Appendix A: Sample Think Aloud

Appendix B: Sample Texts

• “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” by Edward Lear
• The Sandwich Swap by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio
• The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game by Nancy Churnin

Appendix C: Think Alouds for Sample Texts

• Think Aloud for “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” by Edward Lear
• Think Aloud for The Sandwich Swap by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio
• Think Aloud for The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game by Nancy Churnin

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

Thinking Aloud With Asking Questions

• Teaching Asking Questions in Grades K–2: Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
• Teaching Asking Questions in Grades 3–5: Who Was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson

Thinking Aloud With Making Inferences

• Teaching Making Inferences in Grades K–2: Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard
• Teaching Making Inferences in Grades 3–5: The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg

Thinking Aloud With Synthesizing

• Teaching Synthesizing in Grades K–2: My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
• Teaching Synthesizing in Grades 3–5: The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

Thinking Aloud With Understanding the Author’s Purpose

• Teaching Understanding the Author’s Purpose in Grades K–2: Inform: Lizards by Laura Marsh
• Teaching Understanding the Author’s Purpose in Grades K–2: Entertain: Private I. Guana: The Case of the Missing Chameleon by Nina Laden
• Teaching Understanding the Author’s Purpose in Grades K–2: Persuade: I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff
• Teaching Understanding the Author’s Purpose in Grades 3–5: Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet

Thinking Aloud With Monitoring and Clarifying

• Teaching Monitoring and Clarifying in Grades K–2: My Name Is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed
• Teaching Monitoring and Clarifying in Grades 3–5: Simple Machines: Wheels, Levers, and Pulleys by David Adler

Appendix J: Putting It Together: Think Aloud Scripts

• Thinking Aloud With Nonfiction in Grades K–2: Apples by Gail Gibbons
• Thinking Aloud With Poetry in Grades K–2: “The Dentist and the Crocodile” by Roald Dahl
• Thinking Aloud With a Narrative Picture Book in Grades K–2: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
• Thinking Aloud With Historical Fiction in Grades K–2: The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life With the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
• Thinking Aloud With a Narrative Picture Book in Grades 3–5: Doctor De Soto by William Steig
• Thinking Aloud With a Chapter Book in Grades 3–5: The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
• Thinking Aloud With Poetry in Grades 3–5: “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Thayer
• Thinking Aloud With a Narrative Picture Book in Grades 3–5: An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant