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Ross Todd writes about the importance of evidence-bases practice from the teacher librarian profession.

"Often I suggest we bring historically based picture books into student learning to explore history. So many titles are rich entry points for moments and individuals from the past. Another approach though is to use these narratives to explore the author as a researcher. How do authors gather background about individuals and events? How does that process help define the story?"

This article outlines round robin reading and highlights its disadvantages. Oral reading does improve fluency, comprehension and word recognition (though silent/independent reading should occur far more frequently as students advance into the later grades). Fortunately, other oral reading activities offer significant advantages over RRR and its cousins. As you'll see in the list many of them share similar features but encourage and support all readers.