Information about the strategy:
When a teacher is using the interactive think aloud strategy they are literally thinking aloud. The teacher models to the students how to monitor their comprehension. The students watch as the teacher models and then they try it while the teacher is guiding them. Eventually the students are expected to use this strategy on their own. This strategy occurs when the teacher or student is reading the text and pauses to think aloud about what they just read. How this strategy can be used in a classroom: The first way this strategy can be used is in whole group. The teacher models how to use this strategy by reading a text aloud and pausing to think aloud what they read. The teacher ensures their think aloud is about comprehension to help the students to know how to use this strategy on their own. The second way this strategy could be used is in small groups. The students could break up in groups and read a text aloud, pausing to think aloud. This way can only be used once the students know to successfully use this strategy to aid their comprehension. Writing standard:
This strategy would not have a writing standard because it does not require the students to write down information. This strategy requires the teachers and students to verbalize in order to help with comprehension. |
Research:
Research shows that interactive think aloud helps students monitor their thinking as they read a given text. It also helps student improve their comprehension. This strategy teaches students to re-read, read ahead, and look for context clues to make sense of what they read. Lastly, it helps to slow down the reading process which allows students to better understand a text. (Think-alouds, n.d.). Video examples and explanations:
This video shows a teacher explaining what a think aloud is and how she uses the strategy in her classroom. I believe it is important for teachers to see how other teachers are using the strategy in their classroom in order to tweak it to fit in your classroom. It also shows some ideas of how you can integrate the different strategies into your classroom based on how other teachers are using it in their classroom.
This video shows a teacher introducing think aloud to her students. I really liked how this video shows that think alouds can be used by the teacher, but also with students. When students think-pair-share they are using the think aloud strategy because they are thinking or discussing what they think about the topic that is being discussed.
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Sources:
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Strategies to Increase Comprehension. Literacy in context (LinC): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12 (). Boston: Pearson.
Think-alouds. (n.d.). Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 22, 2014, from http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think_alouds
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Strategies to Increase Comprehension. Literacy in context (LinC): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12 (). Boston: Pearson.
Think-alouds. (n.d.). Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 22, 2014, from http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think_alouds