Reading aloud with your child makes reading, and the relationship your child has with books more enjoyable, which will hopefully help to make books a place they turn to at times when they are in need of rest and relaxation. The magical escape into a great book can be a fabulous stress re...
I See Plants introduces emergent readers to a variety of common plants while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they are...
START WITH A PLAN The most effective users of read alouds understand that its important to start thinking and planning before you begin. Effective read alouds are part of instructional time, but they appear to students to be just the opposite -- not more class work, but a positive, interacti...
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Our first list of best read-alouds for kids was such a hit, we decided to add a few more great books! Take a look at these picks, refreshed with a few more titles to enjoy together with your kid. There’s plenty of research showing that reading to children and encouraging them to pr...
many alive. And so we shall gather around these books and continue to build community. We shall share these read alouds as way to connect across city lines, country borders, and oceans. We shall hopefully find similarities within the heroic journeys of the stories we read that let us see ...
Independent Reading and Read Alouds Explicit and systematic cognitive research that has been conducted over many decades has revealed that reading not only builds our brains; it also exercises our intelligence (Bridges, 2014). Reading is a rich, complex, and cognitive act that provides us with ...
Nim’s Islandby Wendy Orr follows the adventures of a young girl named Nim who lives on an island. After her father leaves her alone for a few days to do some research, she has to be strong and gather her friends to help her when disaster looms. ...
Looking for some free tales to use for close reading or classroom read-alouds? This roundup of short stories for kids has plenty of options. From quick fables with morals to old-fashioned fairy tales and folktales from around the world, this diverse collection offers something for any child....
, or “decodable” books. Although it is not harmful to have leveled books in your library for engagement, and read alouds, decodable books should definitely be in your plan if you are teaching a beginner. The truth is – readers who understand how to decode words using phonics concepts ...