2. Cranford’s Reading Project Initiative
Professional Development/Network
• Virtual
• District level
• Building level
Purpose
Every Child, Every Day
Connection
4. 1. Identify elements of an successful Interactive
Read Aloud
2. Analyze our practices
3. Engage in reflective and collaborative
dialogue
4. Practice
Teaching Points
5. Teaching Charts
1.My interactive read aloud is successful when:
2.My interactive read aloud is not successful
when:
What makes a successful
Interactive Read Aloud?
6. Exemplar #1 – The Giving Tree
• What did you notice?
Exemplar #2 – Dancing in the Wings
• What did you notice?
Exemplars
9. Choose the Skill You Want to
TEACH
Think about what skills your students need
to be successful readers.
Have a focus.
Connect it to your mini lesson.
10. Choose the Right Mentor Text
Mentor – carefully chosen as a model of quality
that is worth using as a guide for our readers.
Mentor texts should have the following profiles:
• boosts language development
• promotes active listening
• encourages deep thinking
• supports learning more about world
• serves as a model of great writing
11. Plan Your READ ALOUD
Sit down with a pack of Post Its
As you read, pay attention to your “inner
reader”
•Where do you use the skill?
Where can your students practice?
3 – 5 “stops”
