Making online read alouds interactive can be tricky! During a time of distance learning, you are not right there with your class. Your students are easily distracted by everything going on around them. Here are some ways to make your virtual read-alouds more engaging for your kids! Making ... Read More
Interactive Read Aloud Strategies
How can we get our students engaged in high quality books? We want all students to be interacting with the text and participating in group discussion. Here are six different ways interactive read aloud strategies. Determine which ones will work best with your students and the text that you’ve ... Read More
Live Read-Alouds for Distance Learning
Each day, I've been putting together a daily schedule of Live Read-Alouds from authors, illustrators and celebrities. I've had many requests to create clickable links that teachers could share with families. Here it is! *some of these live read-alouds are only available for short amount of ... Read More
Read Aloud Videos of Picture Books
The read aloud is such a powerful tool for both children and adults. Sharing a book is such a positive way to bring people together. What if we don't have access to a book, though? To help you out, I've created a collection of picture book read aloud videos that can be used both in and out of the ... Read More
Planning an Interactive Read Aloud Lesson
An interactive read aloud is a powerful way to engage all your students in a book while teaching important strategies. Let's walk through the steps of creating an interactive read aloud lesson for your class. Choose a book for the interactive read aloud lesson Choose a book that works with ... Read More
What is an Interactive Read-Aloud?
What is an interactive read aloud? An interactive read aloud is a planned and purposeful read aloud. It encourages both deeper thinking and respectful discussion. It is whole group instruction in which the teacher reads aloud a text and occasionally pauses for discussion. The focus is on ... Read More