Foreword by Douglas Fisher - Acknowledgments -- Genius of Think Alouds: To Think Big, Readers Need to Hear What "Big" Sounds Like -- Think Aloud With Focus: Five Comprehension Strategies That Go the Distance -- Read Once: Identifying Juicy Stopping Points -- Read Twice: Determining Where and When to Think Aloud -- Read Three Times: Writing the Scripts on Sticky Notes -- How Did They Go? Teachers Share Successes and Challenges -- Students Do: Tips and Tools for Helping Your Readers Think Aloud on Their Own --

Molly spent a year researching teachers' think alouds, and she uses these findings to help you know just what to do. The big time-saver? You focus on just these five strategies: asking questions, making inferences, synthesizing, understanding the author's purpose, and monitoring and clarifying. Select the one or two strategies that align to your text, and get ready with a stack of sticky notes! Grab a pencil, and you are on your way to dynamic lessons using Molly's three-step planning process: Read Once: Go wild, putting a flurry of sticky notes on spots that strike you; Read Twice: Whittle your notes down to the juiciest stopping points; Read Three Times: Jot down what you will say so there's no need to wing it in front of the kids -- Provided by publisher

Appendix A: Sample Think Aloud -- Appendix B: Sample Texts -- Appendix C: Think Alouds for Sample Texts -- Appendix D: Think Aloud Sentence Starters -- Appendix E: Three-Column Think Aloud Chart -- Appendix F: Think Aloud Script for The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen -- Appendix G: Think Aloud Script for A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon -- Appendix H: Think Aloud Self-Evaluation -- Appendix I: Think Aloud Scripts -- Appendix J: Putting It Together: Think Aloud Scripts -- References