Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Think-Aloud Reading

On Monday in Social Studies class, we talked about strategies to involve think-alouds while students are reading books about history, cultures, or anything that involves Social Studies.  I find think-alouds difficult to do since you normally do not write down what you think.  Think alouds are basically reading out loud and showing the "thinking" process. In class, we learn some wonderful examples of teachers using think-alouds in the classroom.  Most students do not ever learn how to think-aloud, which is why teachers need to make it an important strategy to teach in the classroom.  Students can make connections while they read through text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world.  Think-alouds take a lot of practice, but it is something worth-while to do in the classroom because you are incorporating Social Studies with reading. 

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