Reading Comprehension
Strategy
Strategy: Read-Aloud
Appropriate Grade Level: Lower Elementary – Middle School
Procedures/Steps:
A read aloud or shared reading is one of the best ways for students to hear
fluent reading.
 Teachers should read to their students at least 5 minutes in class
everyday.
 Reading should not come from the text book, it should be done for
one of the following reasons:
 Building student’s background knowledge
 Providing them with interesting vocabulary words
 Assuring that they hear fluent reading
 During a Read-Aloud Students should be doing one of the following:
 Listening to the teacher read
 Following along as the teacher reads
 Examples of a Read-Aloud:
 Read a picture book
 Look at a newspaper article
Comments and/or tips:
 Read-Aloud literacy strategies build and extend background
knowledge for students who are lacking it.
 Background knowledge helps students build reading comprehension.
Source:
Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Williams, D. (2002). Seven literacy strategies that
work. Educational Leadership, 60, 70-73.