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AIME Read Aloud Booklist 2006-07. You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be--- I had a mother who read to me. Strickland Gillilan, “The Reading Mother,” Best-Loved Poems of the American People. Read Aloud Program Purpose.
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AIME Read Aloud Booklist 2006-07 You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be--- I had a mother who read to me. Strickland Gillilan, “The Reading Mother,” Best-Loved Poems of the American People
Read Aloud Program Purpose • To promote a love of reading and of books; • to instill and nurture life long reading habits in Indiana students
Why Read Aloud Children who are read to • read more on their own • show more literacy development • Show superior gains in reading comprehension Research from The Power of Reading by Stephen D. Krashen, Heinemann, 2004.
Reading Aloud • Provides models of language in use • Builds interest in language • Increases awareness of words • Builds vocabulary • Aids in the development of new insights and understandings • Aids in overall comprehension • Creates a risk free zone in which all listeners have equal access to knowledge
Reading Aloud, cont. • Has the potential to spark a love of reading • Can have a positive influence on reading attitudes • Provides models of fluent reading • Can model how readers think in the process of reading • Shows the range of topics, styles, and genres available in written language • Helps develop tastes in reading and in selecting literature • Improves listening skills
Reading Aloud, cont. • Broadens a listener’s worldview • Makes the rhythms of written language familiar • Extends and layers on existing knowledge • Demonstrates the nature and purpose of reading • Aids in the development of imagery • Offers multiple perspectives
Reading Aloud Across the Day and Curriculum • Beginning of the day • Putting the sound of written language in the air • Poetry • Support the writing workshop • Supporting the content area • End of the day Taken from Learning Under the Influence of Language and Literature by Lester L. Laminack and Reba Wadsworth, Heineman, 2006.
To be part of this program contact: • Linda Mills, Library Media Specialist, Greensburg Elementary School 900 N. Big Blue Greensburg, IN 47240 812-663-8112 ext. 1617 lmills@venus.net or lmills @greensburg.k12.in.us