chapter 10

Read Alouds are so much fun and important to do for kids of all ages. Even for the older kids, read alouds can be fun and important. For kids of all ages you can do read alouds because you will need to check if the children can comprehend what they have just listened. Listening comprehesion is important for every grade level. After you do read alouds, you can always do a fun lesson afterwards. I believe read alouds are very effective if the teacher does it the right way. The teacher would have to animated and enthuisatic. I really enjoyed the video that Ms. Pickett showed of what not do to for a read aloud. That was a good example of a non-effective read aloud. She didn't involve the kids and it looked like she didn't want to be there or read the book. The other video Ms. Pickett showed was a great example. Jennifer Myer, the teacher in the video, she did a great job. She involved her students. During the read aloud, she asked the kids what they thought certain words meant, and have the students share thier thoughts with their elbow partner. Jennifer Myer has some good videos on her website. It shows what you should do for the read aloud, and guided reading lessons. For my previous last two semesters of field based, my mentor teachers never did a read aloud. The only time the students saw a read aloud was during thier library time. The librarian would do the read aloud. Instead of the librarian doing the read alouds, the general education teacher should be doing the read alouds, and check if their students can comprehend what is going on. Read alouds should be fun for the teacher and the students.