Why do teachers read aloud to students in their classrooms?
Teachers who read to their students know that they are helping them to become more proficient readers. These teachers are serving as reading role models for their students. Teachers are expected to instill passion for reading in their students. Reading aloud is an important way to do that. When teachers read a good book using different voices, something magic happens in the minds of students. A teacher who is one of my graduate students said she can still remember her fifth-grade teacher reading to her and using different voices for each character. She said that made her want to become a teacher so she could perform that same magic for children. Good teachers know students should be read to at all grade levels. Some people think that just primary students need read-aloud time in the classroom. That is false. Teacher read-alouds should be used in middle school and high school classes to make a point about a concept, to highlight a current event or to emphasize how math is used in real l
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