Reading Aloud Across the Curriculum

I hope you’ve had an opportunity to share your favorite books with your students. One of my goals as your reading coach is to help you make the read-aloud a strong supporting structure for literacy learning across your day. The read–aloud can strengthen your students’ abilities and achievement in your subject areas.

Most of us would be shocked by the wealth of resources being overlooked if we had the time to carefully and thoroughly examine the picture book collections in school and classroom libraries. Many well-written and tightly focused books are available to help layer students’ understanding of many topics in the curriculum. Yet, picture books continue to be greatly underutilized in our teaching.

Reading aloud across the curriculum is a practical way to expanding your instruction to accomplish literacy-based goals in four key subject areas – math, social studies, language arts, and science. From time to time, I will put together a list of picture books by subject area. I’ll share with you strategic advice for planning thematic, content-driven units that use read aloud to scaffold understanding and increase engagement.

If you’re planning a specific unit and would like me look for specific titles please feel free to send me an email. I will also be glad to stop by your room and share some of my favorite books with your students.

Please let me know if you would like members of FEA to come to your room during 4th period and read aloud to your students.

As your reading coach I welcome your feedback and ideas!!!
Carmen