1. August Reunion 2013:
Interactive Read Alouds

2. Cranford’s Reading Project Initiative
Professional Development/Network
• Virtual
• District level
• Building level
Purpose
Every Child, Every Day
Connection

3. Every Child, Every Day

4. 1. Identify elements of an successful Interactive
Read Aloud
2. Analyze our practices
3. Engage in reflective and collaborative
dialogue
4. Practice
Teaching Points

5. Teaching Charts
1.My interactive read aloud is successful when:
2.My interactive read aloud is not successful
when:
What makes a successful
Interactive Read Aloud?

6. Exemplar #1 – The Giving Tree
• What did you notice?
Exemplar #2 – Dancing in the Wings
• What did you notice?
Exemplars

7. Teaching Charts
Ways to make my Read Aloud interactive:
What makes a Read Aloud
Interactive?

8. Six Steps for Teaching a Successful
READ ALOUD

9. Choose the Skill You Want to
TEACH
Think about what skills your students need
to be successful readers.
Have a focus.
Connect it to your mini lesson.

10. Choose the Right Mentor Text
Mentor – carefully chosen as a model of quality
that is worth using as a guide for our readers.
Mentor texts should have the following profiles:
• boosts language development
• promotes active listening
• encourages deep thinking
• supports learning more about world
• serves as a model of great writing

11. Plan Your READ ALOUD
Sit down with a pack of Post Its
As you read, pay attention to your “inner
reader”
•Where do you use the skill?
Where can your students practice?
3 – 5 “stops”

12. Interactive Strategies
Think Aloud
Turn & Talk
Stop & Jot
GOAL: EVERY student gest a chance to
practice the skills.

13. Accountable Independent
Reading
Whole class conversation
15 - 30 minutes independent reading
JUST RIGHT BOOKS (IRB)
Keep accountable
Reading Notebooks
Post Its

14. Conferring or Small Group
Work
During independent reading time
Use Post Its or RN as starting point
Wednesday, August 28th

15. Quick Check
Turn & Talk
What questions do you have? What is not clear?

16. BREAK

17. Leonardo the Terrible Monster
•Feedback
Practice
• Choose book
• Plan
• Share in your group
• Provide feedback
Active Engagement

18. Teaching Points
What did you learn today?
POST IT – Self Assignment – What are you
going to do now?
Link

19. There are no bad questions.
Questions