The Many Faces of Reading by Susan Boiarsky and Rhonda Henderson

READING IS INTERACTIVE. The reader interacts with the text in many different ways. As I read a book, I often imagine the story like a movie in my head. We teach students to do this also. Readers also listen to stories being read, interact by discussing a story, think critically about the text, and try to write their own stories in the style of the author they have been reading.

 

 

Ms. Boiarsky was out and about recently and found these examples of the different faces of reading in Ms. Morgan's class.

 

 

 

Students listen and share their thoughts regarding the interactive read aloud delivered by Ms. Morgan. The book, Two Bobbies is a heartfelt book about two animals that survived Hurricane Katrina. 

Students use the thinking strategies shared in the read aloud as they partner read together.