A fourth-grade teacher wants to help
students apply oral language skills
to clarify their understanding of
literary texts. Which of the following
instructional activities would be most
appropriate for this purpose?
A. The teacher reads aloud a short story
each day, briefly retells the story,
and then guides students to identify
similarities and differences between
the written story and the retelling.
B. Each student silently reads a short
story, rereads it aloud with a partner,
and then reflects on the story by
writing in his/her reading journal.
C. The teacher reads aloud a chapter of
a high-interest fictional text each
day, and then students meet in small
groups to discuss the chapter and to
predict what will happen next.
D. Each student tape records his/her oral
reading of a short story, listens to the
recording, and then tells a partner the
main events of the story.