Read+Along


 * Read Along**

Read along is a practice that engages students in reading a text along with an expert reader (a teacher, a parent volunteer, another student, a taped reading, or an electronic reading). This strategy can be used with individuals, small groups, or large groups. It allows opportunities to observe the learning of individual students and provides additional reading experience for students who could not read the material independently. The process is used with text that would be challenging for students to read without assistance, thereby increasing the students' repertoire of stories, literary experiences, and other texts.
 * Description**

The teacher: • selects texts to meet the learning needs of a student or students; • paces the reading so that students can actually read along; • explains the purposes/goals of the read along activity; • assesses learning related to the purpose of the read along; • demonstrates strategies used in reading.
 * Method**

Read along: • requires the teacher to be aware of the various reading needs of students; • requires a collection of taped stories, text sets, or multiple copies for purposes of read along.
 * Considerations**


 * Illustrations From The Mathematics Classroom**

The teacher reads aloud a simple mathematical poem. The students join in and read along for a second reading.
 * Elementary**

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 * Secondary**