332 M&W Reply to Good Read Aloud Video

This teacher performing the read aloud did a wonderful job! I loved how she reminded her students of the text-to-text connections before she began the book, this way they could be thinking of them while she is reading. Something else I really liked was how she obviously has taught her students about the different parts of the book and she asked them what the dedication page was and they raised their hands and knew right away. She did a great job of keeping the book and illustrations in view of her students, and didn’t read the book to herself and then show them the pictures after she read the page (I’ve seen this many times). The one thing that I know you told us never to do when reading to our students was sit above them and that is what she is doing. She isn’t eye level with them, and she could have sat on the floor with them. She did a great job of explaining what the Italian words were to her students, and didn’t just ignore it and assume that they knew what the word meant. I loved how she interacted with her students throughout the book, this was a great way of keeping them engaged and interested in the story. This video was a great example of how to conduct a proper read aloud and I am glad I was exposed to it. Thanks :)