{"id":1938,"date":"2023-02-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:40:02","slug":"celebrate-the-power-of-story-on-world-read-aloud-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2023\/02\/celebrate-the-power-of-story-on-world-read-aloud-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the power of story on World Read Aloud Day 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Founded in 2010 by LitWorld<\/a>, World Read Aloud Day celebrates the power of reading aloud to create community, amplify stories, and advocate for literacy as a foundational human right. Since its beginning, World Read Aloud Day has grown into a global movement of millions of readers, writers, and listeners from over 170 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a commitment to equity and helping all learners thrive, Microsoft is happy to provide tools, resources, and opportunities that support literacy and help students and educators celebrate the joy of reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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World Read Aloud Day is a time for all of us to unite around the joy of sharing stories, reveling in language, words, and sounds, and creating an inclusive world of possibility that everyone can join into.”<\/p>\nPam Allyn, creator of World Read Aloud Day<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a book party!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On February 1, 2023, classrooms around the world will take time to celebrate and honor the power of reading and sharing stories and expand the scope of global literacy. As Pam Allyn, creator of World Read Aloud Day, reminds us, \u201cWorld Read Aloud Day celebrates the power, magic, and influence of the read aloud for children and teenagers…\u201d Reading texts aloud helps build fluency, stamina, and vocabulary, and creates shared joy in the act of reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World Read Aloud team and LitWorld are excited to provide educators tools and resources<\/a> to use with students to build their own World Read Aloud Day book parties. From live virtual events featuring favorite authors, virtual read alouds to enjoy anytime, anywhere, and a virtual bookshelf where students can add their own stories, it\u2019s easy to take your World Read Aloud Day celebration to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Bad Kitty on Flip Live<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In honor of World Read Aloud Day, on February 1, 2023, Flip Live and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group will host a fun event starting at 10:00 AM PT featuring Bad Kitty and her friend Strange Kitty (AKA Captain Fantasticat). Join Bad Kitty<\/em> author Nick Bruel to learn about some of his favorite drawing tips and to hear a read-aloud. Pam Allyn, World Read Aloud day creator, will also make an appearance at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register for this free event today!<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tools and resources to build reading confidence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On World Read Aloud Day (and every day) students can celebrate the joy of reading and sharing stories. Microsoft offers dynamic, easy-to-use tools to help create inclusive environments where all students can practice and build confidence in their reading ability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Reading Progress in Teams for Education is a free tool that helps students practice their reading fluency. Students read a passage out loud while recording video and audio and share the recordings of themselves with their teachers who can then track the progress, provide feedback, and discover trends and opportunities for student growth.Equipped with Immersive Reader features, Reading Progress further empowers students to build in their own differentiation and complete fluency checks independently at school or at home, building confidence as they go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reading Progress is a wonderful tool for understanding the reader, and together on World Read Aloud Day, we celebrate it, for it uses the read aloud as the key ingredient, broadens teachers’ knowledge of their students, and students’ own perceptions of themselves.”<\/p>\nPam Allyn, creator of World Read Aloud Day<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Immersive Reader<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Immersive Reader<\/a> is a free tool, built into Word, OneNote, Outlook, Office Lens, Microsoft Teams, Reading Progress, Forms, Flipgrid, Minecraft Education Edition and the Edge browser, that implements proven techniques to improve reading and writing for anyone regardless of their age or ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immersive Reader can help improve reading and build confidence by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n