Hello there! Today, we are going to dive in and talk about the basics of teaching with an interactive read-aloud strategy. As a teacher, we need some strategies in order to make our lesson or learning activities more efficient, also to make it easy for both, the teacher and for the students. And the interactive read-aloud teaching strategies is one of them.
What is an Interactive Read-Aloud?
Interactive read-aloud teaching strategies is one of the learning methods that focused on the verbal ability. Because the teacher will show or explain something by modeling how they would have a conclusion about the lesson by reading or having a conversation about the subject itself. This method also allows all the students to interact with us at the same time, and it can be applied for the teaching lesson at school or even virtually online.
Steps for teaching using interactive read-aloud.
1. Book selection
The purpose for selecting the book is because the teacher needs to select where they will give instruction for the student to participate and where the teacher will be providing their teaching points.
2. Various Text Features
When we use this method, of course, we need or a book or a text to get the lesson and information from the text, we could use many types of text to read about.
Such as actual text types that include the description text, recount text, repot text, explanation text, etc.
3. Read with Expression
This will show or modeling to the students the fluency of reading behavior.
4. Placing a stop for interaction
So that we can give a time for the students to think and having an assumption about some new words before we interact with them with some question.
5. Ask open-ended questions
The open-ended questions will persuade the students to think and analyze more of the lesson. So that, they will able to be more focused and understand.
Why is it good for the students?
There are so many good reasons to use this teaching strategies for the students, some of them are related to the plan for this technique itself.
- Make the students know more about their own interests
- Provide the basic knowledge for the students
- Teaches the students how to communicate effectively
- Practice the students’ text analyzing skills and to think critically
- Some messages from the literature teach about empathy, respect, and kindness
- Motivating students to have the willing to involve and take a part for the learning activities.