References
Anderson, N.P. (2007). What should I read aloud? A guide to 200 best-selling picture books. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Burkins, J.M., & Croft, M.M. (2010). Preventing misguided reading: New strategies for guided reading teachers. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Fountas, I. C., & Pinnell, G. S. (1996). Guided reading: Good first teaching for all children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Hickman, P., & Pollard-Durodola, S.D. (2009). Dynamic read-aloud strategies for English learners: Building language and literacy in the primary grades. Newark, DE: International
Reading Association.
Valerie Maclin is a principal at Briargate Elementary School, Fort Bend ISD, Texas, and an Instructor, of children’s literature at the University of Houston.
According to Fountas & Pinnell (2006), 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”.
Click her for Founas and Pinnell PDF on interactive read alouds.
"When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate. " Mem Fox
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