Reading is fun..ALOUD

As we finished our discussion about read alouds during lecture, I thought about how important they would be in an elementary school setting or even throughout schooling. We discussed the importance of practicing the reading before reading aloud to the class. When I first heard this, I thought, why would one have to practice reading a first grade level book if they are a college educated graduate? However, once we read aloud to our partners, I realized the importance of practicing reading the books. There are several different ways one can read the same book which relates to what we have been discussing in class about how each person will read the same book in a completely different way, depending on a person's own personal experiences and their life growing up. Therefore, as the person who is reading aloud to the class, one must use their voice and movements to not only make the book interesting to listen to, but more importantly to allows students to enjoy reading and to want to read more. I feel as if this is more important than reading in a fun way, you should want to get the students engaged in reading and want to read more.
I feel if a read aloud is fun and exciting, students will want to read more books, allowing them to practice more and more therefore making them better readers in the long run becasue of this practice. Therefore, when we read aloud to a classroom, no matter what they grade level is, I believe that one must remember that it is up to them to make the book exciting and fun because if it is fun, it will make students want to read more which will make them better readers.