Read Alouds in the classrooms

       Teachers should use read alouds and shared reading as much as possible in the classroom, because it helps the students understand the content better. Both of these strategies, the teachers does the reading not the students.Using both of these strategies, the students get to see how the teacher uses expression while reading. Read alouds and shared readings help the students to hear a variety of complex texts that they might not would read on a regular basis. Which strategy is the best strategy for comprehension?

       Read alouds and shared readings are similar in that they engage the students and help with comprehension. They are different in that read alouds increase critical thinking skills while shared reading familiarizes the students with the text. Read alouds help make more meaningful connections with the text and can also be used to introduce a new topic. Even as the students get older like middle school, teachers should continue to use read alouds to increase students' comprehension and reinforce content.

       Meanwhile, shared readings are used for teachers to model prosody of the text and to increase interaction with the text. By interacting with the text, students learn how to interpret and understand the text. When does a teacher need to stop using shared readings in the classroom? Shared readings are great way to let the students know what is going on inside the head of a fluent reader. Since read alouds and shared readings are motivating strategies, they need to be used not only in English but also in other subjects such as Math, Science, Social Studies, and other electives to help engage the students in the material.