I enjoyed the section about echo reading because it seems like it would make the passage that you are reading come alive for the students. Students can practice their voices and maybe you could ask your students what voice they would prefer and in turn this can incorporate the character traits. You can discuss with your students what the character's traits are and what their expression would be in the story. This can be applied to any sort of materials you read and can possibly make them more interesting to the readers. This can be used when reading poems, plays, or just a simple picture storybook. Also if it is a poem written by a student, this is where they can be imaginative and decide how they would portray their own character. Echo reading helps students with fluency as well because you as the teacher can model the passage and then they can repeat and in turn this will help them remember the readings. They will be able to hopefully replicate the reading later and comprehend the passage better.
This is a link of a video helps explain how to teach echo reading to your kids! Copy, Paste, and enjoy!
http://www.ehow.com/video_4402311_teaching-kids-echo-reading.html
I thought that echo reading is a good way to work on fluency as well. The children can practice an increased pace of reading without even realizing it. Plus, this is an activity that most children really enjoy so they will want to do it often, in turn practicing reading fluency often.
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