Other authors in this issue carefully consider the meaning of close reading (pp. 24, 36); the place that reading
aloud has in the classroom (pp. 36, 48); and the practices that best support critical reading and powerful writing (pp. 48, 68, 74).
Not exact matches
Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into
classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge
in context, which can help students remember it, especially if the students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing, students generate information they might otherwise
have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as
in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words
aloud results
in better retention than reading words
in silence, (6) increasing the amount of effort involved
in learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.
If you
have only one device
in your
classroom, use an ebook as a read -
aloud.
Although I wasn't present and can not comment directly on what exactly happened
in that
classroom, I
have many times witnessed a teacher asking or telling an oppositional student to do something
aloud and for the student to refuse.
The story, cut from the American Girl mold,
would make a terrific read -
aloud in upper elementary and middle school
classrooms.
If you were
in a
classroom full of your peers and I asked you to read this
aloud and then asked comprehension questions,
would your heart rate go up?
Many students with dyslexia will require special accommodations
in the
classroom, such as extra time for reading and writing assignments or tests, using audiobooks,
having a scribe take notes for them, and
having written instructions read
aloud to them.
«Since implementing the read -
aloud routine
in my
classroom, my students» reading comprehension and vocabulary skills
have truly grown,» said
If you
have a computer
in your
classroom, you
have access to all sorts of online games such as the skill races at Arcademic Skill Builders or the stories read
aloud on StoryLine Online.
«Since implementing the read -
aloud routine
in my
classroom, my students» reading comprehension and vocabulary skills
have truly grown,» said Amanda Wilkie, a second - grade teacher at Baty Elementary School
in Del Valle Independent School District, where Project ELITE
has been working.
Because of other structures I
had in place (Book Clubs, daily read
alouds where I modeled interacting with books, a
classroom culture of reading, etc...), Amiri Baraka and Langston Hughes were not only reading any free chance they
had, they were writing me long summaries
in their Reading Responses.