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Read Alouds for All Learners
A Comprehensive Plan for Every Subject, Every Day, Grades PreK–8
Learn the step-by-step instructional plan for teachers to implement read alouds in preK–8 classrooms. Whether you’re a longtime professional or new to teaching, this resource helps you support young learners emotionally, intellectually, linguistically, and developmentally.
Benefits
- Understand the role of read alouds in the science of reading.
- Develop understanding of the three-step planning process for a read aloud.
- See current read-aloud research and trends among elementary, middle, and high school teachers.
- Gain tips targeted for each age group’s social-emotional learning and cognition.
- Capture the importance of read alouds in all content areas.
- Create a read-aloud plan for social studies, the sciences, mathematics, physical education, the arts, and electives with hands-on tools.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Plan the Read Aloud
Chapter 2: Apply the Read Aloud Plan to Diverse Texts
Chapter 3: Use Age-Appropriate Read Aloud Strategies
Chapter 4: Customize Read Alouds for Various Content Areas
Epilogue
Appendix A: Planning Templates
Appendix B: Resources for Content-Area Read Alouds
Appendix C: Resources for Choosing Read Aloud Titles
Appendix D: Lists of Children’s Book Awards
Appendix E: Further Reading
Appendix F: Children’s Books Cited
Reproducibles
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 4
Appendix A
Suggested Resources
Websites
- Reading Rope
- Cooperative Children’s Book Center Literature Resources
- Literacy Rich Classroom Library Checklist
- Libby
- Audible
- LibroFM
- Hoopla
- American Innings
- MyPlate
- American Rhetoric
- National Archives
- Rare Americana
- Newspapers
- Reuters
- Honest History magazine
- National Geographic Weather Series
- National Science Foundation
- Interview With Dr. Jess Wade
- Almanac
- 12 Story Library
- Britannica
- Kiddle
- YouTube Kids
- National Association for Sport and Physical Education
- Sports Illustrated Kids magazine
- BookTrust
- International Literacy Association
- Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
- The New York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize
- American Indian Youth Literature Award
- Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards
- Arab American Book Award
- Orbis Pictus Award
- Middle East Book Award
- Notable Books for a Global Society
- Carter G. Woodson Book Awards
- Inspired Inner Genius books
- The AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
- The Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize
- Read Aloud Revival’s Podcast #147: Our Favorite Math Read Alouds
- Math Read Aloud Books
- Math: Our Favorite Picture Book Read Alouds (from Book Love Family)
- 12 Picture Books by Mighty Girls Who Love Math
- 40 Children’s Books That Foster a Love of Math
- 21 Most Beautifully Illustrated Math Books for Kids
- (Award-winning) Books for Kids
- We Need Diverse Books (WNDB)
- The Brown Bookshelf
- Unite Against Book Bans
- What Do We Do All Day
- Rebel Girls
- A Mighty Girl
- Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read
- Read Aloud 15 MINUTES
- The Children’s Book Council
- Penguin Random House’s Brightly
- IndieBound
- Yarn: A Story Podcast
- Read Aloud Revival
- All the Wonders
- Picturebooking
- Curious City
- What Should I Read Next? With Anne Bogel
- The Guardian Children’s Book Podcast
- The Horn Book Magazine
- American Library Association
- American Association of School Librarians
- Bookology
- National Council of Teachers of English
- International Literacy Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee list by Young Adult Library services Association (YALSA)
- Alex Awards by YALSA
- Randolph Caldecott Medal
- John Newbery Medal
- William C. Morris Award
- Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
- Rainbow Book List
- Sibert Medal
- YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
- Rise: A Feminist Book Project List
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- The Pura Belpré Award
- Stonewall Book Award
- Asia/Pacific American Librarians Association Literature Awards
- Sydney Taylor Book Awards
- Native American Youth Services Awards
- The American Phytopathological Society’s De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books
- Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students from the National Science Teaching Association
- Fractal Foundation