Interactive+Read+Aloud

--Article that Erika shared with us! :)

[|Mary Robinette's Read Aloud Tips] -- This is a website by a professional puppeteer that has also been a competitive reader. She has shared several articles about the basics of how to read aloud. I found them interesting. You can also watch her presentation of these articles on youtube if you're interested. Her articles are not about interactive read aloud.

media type="youtube" key="akGmRgF1jy0" height="315" width="420" --I like this interactive read aloud. One tip I'd have for this teacher would be--after you ask your students the question--model your thinking and then give them a chance to turn and talk! ~Dana

media type="youtube" key="8BWTTt09CXw" height="315" width="560" --Great students are turning and talking! One tip I've heard is for the teacher to get up and walk around and listen in on students' turn and talk conversations. Then you can choose to share important ideas that illustrate deep thinking/ connections and bring students back to the point that "Good readers make connections to their own lives to better understand the stories they read!" --Also naming the teaching point, "Good readers start making predictions about what they think will happen based on their own life experiences and what they know about how stories go." ~Dana

media type="youtube" key="qYoeVkf3s7E" height="315" width="420" --I like how she models/ give explicit direction about how she expects students to turn and talk. I also like how the teacher is engaging different readers in their turn-and-talk. By engaging the students in the beginning she is also modeling what type of talk she is expecting to happen in turn and talk. There was some great thinking happening in that classroom! I think she could name her teaching points more explicitly (i.e. Good readers begin by thinking about what they already know about a topic.)~Dana

media type="youtube" key="0iygwDpH6To" height="315" width="420" --Great read aloud--and tying reading to writing. The biggest thing that I see missing is engaging more students by having them turn and talk to one another! :) Little things that make a big difference! ~Dana

media type="youtube" key="9VCtE8N44nA" height="315" width="560" --This teacher is trying so hard just to manage this lesson. Students seem very distracted and off task. I would definitely suggest that if she wants the readers to be more engaged--she needs to keep the whole class discussion to a minimum. They aren't able to focus that long. Especially when the sharer is struggling to share. I would recommend that she get up, listen in on their conversations and then share the examples of thinking (prediction) that she was looking for. I like how the teacher is changing her voice for the different characters.

media type="youtube" key="YNXqMykTbCY" height="315" width="420" --I like the "Get the Gist" lesson idea. This could easily be turned into an interactive read aloud--she just needs the students! :)