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Overview:

One of the most effective ways to promote children’s language acquisition is to read with them! Children love to hear their favorite books read over and over again. Repeated readings help young children master the storyline, ideas, and language of a story. Picture book reading also provides children with many of the skills needed for success in school: vocabulary, sound structure, the meaning of print, the structure of stories, and sustained attention.

Dialogic Reading is an interactive, shared method of picture book reading that has been proven to enhance children’s language and literacy skills. In Dialogic Reading, rather than the children being passive listeners to the story, the teacher or the adult has the children help tell part of the story. The teacher or the adult facilitates that by having the children answer some questions or provide additional expansions on the story, or maybe even share other experiences they have had that relate to the story. Dialogic reading is interactive because the teacher is having a dialog with children about the story or using the book as a way to have a conversation.

Instructions:

Please read this short article: Week 8 – Extra Credit – Dialogic Reading Introduction.pdf

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The video below is provided to give you a better understanding of what Dialogic Reading looks like in practice.

Title: Dialogic reading with Katy, Runtime: 4:14

In the discussion, we will explore ways to implement dialogic reading techniques in our classrooms.

First, select a children’s picture book that you would enjoy reading to children. The book should appeal to young children, (ages one to eight years old). Predictable, repetitive books can work well for dialogic reading, as these books help children learn the language so that they can eventually “read” (retell) the books on their own. Suggestions for choosing a good book for dialogic reading:

• Rich illustrations that carry the story
• Interesting characters, appealing to the child
• Situations that require thinking or problem-solving
• Interesting words – a chance to expand vocabulary
• Word play or rhymes, so you can draw attention to the sounds of words
• Big enough print so you can point to words from time to time

Once you have a book you like, review the five types prompts used in dialogic reading, (the mnemonic device CROWD):

• • Completion prompts
  • Recall Questions
  • Open-ended Questions
  • Wh- Questions
  • Distancing Questions

As you read through the book on your own, create at least one example of each of the five prompts. You may want to use this worksheet to help you organize your prompts:

Week 8 Extra Credit – Dialogic Reading Planning.pdf

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For your initial discussion post, please provide the following:

1. Title of Book:
2. Name of Author and Illustrator:
3. Brief summary of the book (4-5 sentence synopsis):
4. Why you selected this book for Dialogic Reading:
5. Provide one example of each of the five prompts that you might use while reading this book with children:
   • A Completion Prompt:
   • A Recall Question:
   • An Open-ended Question:
   • A Wh- Question:
   • A Distancing Question:

How to participate in the discussion:

• To make your first post, please use the “Reply” button below. You will be able to see the posts of your classmates after you have made the first post.
• Your original post should address the questions above for the book you selected. Please post you original thread by 11:59 p.m. by Friday (7/24/20) and respond to the initial posts of at least two classmates by Sunday (7/26/20) at 11:59 p.m. Participate on two separate days for full credit.
• Responses must add to the conversation; posts that are the equivalent of “Good Job” or “Fun Book” are nice, but they will not receive credit. When you respond to classmates, you can offer suggestions for other questions for the book the classmate selected, share your experiences with using this particular book, or add different connection to the reading.
• This discussion will be worth up to 20 Extra Credit points, will be graded according to the rubric found on page 5 of the syllabus.