Strategy: Think Aloud

Explanation: When a teacher reads a text and talks about the text and the inner workings of the teacher’s mind as she reads. The teacher says aloud the normally covert inner workings of her mind. This modelling strategy demonstrates to young learners techniques for comprehending text.

How does it look in the classroom:
As the teacher reads, she stops between the sentences or paragraphs and says things like:

“I think this is about Peter at the beach. I’m not sure yet but I will read on and see.”

“That word ‘gulped’ seems to suggest that the monster was very thirsty.”

When? : Before, during & after

Weblink with further reading and examples:

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/thinkaloud.htm