Reading Aloud
Reading aloud is one of the most important things parents and teachers can do with children. Reading aloud builds many important foundational skills, introduces vocabulary, provides a model of fluent, expressive reading, and helps children recognize what reading for pleasure is all about.
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- Revisiting Read-Aloud: Instructional Strategies that Encourage Students' Engagement with Text
- Vocabulary Development During Read-Alouds: Primary Practices
- Simple Practices to Nurture the Motivation to Read
- Repeated Interactive Read-Alouds in Preschool and Kindergarten
- Reader's Theater: Giving Students a Reason to Read Aloud
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- The Vocabulary of Science
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