Shared+Reading

Look for books with simple text, repetitive sentence patterns and good pictures to support the text. Here is a look at what a week of shared reading looks like:


 * Day One:** Build prior knowledge. Look at book cover. Name title and author. Make predictions about what the book will be about. Take a picture walk discussing illustrations. Teacher reads the book to students for pleasure.


 * Day Two:** Review the story. Teacher reads with pointer, tracking words. Identify the character, setting, author, illustrator, problem in the story. Teacher reads the book again and the students may join in if they are able.


 * __Day 3, 4 and 5:__** Teacher reads story. ..children read with teacher as they are able. Various activities may take place on these days. I try to make sure that I plan a phonemic awareness activity on one of the days if it makes sense.



*Information provided by Deb Smith