Revitalizing Read Alouds: Interactive Talk About Books with Young Children, PreK-2

ISBN-13: 9780807757635 Publisher: Teachers College Press Publication date: 04/01/2016 Series: Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series Edition description: New Edition Pages: 168 Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.40(d) How can educators and other professionals caring for children extend the learning potential of read alouds? This book is designed to help teachers, special education specialists, and speech-language pathologists achieve two objectives: 1) how to interact with children around books in ways that are instructive in nature but also responsive to children’s verbal contributions; and 2) how to use literature, informational texts, and poetry to achieve the goals of the Common Core State Standards. The authors provide specific recommendations for structuring read aloud routines in the early childhood classroom, making the read aloud interactive, using instructional strategies that enhance children’s vocabulary and content knowledge, and supporting and extending ch