THE IMPORTANCE OF

READ-ALOUDS

Stacy Durham

MILLER, C. P. (2010). BEFORE THEY READ: TEACHING LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUDS, AND LISTENING GAMES. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.ERIC.ED.GOV/ERICWEBPORTAL/CONTENTDELIVERY/SERVLET/ERICSERVLET?ACCNO=ED507816  

The read-aloud has all these benefits: Exposes students to a richer vocabulary

Stretches and expands the number of words a child knows

Develops a strong concept of story and how print works

Demonstrates proper grammar and sentence structure

Exposes students to a variety of story types, information,and rich literature

Reinforces letter sounds and blending sounds into words(essentials of how our language works)

Gives opportunities to practice prediction and the order orsequence of stories (what happens next)

Builds background knowledge

LINKS TO ONLINE READ-ALOUDS

http://www.storylineonline.net/

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

http://www.onemorestory.com/

http://kids.aol.com/KOL/1/KOLJrStories

http://pbskids.org/clifford/stories/index.html

How I use read-alouds… I have recently implemented a suggestion

box – students write down read-aloud book requests or topic requests

Use read-alouds across the curriculum On a bi-weekly basis we have students

from the local high school read to kindergarten and first grade students

To model the things good readers do, such as using expression, pausing for think-alouds, summarizing, making inferences, etc.

To introduce a topic/vocabulary words For enjoyment!

Mem Fox discusses the benefits of reading aloud to children

South, J. (Photographer). (2004). Mem fox reads from one of her books in may last year.. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/news/Books/Close-encounters/2005/03/17/1110913718556.html

Mem Fox on the importance of reading aloud