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Our readings reference many previously researched benefits of interactive reading which include (but are certainly not limited to) developing children's joy of learning, art of listening, vocabulary, concepts of print, models and structures of written language, understanding of different genres, expression of oral language and understanding of the components, structure and function of narrative discourse, connection with others and with the world . (Fisher et all, 2006, p. 8-16). The authenticity of interactive reading is clear and therefore leads us to explore HOW we, as teachers, incorporate this strategy into our teaching most effectively. Fisher, Flood, Lapp, and Frey's study of "read aloud practices" provides an excellent research-based framework for implementing interactive reading based on their observations of teachers in classrooms. Their 7 “Essential Components of Interactive Read Aloud” are a practical guide to using this strategy and can be implemented with all children. These components provide a structure that allows us to teach ALL children (inherently allowing for differentiation) while meeting the Common Core State Standards. The use of this strategy targets language comprehension and literacy development while providing specific instruction in reading and writing skills. In the K classroom where I will be using interactive read aloud, I will specifically coach those children (6 children - 2 boys, 4 girls - ages 5-7) with literacy skills in letter identification, alphabetic principle, and visual letter recognition and production. words. Given their needs (as a group), my instructional goals in teaching reading will include identifying letter names, identifying short consonant and vowel sounds, and in...... middle of paper . .....ild in school. I remember... I remember the teachers who read to us... who read with a palpable love of reading and enthusiasm for stories... and if I remember correctly, there were 3... yes, only three teachers that I remember in 13 years of school. As Fisher et all (2004) cite Eaton (1913)... "This ability to read aloud so that literature is raised from the dead page of print to full expression should be much more than is at present a prerequisite for teaching Teachers too often fail to understand that all true literature is addressed to the mind through the ear, not through the eye, word-symbols that are simply convenient for transmission and that, since this is so, it must be done appeal to the ear if the ear. student is to understand literature... or to appreciate all the sensual beauty that is latent in it." (Fisher et all, 2004, p. 12) Connection established.