Read Aloud Strategy Analysis

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One strategy I used with my student (nephew) that I felt was useful to him was the Read Aloud strategy. Caldwell & Leslie (2013) states, “Read-alouds can also provide access to new and higher-level concepts as well as complex sentence and text structures” (pg. 242). There are several reasons why I used this strategy. First, I wanted my nephew to hear himself while he was reading so he would have a better understanding of what was being read. Its normal to lose focus when reading silently. Second, I wanted to observe whether or not he reads with or without expression (he reads with no expression). Finally, I gave him an expository text to read during the administration of the QRI, which I noticed was more difficult for him compared to reading