Ramp Up Your Read-Aloud Experiences: Engage, Converse, Extend
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ENGAGE!
Make a Connection
Yamile Saied Méndez Reads Aloud
Where Are You From?
Junot Díaz Introduces Island Born
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The Book Tree (Czajak, 2018) Read Aloud by Barefoot Books
Literacy Workshop: Thinking About and Beyond the Text Response Sheet
Read the Whole Book
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade (Roberts, 2014) [Ramped-Up p. 54] [Title Page/End Papers]
Zonia’s Rain Forest (Martinez-Neal, 2021) [Wrap-Around Cover, Book Case]
Last Stop on Market Street (de la Peña, 2015) [Ramped-Up p. 40] [Wrap-Around Cover]
Rulers of the Playground (Kuefler, 2017) [Ramped-Up p. 50] [Back Cover]
Star of the Party: The Solar System Celebrates (Carr, 2021) [Back Cover Blurb]
The Invisible Boy (Ludwig, 2013) [Ramped-Up p. 38] [Illustrations]
One Little Bag (Cole, 2020) [Author’s Note]
Duck! Rabbit! (Rosenthal, 2009) [Bar Code]
Teach the Parts of the Book
Parts of a Book Cards
ENGAGE! (Continued)
Spark Conversation
Let’s Link Our Thinking Mini-Lesson
Literacy Workshop: Questions to Promote Collaborative Conversations
CONVERSE!
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Predict
Peek and Predict
Predict the Title [Ramped-Up p. 110]
Predicting with Book Cover Pieces
Alma and How She Got Her Name (Martinez-Neal, 2018)/Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre (Spanish Edition)
Name Story Reproducible Response Page
My Name is Yoon (Recorvits, 2003)/Me llamo Yoon (Spanish Edition)
The Name Jar (Choi, 2003) Thunder Boy Jr. (Alexie, 2016) Your Name is a Song (Thompkins-Bigelow, 2020)Name Pronunciations by Author
Share Name StoriesFor an inquiry experience into the history of names see: No More Culturally Irrelevant Teaching (Souto-Manning, Llerena, Martell, Maguire, Arce-Boardman, 2018, Heinemann)
ENGAGE, CONVERSE, EXTEND!
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Welcome Learners
EXTEND!
Encourage Innovative Responses
● Voice Response Sheet
○ Enough! 20 Protestors Who Changed America (Easton, 2018)
● Equations
○ Check out this blog post by Nawal Qarooni Casiano for using equations with multilingual
learners
○ Snowman-Cold=Puddle (Salas, 2019)
○ This Plus That: Life’s Little Equations (Rosenthal, 2011)
Additional Response Ideas
● Literacy Workshop: What I Notice/What I’m Thinking
● Literacy Workshop: Thinking About and Beyond the Text
● Literacy Workshop: How Does This Text Help Me Grow
Create a Joyful Classroom Community Unit Plans
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Understand Feelings and Emotions
These Hands (Mason, 2010)
Daniel’s Good Day (Archer, 2019)A Good Day in School Reproducible Response Page
Other Books by Micha Archer:Daniel Finds a Poem (2016) *Perfect for launching a poetry unit of studyWonder Walkers (2021) *Ideal for launching inquiry units or a wonder wall
Embrace Differences and Include Others
Our Favorite Day of the Year (Ali, 2020)
Become a Problem Solver and Resolve Conflicts
I Walk With Vanessa (Kerascoet, 2018)
Wordless Book Bibliography
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Exhibit a Growth Mindset
Rescue and Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship Book Trailer
Connect, Compare, Contrast
Text Pairs
Saturday (Mora, 2019) and Saturdays and Teacakes (Laminack, 2004)
Text Sets
The Bad Seed Read Aloud by Harper Kids
Plant Observation Station● Multi-Genre Plant Books● Germinator Supplies ● Blank Paper
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Uncover Connections Within Texts: Cause and Effect
If Elephants Disappeared (Williams, 2019) and If Polar Bears Disappeared (Williams, 2018) [Ramped-Up p. 260]
Compreaction Ideas: Lily Williams’ Website
● Sample Letters to Government Representatives
● Top 10 Cool Facts About Polar Bears
Source: Shake Up Shared Reading (Walther, 2022)
A Few More Resources
Spanish Editions of Books in The Ramped-Up Read Aloud
The Ramped-Up Read Aloud Learning Target Chart
The Ramped-Up Read Aloud Key Vocabulary Cards