Close Listening that Leads to Close Reading: Interactive Read Aloud

The read aloud is one of the most powerful tools in a teacher's toolkit, but only when it is planned and intentional. Close Listening that Leads to Close Reading shows you how to turn everyday read alouds into purposeful lessons that build the comprehension skills students carry into their own reading.

In this class, you will learn:

• The foundations of comprehension and the research behind close reading and close listening
• How to analyze text for complexity and craft text-dependent questions
• How to model thinking aloud and teach author's craft such as word choice, voice, and tone
• How to bring the elements together to address a teaching standard

You will plan, model, and leave with a ready-to-teach read aloud lesson.