April 7, 2026

Why Read Aloud Still Matters in Grades 3-5

Why Read Aloud Still Matters in Grades 3-5
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Episode 129- Why Read Aloud Still Matters in Grades 3–5 Classrooms

In this episode we talk about:

  • Why read alouds still matter in your Upper Elementary literacy classrooms.

  • How Read alouds support learning science,

  • How Read alouds support The Science of Teaching Reading.

  • Choose texts that build knowledge

  • Pause for thinking, not just predictions

  • Plan 2–3 intentional thinking stops instead of a lot of questions

“How might my read aloud time become one of the most instructionally powerful parts of the day?”

Schema Theory in Reading by Shuying An

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