Synopses & Reviews
How do you do a read-aloud? Bobbi Fisher and her daughter Emily Fisher Medvic are authorities on the subject. It is through their collective experiences as classroom teachers-and personal memories of read-alouds since the day Emily was born-that they have come to believe in and promote this practice as the most important component in literacy learning. Their book shows teachers how they can set up their first and subsequent read-alouds to achieve a powerful early literacy program of their own.
The authors draw on their classroom experiences with children from pre-kindergarten through second grade. They also include ideas from teachers throughout the country who have shared their favorite read-aloud books and projects. As children meet characters and engage in listening to stories together, they gather experiences that will become part of a shared narrative throughout the year. This in turn becomes the basis for children to relate to each other, learn about the world, and build a caring learning community.
Discover the who, what, when, where, how, and why of read-alouds. Then watch as this practice becomes a catalyst for moving children more quickly toward reading independence.
Synopsis
This is the second book that this mother-daughter team have written together. Perspectives on Shared Reading: Planning and Practice (Heinemann, 2000) focuses on teaching literacy using big books and enlarged texts, and mentions reading aloud as an essential strategy.
Synopsis
ves on Shared Reading: Planning and Practice (Heinemann, 2000) focuses on teaching literacy using big books and enlarged texts, and mentions reading aloud as an essential strategy.
Synopsis
This is the second book that this motherdaughter team have written together. Perspectives on Shared Reading
Synopsis
: Planning and Practice (Heinemann, 2000) focuses on teaching literacy using big books and enlarged texts, and mentions reading aloud as an essential strategy.
About the Author
Bobbi Fisher taught elementary school for more than twenty-five years. Currently Bobbi is attending Andover Newton Theological School. She lives with her husband in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and they have two grown children and four grandchildren. You can contact her at
[email protected] Fisher Medvic, Bobbi's daughter, received a Masters in Education at Indiana University in 1998. A first-grade teacher at the at Schaeffer Elementary School in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, she lives in Lancaster with her husband and two children.
Table of Contents
Why Read Aloud?
What to Read Aloud
Who Reads Aloud? When and Where?
How to Read Aloud
Follow-Up Projects
Parents and Reading Aloud Children's Works Cited