Read Aloud with Accountable Talk – Additional Slides Diane Katakowski MA, CCC-SLP Michele Farah PhD

What ideas, messages, and/or lessons are developing The kind of person that _____ is Why the author included… What’s changing and why Other texts we’ve read and how they connect to this text What’s really going on What seems most important and how the author develops this Other ways of looking at this situation, event, issue Let’s Talk About… (literature)

PlaceSample Jot/Talk Introductions to… title, character, setting, trouble I just learned… This makes me*… DescriptionThe author describes… This makes me*… Strong EmotionThe text says… This makes me*… Big EventWhat happened: This matters because… Surprise!I thought… But instead… Places Worth Stopping and… Thinking… Talking… Jotting in Literature

The details the text is teaching us and the ideas we are developing The main idea/s and the key details that support the main idea/s The relationship between _____ and _____ The words and phrases the author is using to teach us about… How the author is using structure to convey information How this is similar to or different from what we learned from… (cross text) How the author uses reasons and evidence to teach _____. Rereading that part to… Let’s Talk About… (Informational)

PlaceSample Jot/Talking spot Places Worth Stopping and… Thinking… Talking… Jotting in information

Resources Fisher, Flood, Lapp, Frey IRA article 2004: Interactive Read Alouds: Is there a common set of implementation practices? Nichols, M Comprehension Through Conversation: The Power of Purposeful Talk in the Reading Workshop. Portsmouth, NH. Heinemann. Atlas Units for ELA K-5: Contact Information Michele Farah, Ph.D. – Diane Katakowski –