Reading Aloud

Abstract

We are not born readers. We learn to read and enjoy reading if our learning and experiences allow it. The school, family, and community have an essential role in promoting reading, contributing to the creation of proficient and motivated readers who share a taste for knowledge. Collaborative practices should therefore be created between teachers, family, and community to promote reading and thus the academic and personal success of students. This was the aim of the Project Já Sei Ler: Leitura em Voz Alta (I Can Read: Reading Aloud), which seeks to operate on three fundamental axes: (1) the promotion of strategies that encourage reading aloud; (2) the development of shared reading habits in the family; and (3) the involvement with the community, leading to an awareness of the importance of reading in the construction of the individual and of future citizens. In this way, this chapter aims to present accounts of the implementation of this intervention project focused on reading, from the school, family, and community.