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List 3 reasons why using Think Aloud and talk during reading with students is critical for those who struggle with comprehension.
What are (answers may vary): 1) to make the active process of reading visible; 2) to show dependent readers the variety of things readers do when they read (predict, clarify, question, visualize, monitor their understanding, connect to the text); 3) to show students that going back and re-reading a text to figure something out is part of reading; 4) to explicitly show "clues" in reading and how to use these (signal words - e.g., after, prior to, subsequently, likewise, similarly, although, however, etc.)