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Learning to Read

Voice Recordings to Improve Reading

Season 2023 Episode 23

Whether on a cell phone or at a recording studio, it can be helpful for students to hear their own voices. Hearing themselves allows them to build fluency skills, including proper phrasing and expression. This tactic can also help build comprehension and allow students to hear the tone and pace of their own reading.

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Performance Story Time
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Watching a story performed transforms text into an engaging multisensory experience.
Using Sensory Elements in Story
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This activity brings deeper engagement with a book with sensory elements and role playing.
Identifying Common Contractions
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This activity focuses on learning the predictable patterns used in common contractions.
Sight Words
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This fun activity teaches and reinforces common sight words to build reading fluency.
Authors and Illustrators
1:04
This activity highlights the work that an author and illustrator do to build appreciation.
Mystery Inferencing
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This activity practices drawing conclusions based on evidence within a story.
Dictionary Word Roulette
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To build vocabulary, an adult and child can use a dictionary to find a new word to learn.
Letter Writing
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This activity helps a child express their fondness for someone by writing them a letter.
Reading with Intonation
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This activity demonstrates the importance of tone in reading to convey various emotions.
Assisted Storytelling
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This activity helps children create a story using a character and setting from a book.\
Comparing and Contrasting 2 Texts
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To recognize story elements, a child reads two books noting similarities and differences.
Completing the Lyric
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Young readers can practice spelling by learning the lyrics to their favorite songs.
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