Interactive read-aloud is an explicit reading instruction strategy where the teacher models comprehension skills such as vocabulary, fluency, and strategies while reading aloud to students. The teacher selects an illustrated text at a higher level than the students and stops periodically to have students make predictions, connect to their own experiences, or restate parts in their own words. Materials include post-it notes, clipboards, posters to display learning, and student notebooks. The goal is to make the usually invisible comprehension processes visible through teacher modeling and student interaction with the text.

1. Interactive Read-Aloud: an explicit reading instruction tool by Joanna Lemay EDIM 510 http://tinyurl.com/6jawugj

2. The National Reading Panel says: “ Comprehension is an active process that requires an intentional and thoughtful interaction between the reader and the text” http://tinyurl.com/6ghg57y

3. What is Interactive Read Aloud? Explicit instruction Thinking made “visible” Teacher models: Vocabulary Reading Fluently Comprehension Strategies Release of Responsibility http://tinyurl.com/5tm6fwn

4. Materials & Tools Post-it Notes Clipboards & Pencils Posters to make learning visible Illustrated texts – various topics & genres above the reading level of students Content of interest to students Comfortable space for listening http://tinyurl.com/63s3dzt

5. Read Aloud Strategies Say Something Stop & Jot Sketch to Stretch Symphony of Talk Notebook Think-Pair-Share http://tinyurl.com/6gjy78b

6. Before: Select text to match desired outcomes Plan well & Practice! During: Choose 3-5 places to Predict, Visualize, Connect, or Restate Expect the unexpected After: Closure with students Reflection The Process http://tinyurl.com/6e8kjcl

7. Sources National Reading Panel - http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/faq/faq.htm#13 All photos courtesy of contributors using Creative Commons licensing on – http://www.flickr.com/