Saturday, June 26, 2010

Facts About Reading Aloud

Source: Family Reading. NCES Fast Facts. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.

Reading to young children promotes language acquisition and literacy development and, later on, achievement in reading comprehension and overall success in school. The percentage of young children read aloud to daily by a family member is one indicator of how well young children are prepared for school.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Venessa,
    I came across this information while reading and thought I'd add to your facts about reading aloud. I practice read aloud with my students to help them with their inferencing.


    "Through engaging in interactive read aloud, teachers can read text aloud and
    pose questions throughout the reading to involve students in the learning process.
    Teachers can pose “ I wonder” questions as they read so that students can recognize that
    authors do not explicitly say everything they wish to communicate, and as a result gets
    readers involved in the process of creating meaning (Buehl, 2001)."

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