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The researcher investigated the children's comprehension of a story as assessed through a retelling after a read-aloud session. The researcher read the story aloud to 21 Kindergarten students and documented the retelling scores of three individual students. After three weeks the first intervention of dialoguing throughout the read-aloud was introduced and then assessed. The next three weeks another intervention was introduced, using a story glove to retell a story. All three children had their retelling scores increase from their baseline scores with the help of the first intervention and also with the second intervention. Thus, having the children interact with the text and their peers has led to an increase in the amount of story details able to be retold and a better understanding, leading to the student's ability to comprehend the story better.

The links below will take you to the following areas:

• Researcher's background: read about the researcher and watch a powerpoint presentation about my literacy beliefs and definition.

• Literature Review: read about current research about read-alouds in the classroom and link to an annotated bibliography and abstracts.

• Field Research: my single subject investigation in a Kindergarten classroom.

• Design: how I designed my action research using two interventions; dialoguing throughout the read-aloud and a story glove.

• Findings: read about my findings, view student's work.

• Conclusions: the outcomes and implications of my research.

• References and Resources: link to the references used throughout this website plus additional resources on read-alouds and my favorite websites.

• Work Samples and Activities: view the work of the students during this research project and use the activities that were created.