Read-Alouds & Shared Reading (ELL)

Sessions during which a teacher reads aloud from a book or other text to one or more students are called

• shared reading

• read-aloud

• read out loud

• silent reading

If students hear one book read aloud every day from kindergarten through 8th grade, they will experience over ____________ books.

• 50 books

• over 1,000 books

• Just a few because the teacher has COVID.

• Can't be bothered.

Older students do not want you to read to you.

• True

• False

Reading aloud to students (no matter the age) provides.

• access to text beyond their current grade level.

• demonstrate the connection between oral and written language.

• modeling fluent reading

• oral production of English

• exposed to new content and concepts

What other benefits do you think reading aloud benefits ELL students?

Most ELL students do not have the experience with parents reading aloud to them. What are some of the reasons why?

Younger and lower-level ELLs need ____________ and ____________ books.

• easy and longer

• simple and shorter

• difficult and longer

Give an example of text to read aloud to students who are older and more advanced....

Sitting together on the floor creates an atmosphere conducive to listening to and enjoying a book as a community of readers.

• True

• False

Regardless of the seating arrangement, students should be encouraged to chime in, using gestures, asking questions about the text, and making predictions about what ht think is going to happen next.

• True

• False