Sixteen Sweet Reasons to Read Aloud:

Research shows that reading aloud to students provides numerous benefits. The following list demonstrates the value and power of reading aloud to your student.

1. Children associate reading with pleasure.
2. Contributes background knowledge for all other subject areas.
3. Provides children with a reading role model.
4. Increases vocabulary and grammar.
5. Improves a child’s probability of staying in school.
6. Offers information.
7. Offers laughter and entertainment.
8. It is an alternative to television.
9. Improves attention span.
10. Stimulates the imagination.
11. Nurtures emotional development.
12. Improves self-esteem.
13. Improves problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
14. Improves future probability of employment and therefore a higher quality of life.
15. Has potential to increase life span when correlated with a higher quality of life.
16. Improves overall academic success!

Looking at this list of benefits it becomes clear why reading aloud is valuable. Best of all, access to books is cheap and easy, since a library card is free! As the temperatures drop and the snow continues to fall, consider snuggling up with someone you love and reading a good book!

Miss Jazeboski

The third graders wrote personal narratives which they brought to life with a computer program called Crazy Talk. The characters are self portraits of themselves.

Act 2

Act 1

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