ERIC Number: EJ1385861
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
EISSN: EISSN-1936-2714
Engaging Students with Expository Books through Interactive Read-Alouds
Young, Terrell A.; Ricks, Paul H.; MacKay, Kathryn Lake
Reading Teacher, v77 n1 p6-15 Jul-Aug 2023
Many elementary teachers shy away from using expository literature for interactive read-alouds in their classrooms, preferring and privileging narrative texts over this type of nonfiction. This article first shares the complementary benefits of moving beyond fiction and narrative nonfiction in educators' read-aloud practices. Affordances include increased student knowledge and vocabulary, greater understanding of expository text structures and features, and heightened engagement. The article then features lesson plans demonstrating unique ways to use expository books for interactive read-alouds with elementary students. Additionally, readers are provided with high-quality expository texts educators may include in their classrooms.
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Aloud to Others, Elementary School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Lesson Plans, Elementary School Students, Nonfiction, Books
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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