Two common questions I hear in intermediate are: How much time do we devote to a read aloud? What skills are we addressing during a read aloud? This document helps educators ask themselves these questions, and respond critically to the needs of their students.
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Read Aloud Routine for Improving Vocabulary and Comprehension
Last updated 2025/05/21
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Wanting to up your read aloud game? This lesson plan from Dr. Stephanie Stollar will support you in maximizing vocabulary and comprehension in your read alouds.
Curriculum Connection
B1. Oral and Non-Verbal Communication
B2. Language Foundations for Reading and Writing
B3. Language Conventions for Reading and Writing
C1. Knowledge about Texts
C2. Comprehension Strategies
C3. Critical Thinking in Literacy
This lesson plan supports the explicit instruction of vocabulary words, syntactic structures, knowledge, and comprehension.
It is so helpful to see sample lesson plans!
This is a simple outline for teachers to follow with any read aloud book they would like to use. It includes a lesson format for before, during and after reading as well as a weekly plan to follow for digging deeper into a single book.
This is a great sample that will provide educators with a good basis for how curriculum expectations can come together with read alouds. This will serve as a great reminder that we need comprehensive literacy, and that this also includes intentional work with read alouds.
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