What+is+a+Read+Aloud?

 " All people have ever thought, done, or dreamed lies awaiting to be discovered in a book".

-Charlotte S. Huck

Children's Literature In The Elementary School

Third Edition, Page 3



 The single most important activity for building knowledge that is required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children __ [|(Fisher 2011] __).  "A read-aloud is an instructional practice where teachers, parents, and caregivers read texts aloud to students (__ [|Morrison & Wlodarczyk 2011] __)." The reader in a read-aloud encorporates pitch, tone, eye contact with the students, volume, pace and askes them questions in order to provide them with an enjoyable book/story that will lead them to articulate answers to the teachers questions about the story (__ [|Morrison & Wlodarcczyk 2011] __). Reading is a process, which Rosenblatt, effectively termed as an transactional process (__ [|Morrison & Wlodarcczyk 2011] __). Transactional is what occurs when the reader makes sense or interacts with what has been read. The transactional theory occurs with the reader and the text coming together and from that asking questions and drawing conclusions about what has been written (__ [|Morrison & Wlodarcczyk 2011] __). In poetry, for example, most individuals who read higher level poetry will gain different insights on what it means to them as an individual. The book should be read to the students at least on three occasions, questions should be asked before, during and after the read-aloud (__ [|See how to do an effective read-aloud).] __