Read Aloud Plan (3105)
Title of Read Aloud Book:
Link to Read Aloud Book (if available):
Standards: What standard could you address using this book that aligns with the strategy you’ve chosen to focus on?
ELA Standard(s): h ps://www.nj.gov/educa on/standards/ela/Index.shtml
Content Standard(s): h ps://www.nj.gov/educa on/standards/index.shtml
Ra onale for the Book
⎯ Brie y describe the book. Include the
tle, author, approximate reading level,
and a brief summary.
⎯ Explain why you chose this book. What
makes it a good choice for Read Aloud
or Shared Reading? How does it connect
to the current content you are teaching
in your class?
⎯ Iden fy what makes it developmentally
and culturally appropriate for your
students and their interests.
Discussion Before Reading
Build Background:
⎯ Explain what you will discuss to help
students build or access background
knowledge of the book, author, topic or
concept. Set Purposes:
⎯ Explain the purpose you will give
students for listening and responding to
the reading.
Make Predic ons:
⎯ Explain the connec on between the
book and the text.
⎯ Iden fy what points you will focus on
Adapted from, “What is an Inten onal Read Aloud?”, The Children’s Literacy Ini a ve, 2024
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⎯ Iden fy what points you will focus on
for helping students make predic ons Vocabulary Focuses:
about the reading.
⎯ Iden fy vocabulary you will discuss prior
to the reading.
Discussion During Reading
Name the strategy:
⎯ Hold picture books open so everyone
can see. Explicitly explain the strategy to students:
⎯ Focus on a literacy strategy to support
comprehension. Think aloud #1 to provide a demonstra on of the strategy:
⎯ Explicitly teach, model the literacy
strategy using explicit instruc on. Think aloud #2 to provide a demonstra on of the strategy:
⎯ Think aloud to model and demonstrate
the literacy strategy.
Think aloud #3 to provide a demonstra on of the strategy:
⎯ Engage the children and invite them to
par cipate in the lesson. Have students
prac ce the literacy strategy. Speci c point/page to engage the children with demonstra ng the
strategy:
⎯ Revisit vocabulary focuses as they occur
during the reading.
Adapted from, “What is an Inten onal Read Aloud?”, The Children’s Literacy Ini a ve, 2024
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A er Reading Discussion
A er reading discussion ques ons:
⎯ Discuss and respond to the book.
⎯ Check for understanding by asking open-
ended ques ons.
Connec ons to other areas of the curriculum:
⎯ Restate the literacy strategy objec ve.
⎯ Connect and extend learning to other
literacy prac ces.
Adapted from, “What is an Inten onal Read Aloud?”, The Children’s Literacy Ini a ve, 2024
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