At this point I am mentally and physically exhausted and typing this while holding a sleeping child, however I am going to give it my best shot. First and foremost read alouds give students a chance to hear fluent reading and voice intonation which they sometimes cannot get while reading silently to themselves. As a child my grandmother read to me everyday, that was "our" special time together and it is something that I will never forget. I think that is one reason that I love to read today. She was very expressed when reading and always gave life to whatever story we chose. By teachers incorporating rich read alouds into the classroom and stopping for text talks students are actively engaged in the story and thinking critically about each aspect. When students make predictions in the story they are placing themselves there and connecting themselves personally to the text. They get to experience new vocabulary first hand in context and not single words with definitions in the back of the book that have no meaning other that coping them for a grade. New words have so much more meaning when they are related to context and can be immediately discussed. Dr. Stacy opened my eyes to read alouds in a whole new way. I plan to use read alouds in my future classroom as often as possible. I know this is short, sweet, and to the point but that all I have in me tonight.
Qs
How can you get every child involved in the discussion related to read alouds and not single the same ones out each time?
How do you choose the best books to use?
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