Sciences of Reading research show interactive Read-Alouds are an integral part of your literacy block because they maximize language comprehension and deep understanding of complex text for all students; however, many widely adopted core ELA/SLA curriculum packages don’t include enough recently published authentic literature you need.
 

Custom Education Solutions was created by teachers for teachers, so we know what stories kids love and what books teachers need to supplement their read-aloud libraries.

Accelerate fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension with Knowledge-Building Read-Aloud Teacher Packages.
 

• Bypass the Decoding Bottleneck: In recent studies, researchers revealed teacher read-alouds, paired with explicit, instructional scaffolding, can bypass the decoding bottleneck to yield massive gains in vocabulary and comprehension. 

• Bridge Decoding and Comprehension: Researchers at MIT and Boston University discovered that when teachers act as a bridge between readers’ skills and text complexity, they maximize language comprehension for all students.  

• Broaden Vocabulary and Content Knowledge: When teachers read aloud complex, knowledge-building text structures like cause/effect in science or chronology in history, they build the mental schema students need to comprehend future texts independently.

• Build Fluency with Multisyllabic Words: Embedding instruction on multisyllabic word parts (morphology, Greek and Latin roots) in context helps students move isolated word work from short-term to long-term memory.