How it works
This interactive read aloud lesson plan template opens with lines for Book, Author, Focus skill and Date, a Words to teach first line, and a table with rows for Before reading, Stop 1 to Stop 6 and After reading.
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Plan where you will stop
Press Print the lesson plan. Read the book once with the sheet beside you. At each place you will pause, write the page, the question or comment, and what partners say to each other. Before reading holds the hook, and After reading the discussion.
Shorter and longer books
The same table comes with four or eight stops. For a two-page plan, print the before and after reading page and the stopping points page. The week sheet spreads one book over five days.
- The boxed plan gives four stops a box each, and the sample fills it in for an old fable.
- Every blank sheet leaves Book and Author empty; only the sample names a story.
Questions and answers
What is an interactive read aloud lesson plan?
A plan for reading a book to the class and stopping at chosen pages to ask a question and let partners talk. This template has a row or a box for each stop.
How many stopping points should a read aloud have?
The page does not say. Sheets come with four, six, eight or ten stops, so the count can follow the book.
Is there a free lesson plan template for interactive read alouds with an example?
Yes. Every sheet is free to print, and the sample shows the boxed plan filled in for The Dove and the Ant, a fable of Aesop retold in our own words.
What is the Turn and talk column for?
It holds what students say to a partner at that stop: a prediction, a retelling or an answer to your question.