Teacher Read-Aloud That Models Reading for Deep Understanding

Marie Clay (1991) writes that when teachers read aloud to students “meanings can be negotiated in discussion before, during, and after the story reading” (p.171). Reading aloud to students should include think-aloud or interactive elements and focus intentionally on the meaning “within the text,” “about the text,” and “beyond the text” (Fountas & Pinnell, 2006, p.33). Read aloud, as part of the gradual release of responsibility, feeds naturally into shared, guided, and independent reading as teachers demonstrate for students the ways the reading process works (Burkins & Croft, 2010).
Among the many benefits of read aloud, Rog (2001) lists the following:
building vocabulary
developing understandings of story structures
supporting developing connections between print elements
encouraging high levels of understanding
teaching the reading process in a meaningful context
modeling fluency
motivating students to read

[@kaitlynbradley8300]

This is a great video to show a read aloud and reading for deeper understanding. I really like how the video has titles throughout to help point out the key steps during the read aloud.

[@camilanderson9203]

This is a great video! I will be using this during PLC this week.

[@joyfulhair1]

Amazing!!! Great teaching presentation. ❤

[@eunikeinak492]

Awesome

[@EasyCodesforKids]

Thank you! I made a read aloud video and I’m researching more! I’m especially interested in how you are working with inference.

[@jocasta1956]

I have only just discovered this video. It is very informative and helpful but I am dismayed to see that the word character is incorrectly spelt. There is only ONE E in CHARACTER.

[@nakhudamohammed9619]

This method is effective but i found the spelling error in character

[@SaritaSingh-xb9dp]

Are the students making a prediction and inferring as well.

[@jamesshelton9631]

I am glad there is a English teacher who noticed. Good video, just the comprehension strategy may be different than what is expressed.

[@deborahbrodie6240]

So bad that the teacher can't spell CHARACTER!