Co-Teacher Think-Aloud Script

Use during team teaching. Each row is one move — one teacher leads, the other reacts as a learner would.

Date:

Text/Source:

Sentence or chunk we are reading aloud

Who	Move	Script
Content	Notice	"I noticed the word ___. That's a clue because…"
ESOL	Wonder aloud	"Wait — I'm not sure what ___ means. Can you show me how you figured it out?"
Content	Strategy	"Here's what I do when I see a word I don't know. First, I look at the words around it…"
ESOL	Connect	"That reminds me of ___ in Spanish. Does anyone here know a word that sounds like that?"
Content	Question	"This part makes me ask: why would the author say it that way?"
ESOL	Restate	"So in plain English, you're saying ___. Is that right?"
Content	Confirm + extend	"Yes — and I'd add that…"
ESOL	Hand to students	"Now you try. Turn to your partner: what do you notice?"

Why two voices. When the ESOL teacher plays the curious learner, students see that asking, restating, and not-knowing are part of how experts read. They borrow the moves.