TY - BOOK AU - Walther,Maria P. TI - More ramped-up read alouds: building knowledge and boosting comprehension T2 - Corwin literacy SN - 9781071931240 AV - LB1573.5 .W347 2025 U1 - 372.452 23/eng/20240624 PY - 2025/// CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - Corwin, a SAGE Company KW - Oral reading KW - Reading (Elementary) KW - Literature KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Language arts (Elementary) KW - Activity programs KW - Group reading N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Maintain a happy and caring learning community all year long -- Focus on foundational skills: phonological awareness, skillful decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension monitoring -- Strengthen listening comprehension --Build context knowledge: blend literacy with steam -- Inspire writers! N2 - "Do you enjoy reading aloud? Great news! Current research gives this high-leverage practice its stamp of approval. In More Ramped-Up Read Alouds, educators will discover practical ideas for ramping up interactive read alouds to increase learners' language comprehension and build their knowledge about a wide variety of topics. The introduction details research-proven reasons that reading aloud is essential for literacy learners and shares success factors for creating engaging read-aloud experiences. With that foundational knowledge in place, readers will be able to choose from 50 read-aloud experiences, fully detailed and carefully designed to enrich and extend literacy instruction in grades K-5. Whether you're a classroom teacher, literacy coach, librarian, or caregiver, if you read aloud to young people, you'll want this book by your side! This is not a 2nd edition but a new volume of Maria Walther's signature read aloud experiences - with all new books featured and suggestions for extending read aloud into upper elementary grades. Chapters focus on new themes, too, such as STEAM and Foundational Reading Skills"-- ER -