Teachers always need more time. I’ve never met a teacher that didn’t know what they couldn’t do with five extra minutes of instructional time. In my experience, this is why interactive read-alouds may not be prioritized or occurring on a regular basis. However, read alouds have become a staple in elementary literacy classrooms for good reason, and it is time well spent. And while some may think read alouds should be reserved for students in the primary grades, there is research to support the idea that students should be read to daily in all K-12 grade levels (Layne, 2015).