Interactive Read-alouds : Linking Standards, Fluency and Comprehension

Read-aloud time is much treasured in most elementary classrooms as teachers share children's classics with their young readers. Linda Hoyt's Interactive Read-Alouds will help you make the most of read-aloud time by showing you creative ways to use popular children’s literature to teach standards, fluency, and comprehension. Combining award-winning text and engaging conversations with reflective thinking, Linda's lessons will add drama to your literacy block and will teach your young readers strategies they will use across the curriculum.

Interactive Read-Alouds at each level include the following components:

• A book of standards-based lessons designed around children's classics with Share the Reading strategies and Readers Theater Scripts
• A Teacher's Guide that outlines the thinking behind Interactive Read-Alouds and describes how to apply the strategies in your classroom
• A CD-ROM with all of the shared text and Readers Theater Scripts in an easily accessible PDF format