One of the 10 Principles of the Informal Program is "We view our school as a center for teaching and learning for all ages." The teachers at Wickliffe are participating in a learning group this year by focusing on a book by Samantha Bennett. She is visiting Upper Arlington to work with teachers this year. The book is titled That Workshop Book. One of things we recently discussed in our class after school was the use of read aloud. We decided to ask the class, Why DO we do read aloud? Below are their responses. They completely understand the reason for read aloud and put it into words better than we ever could have.
Why Do We Do Read Aloud?
•it’s fun
•we learn facts and information about the world
•discover new books, authors or series
•have time to relax
•learn new reading skills and strategies – like predicting, asking questions
•push us as a whole group to be better readers
•helps us learn about new books and books we can recommend to others
•learn new delicious words
•it’s a break from reading on our own
•it’s helps us to read better because we hear someone reading smoothly and with expression
•helps us be better writers because we hear language
•teaches us to make a picture in our head like a movie
•it is a time everyone can come together and listen to a good story
•if you liked the read aloud you can find another book by that author
nice! I like the "be better writers because we hear language" - so true!
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