Interactive & Dialogic Reading
Recommended Practice: Engage preschool children in interactive reading and dialogic reading to improve language and literacy skills.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about interactive reading and dialogic reading
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Interactive and Dialogic Reading in Preschool
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > Overview & Tools
This overview explains interactive and dialogic reading, its importance to children's language development, and how teachers can implement this practice. It highlights the teacher's use of...
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Overview
Implementing Dialogic Reading
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > Learn What Works
Dr. Lonigan discusses dialogic reading, its importance to children's learning, key features, questioning techniques, lesson planning, and teacher support. Dr. Lonigan is Associate Director of the...
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Expert Interview
Partnering With a Coach to Improve Instruction
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Listen to a coach and teacher discuss how they formed a partnership, the coaching conversations that were most helpful, and the ways they worked together to differentiate instruction for bilingual...
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School Example
Training Coaches/Mentors to Work With Teachers
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Listen to a director explain what mentors need to know about modeling, helping teachers develop lesson plans, and providing feedback. As you listen, look at the Mentor Log: Planning On-Site...
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Helping Teachers Learn New Practice
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
A preschool director describes how mentors form reciprocal relationships with teachers; employ observational and assessment data to engage teachers in developing action plans; and use videos to...
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School Example
Developing a Coaching Program
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
On-site coaching programs are effective in helping teachers implement and sustain good practice. Watch a preschool director and literacy facilitator talk about what coaches need to know and do to...
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School Example
Selecting Books for Interactive Reading
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Teachers need to know what to look for when selecting books for interactive reading. Hear an administrator describe how she trains teachers to make book selections. Review the program's Required...
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School Example
Vocabulary Teaching Planner for Books
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Consider using this planner as a resource to help teachers plan how they will highlight and explicitly teach vocabulary words they have selected from a story. Related Files: Tempe Early Reading...
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Sample Material
Daily Lesson Plan for Four-Year-Olds
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
This daily lesson plan format emphasizes activity planning based on instructional objectives, program standards, and desired learning outcomes and includes an example of interactive reading...
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Sample Material
Preparing a Dialogic Reading Lesson
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Use this dialogic reading planning tool to help teachers develop questions and prompts for repeated readings of a storybook using the framework described in A Three-Level Framework for Dialogic...
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Sample Material
Mentor Log: Planning On-Site Training With Teachers
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
View the log that Tempe uses to help mentors work with preschool teachers to reflect on the results of classroom observations. The project director discusses this method in Training Coaches/Mentors...
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Sample Material
Observation Checklists: Monitoring Development
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Observation checklists help Syracuse preschool teachers monitor children's progress in comprehension and oral language development. The comprehension skills reflect interactive strategies they use...
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