[RFHF] New read-aloud findings

[Katie Anderson]

Hi! I just received the following email from the School Librarian listserv and thought many of you may be interested.

Small Changes in Reading to Preschoolers Can Help Disadvantaged Kids Catch Up<http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/05/29/153927743/small-change-in-reading-to-preschoolers-can-help-disadvantaged-kids-catch-up>

Here are the things that I took away:

·         In this limited study, preschoolers who were asked questions that drew their attention to the text during story time (or one-on-one book sharing) had better literacy outcomes in 1st grade than preschoolers who weren’t asked these types of questions.

·         Young children pay more attention to illustrations and the reader than to the actual text during book sharing/story time.

·         Asking a few questions (dialogic reading!) that draw attention to the text can help children build more early literacy skills than just vocabulary development—print awareness, letter knowledge, and perhaps phonological awareness depending on the questions asked.

·         This sounds like a good technique for developing print awareness, letter knowledge and maybe even phonological awareness. Other techniques still need to be used to develop narrative skills and vocabulary which lead to reading comprehension. And let’s not forget activities that promote print motivation!

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528

From: oasl-all at memberclicks.net [mailto:oasl-all at memberclicks.net] On Behalf Of Kate Weber
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:48 AM
To: Katie Anderson
Subject: [oasl-all] Elem - new read-aloud findings


I heard a story on NPR last night about some recent findings that can impact pre-readers' abilities to become readers.  The story is interesting, but if you just have a moment, the gist is that students spend most of their time focusing on the pictures or the reader during a read-aloud.  By bringing their attention back to the print (through pointed questions about the print) they focus more on the print and have better literacy outcomes.  It's a small change with a big impact.

That doesn't vary from what many of us learned when studying reading, but in this day of data-based decision making, it's nice to know some fresh data is there.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/05/29/153927743/small-change-in-reading-to-preschoolers-can-help-disadvantaged-kids-catch-up

Kate



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