Shared Reading

 

What is Shared Reading?

Shared Reading is the time in my classroom where we meet to read and learn about the reading process together. We read big books, poems, literature related to our current theme and sing songs.
This is a time for multileveled skill instruction. This is a risk free time for all children; everyone is reading and singing together. All children have the opportunity to see themselves as readers.
 

Big Books that have large print, rhyming and/or repetitive.

Poem and song charts in large print

Thematic literature

Pointers

Post-it-notes

Highlighting tape

Chart tablet

Sentence strips

Word cards

Story puppets,

Pocket Chart

Concepts of Print
Book, cover, title, author, illustrator
Title page
Where to begin reading (first word, first page)
How to track text: left to right, top to bottom
How to move from one line of text to the next
Difference between a letter and a word
Difference between a word and a sentence.
  Punctuation marks
 

Reading Strategies
High frequency words
  Rhyming words
Beginning sounds
Ending sounds
Blending sounds to make words
Segmenting sounds in words
 

Comprehension Skills
Characters
Setting
Plot
Solution
 
 

I generally sit down when I am planning a new theme, pull out my big books, poems, songs and literature, take my planning sheet (find it at the end of this page) and look for skills that I can teach with the materials. I use the materials for a week, reading the big book, poems and songs each day. I read a different piece of literature each day to aid in developing comprehension skills. Developing a set of questions for each book is a great teaching aid. Use the major categories of skills to develop BEFORE READING, DURING READING and AFTER READING activities for each piece of material. I generally emphasize activities for the big book for two days, comprehension activities for the read aloud everyday and poems and songs on the other three days. It's up to you to see what fits best in your shared reading routine. The resources found at the end of this page will give you more information on developing an effective shared reading time in your classroom.

Early Literacy Instruction in Kindergarten	Literacy for the 21st Century
Fast Start for Early Readers	Poems for Sight Word Practice
Shared Reading for Today's Classroom	Reading First
The New Kindergarten	Teaching with Favorite Read Alouds in Kindergarten

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