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 Ivey, G. (2003). “The teacher makes it more explainable” and other reasons to read aloud in the intermediate grades. //The Reading Teacher, 56//(8), 812-814. Retrieved June 21, 2009, from Academic Search Complete.


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 * 1. "The bottom line is that when teachers read to students they enhance students' understanding and their inclination to read independently." (p. 812)

2. "Reading to students helps them to experience a sophisticated text the way the teacher experiences it." (p. 813)

3. "When you read silently, you do whatever it takes to create an understanding of the text. You ask yourself questions, hypothesize and predict, make connections to what you already know and to what you have read, relate the information to personal experiences, and keep a check on whether or not you truly understand as you read. Engaging students in these processes with you as you read to them not only helps them think about the text but also tips them off to how they can read more thoughtfully on their own." (p. 813)

4. "What students tell us about read-alouds is that we are on the right track but that we might be selling the read-aloud short." (p. 814) || 4. Teachers often use read-alouds as a filler. This article reminds us that we can use read-alouds to teach content as well as reading strategies while engaging students. ||  Tags: read-aloud, intermediate grades, opinion piece, reasons for reading aloud