READ ALOUD

READ ALOUD
TEACHER READ ALOUD STUDENT READ ALOUD

WHAT IS TEACHER READ ALOUD?

A time in the school day when a teacher reads orally to a group of students a picture or chapter book, a poem, a letter While the teacher reads, the students listen, engage in the material, and comprehend what they hear. Typically, the teacher shows the pictures to the students to not only engage them in the story but to demonstrate the value of pictures to a story line. The story can be new or one previously read

Read-aloud should occur throughout each school day. Opportunities can occur:

At the start or close of the school day As a transition from one activity to another (example: following recess) As part of a reading and/or writing mini lessons As part of a content lesson As a planned part of each day

WHAT IS STUDENT READ ALOUD?

asking students to read their work out loud allows you to promote their reading and writing skills while having fun at the same time

WHY MUST READ ALOUD???

Improves Listening and Reading Skills

reading aloud will make you more aware of things that you read, hear help you to identify proper grammar, sentence structure, and so forth You'll be able to read with more efficiency and richness, expand your literary horizons and also experiment with the many ways you could interpret the written word, then translate your findings through spoken word expression.

Greater Comprehension
you'll stand a better chance of internalizing the words and making them your own before you perform

reading your notes or text books aloud will help the material to sink in and become ingrained, making it easier to draw on the information you've just ingested for when you need to reference it in the future.

INCREASES VOCABULARY
When you are reading in your head, you only hear the words internally and their affect on you is limited to how you interpret the words during that very private experience If you choose to read them aloud, you may find deeper layers of meaning in the words because when they are when spoken and inevitably through comprehension, become part of your vocabulary and influence your use of language.

SHARPENS FOCUS
When you're reading aloud, you will find that it becomes easier to put all of your energy into the task at hand without the temptation of distractions (strengthening your mental and verbal skills) When you read aloud, you are exercising the connection between your mind and your voice to the full extent which results in greater focus and cohesiveness.

Opportunity to Play
stretch your imagination and explore the capabilities that may be hidden in your voice increase your creativity and it will greatly impact the creativity of your children or those you are reading to

QUALITIES NEEDED FOR READING ALOUD

Voice quality
Pitch --you should pitch your voice lower than your usual speaking voice until your reach a comfortable pitch for reading Breathing --plan your reading so you have plenty of air to read through a whole sentence comfortably, without having to force out the last words Volume --your voice should not be too soft and it should not be too loud. Projection --This is aiming your voice, such as to your most distant listener, so that your words are clearly pronounced and can be heard even when the volume of your voice is low

Eye Contact
hold book you are reading so you can maintain eye contact with your audience You will want to look at your audience frequently so they feel you are reading to them and that they are not just eaves-dropping on you reading aloud to yourself

Picture books
hold the book properly so you are comfortable and still allows you to have eye contact and share pictures with your listeners

Pre-reading
The one single main rule in reading aloud which must never be broken is that you must never, NEVER read a story aloud to an audience unless you have first read it aloud to yourself.

Selecting a text for reading aloud

TO THE AUTHOR reading the words without mumbling--giving a clear and accurate reading of the selection knowing what the author is saying and being committed to conveying that in the reading TO THE AUDIENCE providing entertainment giving them understanding and excitement giving them a sense of meaning of the selection in their lives TO HIM/HERSELF--THE READER choosing literature that has relevance to his or her own experience recognizing the ideas in the selection which are troubling to him/her and the emotions which reflect or mirror his/her emotions

LETS US READ ALOUD!

Brown bear.. brown bear.. what do you see?

Brown bear..brown bear.. what do you see? I see red bird looking at me Red bird.. Red bird.. What do you see? I see yellow duck looking at me Yellow duck.. Yellow duck.. What do you see? I see a blue horse looking at me

Blue horse.. Blue horse.. what do you see? I see a green frog looking at me Green frog.. Green frog.. What do you see? I see a purple cat looking at me Purple cat.. Purple cat.. What do you see? I see a white dog looking at me

White dog.. White dog.. What do you see? I see a black sheep looking at me Black sheep.. Black sheep.. What do you see? I see a goldfish looking at me Goldfish.. Goldfish.. What do you see? I see a teacher looking at me

Teacher.. Teacher.. What do you see? I see children looking at me Children.. Children.. What do you see? We see a brown bear, a red bird, a yellow duck, a blue horse, a green frog, a purple cat, a white dog, a black sheep, a goldfish and a teacher looking at us Thats what we see!

REFERENCES
http://www.southernct.edu/~brownm/300a loud.html http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2008/11/ 7_ways_reading_aloud_improves_your_lif e.html http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/forfaculty/teachingwriting/instruction/reading-aloud/ http://www.benchmarkeducation.com/re ading/understanding-read-alouds.html