The Community Read-Aloud Model, which was developed by Read Charlotte in 2024, was designed to empower more community-based organizations to provide high-quality read-alouds in their programs, as the practice is one of the most powerful strategies to help children build comprehension skills.
The CRA Model uses a research-based, interactive read-aloud structure to help build three powerful listening comprehension skills: vocabulary, inference, and perspective taking. It was modeled after Queen City Readers, our kindergarten word-reading curriculum, in that it requires limited training of staff and volunteers, and is flexible enough to work within existing programs.
Six organizations are piloting the model in 2025.
