Interactive Read Aloud Tips

Caregiver Corner
Written By Linda

   

Preview

  • Previewing a book before reading helps set up your child’s thinking.

  • It usually involves looking at the front and back covers and maybe a few story pages.

  • Take a minute to have your child think about what might happen in this book and why.

Think

  • During reading, stop every once in awhile to check in on your child’s thinking. React to the story events.

  • Ask questions. Make predictions about what will happen next.

  • Think about not only what is happening, but why it might be happening and how.

Talk

  • When completing a book, take a minute or two to talk about what the charactered learned.

  • What did the author want us to know? Is there something we can learn from this book?

  • Evaluate the book. Do you want to hear it again on another day? Why did you like it?

 
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Linda

Linda Szakmary has five decades of experience working as a classroom teacher, a district curriculum writer, a district facilitator of K-5 writing, and as a county K-8 literacy coach. She now works for Sullivan and Orange-Ulster BOCES as a content specialist. A poetry advocate and a lover of words and children’s literature, she has been a presenter at several state-wide conferences on vocabulary and writing. Currently, she is working with the staff developers of Mossflower to study intermediate vocabulary instruction within a reading workshop. Linda lives in Stone Ridge, NY where she enjoys gardening, yoga, reading, and rooting for the Yankees. You can often find her on a beach searching for sea glass.

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