In this Issue:
Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension:
Using a think-aloud technique to build understanding

Judith Gold, Bank Street College of Education & Akimi Gibson, Education Consultant Many of us can remember from our own experience the precious time spent sharing and talking about stories. We remember relating to the friendship between a little girl and a teddy bear named Corduroy in the book of the same name by Don Freeman. We also related to the friendship between a spider and her pig friend, Wilbur, in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web. We connected to the characters, their situations, or the settings in which the stories took place. Little did we know that when we were making such connections we were learning to think and act like good readers. This issue of the Tutor praises the power of reading aloud and goes a step further to praise the power of thinking out loud while reading to children as a way to highlight the strategies used by thoughtful readers.
Introduction The Benefits of Reading Aloud Choosing Good Books Modeling Making Connections by Thinking Aloud Putting it All Together	Read Aloud Collection 1 Read Aloud Collection 2 Final Thoughts / Sample Read Aloud Collections References
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