Read Alouds
- help to internalize sentence structure and book and print awareness.
- help to develop a sense of story structure.
- help to develop vocabulary concepts.
- help to build prediction skills.
- help to motivate independent reading.
- help to model fluency.
- help to develop comprehension strategies.
Reading with Children
Shared Reading/Guided Reading
- develops comprehension strategies.
- develops rhyming and beginning sound skills.
- develops the use of high frequency words.
- develops phonemic awareness and known phonics.
- develops book and print awareness concepts.
- develops oral reading strategies and critical response to a variety of texts.
- develops an enjoyment and confidence in reading.
Reading by Children
Independent Reading
- reinforces reading strategies in the context of the story.
- reinforces the effective use of cueing sources and prediction skills.
- builds self-confidence and reinforces responsibility for one's own reading.
- reinforces fluency.
- reinforces and builds background knowledge or schema.
