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title: "Interactive Read Aloud Template: Miracle Mud By David A. Kelly"
description: "Interactive read alouds are an important component of a balanced literacy classroom. Download a K–5 lesson plan for Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne..."
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# [Interactive Read Aloud Template: Miracle Mud By David A. Kelly](https://www.sadlier.com/school/ela-blog/interactive-read-aloud-lesson-plan-template-miracle-mud-lena-blackburne-and-the-secret-mud-that-changed-baseball)

 Written by [Erin Lynch](https://www.sadlier.com/school/ela-blog/author/erin-lynch) | Oct 31, 2016 6:09:59 PM

Interactive read alouds are an important component of a balanced literacy classroom. Research proves the value of reading aloud to students of all ages, and shows that students benefit from being read aloud to several times throughout the week.

## [**Download the Critical Thinking Interactive Read Aloud of *Miracle Mu*d now!**](https://go.sadlier.com/school/interactive-read-aloud-miracle-mud)

Thoughtful planning of an interactive read aloud lesson plan template is critical for its success. Teachers should select a text that is both meaningful and engaging to students, while considering how the text will support lessons, units, or themes that the class works on during the year. Thought-provoking questions are essential to every interactive read aloud. Using the *Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Cognitive Dimensions *is one way to ensure students will take part in a variety of discussions from understanding the plot of the story to analyzing the author’s message.

This lesson is an example of an interactive read aloud of a picture book that can be modified to use with grades K–5. Text-dependent questions are provided based on the *Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Cognitive Dimensions *in order to promote higher levels of text discussion.

<https://go.sadlier.com/school/interactive-read-aloud-miracle-mud>

## About *Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball *

Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud was born. For seventy five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game. Read the story of how Lena's mud went from a riverbank to the major leagues and all the way to the Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

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