DescriptionChoral reading is a type of performance reading that a child develops through practice to help develop their fluency. Choral reading is when a group of students practice reading aloud a cluster of words as one voice. The selection of words can be read all together or in separate groups. This strategy works well for both high and low readers due to the enjoyability of the strategy. Many students enjoy choral reading, so they practice polishing their word recognition so that they will be successful at it. For low readers it gives them a satisfaction because they are given the chance to read alongside of other readers and they are able to deliver a well-rehearsed, expressive rendition. This strategy especially works well for poetry and readings that contain rhythm and rhyme.
Video: The video on the right hand column explains what choral reading is and demonstrates an example of what choral reading looks like in the classroom. The video gives your tips throughout the video as to what works well with choral reading and to remember when doing in your own classroom. Pictures: The two pictures give you a representation of what choral reading can look like in the classroom. Both pictures are guided reading groups where the students are choral reading all together as the teacher either follows along or listens in on each student to see how they are doing with their reading. |
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Content Area Examples:1. Literacy: Choral reading can take place during a guided reading group as demonstrated in the video and images. Another way that choral reading can take place is during morning meeting. For example, students can read a poem as one voice or the boys could read one line and the girls can read another all the way through the poem. This way all students are given the chance to read and learn from one another if they are having a difficult with word recognition.
2. Science: Choral reading can take place during a science lesson in multiple ways. One way is the class can read the directions out loud as small groups during stations. This would have to take place in a grade level that the students would be able to work in small groups independently without the help of an adult. 3. Mathematics: Choral reading can take place during math when working on word problems. As a group the class can read the word problem aloud as a class then discuss what needs to take place to solve the problem. This way all the students are reading through the problem which may help them gain a clearer understanding of the word problem. 4. Health: Choral reading can take place during health while the students read through an article. You could divide the students into groups in which each group is given a section of the article to read as a whole group. The students would then become knowledgeable on the section of the article and then inform the class as to what they read so that the article can then be pieced together and discussed. |
Resources1. Jennings, J., Caldwell, J., & Lerner, J. (2014). Improving Word Knowledge: Fluency. In Reading Problems: Assessment and Teaching Strategies (7th ed., p. 213). Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson.
2. Reading Rockey. (2012, March 19). Retrieved October 8, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_-z8d0sRUA |