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From: Cappiello, Maryann <mcappiel_at_lesley.edu>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:58:31 -0400
If ever there was a magic bullet in education and/or parenting,reading aloud is it! Reading and thinking aloud are instructional strategies; you can introduce vocabulary, model reading strategies, build prior knowledge on a topic, etc. But perhaps more importantly, reading aloud creates a powerful sense of classroom community. Reading aloud a variety of genres, from poetry to fiction to nonfiction makes them all a regular part of classroom life and provides children with an opportunity to understand aspects of those genres before they're reading them independently or in small groups. Near and dear to my heart is reading aloud nonfiction picture storybooks, ones that read like their fictional counterparts. My favorite nonfiction picture books to read aloud are:
* The Wolves are Back by Jean Craighead George * One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh * The Librarian of Basra by Jeannette Winter * Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill
Robert Burleigh's latest on Amelia Earhart, Night Flight, is also spectacular as a read aloud, though I have yet to read it aloud to anyone but myself!
My absolute favorite read aloud experience was Jacqueline Woodson's Behind You, with 8th graders. The alternating first person narrations, the short vignette-like chapters, and the masterful scaffolding of complex emotional terrain made it a transformative experience for me and my students.
No foolin', Mary Ann Cappiello
Mary Ann Cappiello, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Language and Literacy Division School of Education Lesley University www.classroombookshelf.blogspot.com
Mailing address: 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
Office address: 2-054 University Hall 1815 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617 349 8603 Fax: 617 349 8607
e-mail: mcappiel_at_lesley.edu
Received on Fri 01 Apr 2011 04:58:31 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:58:31 -0400
If ever there was a magic bullet in education and/or parenting,reading aloud is it! Reading and thinking aloud are instructional strategies; you can introduce vocabulary, model reading strategies, build prior knowledge on a topic, etc. But perhaps more importantly, reading aloud creates a powerful sense of classroom community. Reading aloud a variety of genres, from poetry to fiction to nonfiction makes them all a regular part of classroom life and provides children with an opportunity to understand aspects of those genres before they're reading them independently or in small groups. Near and dear to my heart is reading aloud nonfiction picture storybooks, ones that read like their fictional counterparts. My favorite nonfiction picture books to read aloud are:
* The Wolves are Back by Jean Craighead George * One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh * The Librarian of Basra by Jeannette Winter * Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill
Robert Burleigh's latest on Amelia Earhart, Night Flight, is also spectacular as a read aloud, though I have yet to read it aloud to anyone but myself!
My absolute favorite read aloud experience was Jacqueline Woodson's Behind You, with 8th graders. The alternating first person narrations, the short vignette-like chapters, and the masterful scaffolding of complex emotional terrain made it a transformative experience for me and my students.
No foolin', Mary Ann Cappiello
Mary Ann Cappiello, Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Language and Literacy Division School of Education Lesley University www.classroombookshelf.blogspot.com
Mailing address: 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
Office address: 2-054 University Hall 1815 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617 349 8603 Fax: 617 349 8607
e-mail: mcappiel_at_lesley.edu
Received on Fri 01 Apr 2011 04:58:31 PM CDT
