Topic: Modeling the Reading Process

10-second review: How can the teacher “model” reading as a teaching technique? Defines “think-alouds” as the teacher’s talking about and explaining to the students how she reads books, from overviewing to looking for important information, to predicting, to recognizing the author’s writing style, to relating to her own life and to using the knowledge.

Source: CC Block & SE Israel. Reading Teacher. (October 2004), 154-167. A publication of the International Reading Association (IRA).

Comment: I would have the students do these things after I have demonstrated them using an actual book, with their having a copy of that book. RayS.