Echo Reading: A Helpful Literacy Exercise - NPT3
2/2/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
In echo reading, first read passage first aloud and then have you child echo or copy you.
In echo reading, you first read a passage aloud and then have the child/students echo (or copy) you by rereading the passage out loud trying to match the way you just read it. This is similar to choral reading, except in echo reading the students read the passage by themselves rather than with you the second time.
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Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
Echo Reading: A Helpful Literacy Exercise - NPT3
2/2/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
In echo reading, you first read a passage aloud and then have the child/students echo (or copy) you by rereading the passage out loud trying to match the way you just read it. This is similar to choral reading, except in echo reading the students read the passage by themselves rather than with you the second time.
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Do you want to read "Dragons Love Tacos"?
- [Ellie] Yeah.
- My daughter is two years old and just learning to read.
We use a strategy called echo reading to improve her reading skills.
I read a part of the story first, and then Ellie will echo or copy what I just read.
The goal is for her to match the way I read it.
Dragons love tacos.
- Dragons love tacos.
- I model accurate word reading, pacing, inflection, and tone of voice.
I also can control the amount of text Ellie reads so it's easy for her to repeat and she doesn't get discouraged.
Say, well, you know.
- Well, you know.
- Echo reading has been found to improve vocabulary and comprehension in young readers.
We practice this skill all the time.
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