Read-aloud tips from librarian, storyteller, and award-winning author Janice Harrington:

• Select a book that you love and are eager to share.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.
• Read the book aloud to yourself before sharing it with children.
• Plan your read aloud:
  • What concepts will readers need to understand?
  • Are there any new words? Is there any unfamiliar language?
  • How can you encourage student participation as you read the story aloud?
• Help children to visualize and think about the story beforehand.
• Use open-ended questions to help them connect the events in the story to what they already know.
• Encourage children to make predictions: What do they think is going to happen next?
• What do they think the story is about?
• Preview the story by taking a "picture walk." Allow students to study the illustrations beforehand. Ask them what they see? Ask them what they think will happen in the story.
• Be an enthusiastic reading model: show students the pleasure that you take in reading.