
TIP: Conduct a Book Talk 1-2 times per week
To grow ideas about texts
To hold students accountable to what the text actually says
To mine passages of the text for meanings that may not be apparent
To think across texts
To use higher level comprehension skills to comprehend with depth
Book Talks can take the form of a Grand Conversation or Debate
Grand Conversation
Grand Conversation
Debate
Debate
Argument Protocol Chart.pdfTips for Being a Great Debater.pdfPhrases to Use in Debates.pdfSuggestions For Generating Ideas for Debates.pdfReport abuse