July 31, 2013

A Glimpse at Shared Reading and a Facebook FREEBIE

Shared reading is one of my most favorite parts of the day!! It is a time for me to model what great reading looks like, sounds like, and even how great readers think. The best part is that the students get the joy of reading the on-level text with me!

When I taught Kindergarten in the past, I mainly used poems or songs for our shared reading time. As I transitioned to 1st grade, I began using more big books than songs and poems. The kids still would jump for joy when it was a song, but big book was their favorite literacy station by far! This year I hope to incorporate more big books into my shared reading time with my sweet kinder friends.

I thought I would share a little bit more about shared reading today. Let’s begin with my basic “must-haves”. These are the tools that I was first introduced to as I worked on implementing shared reading.

Get the pointers HERE from Lakeshore Learning.

Get the highlighter tape HERE from Lakeshore Learning.

Get the sentence strips HERE from Shoplet.

Here is a glimpse of what it looks like in our classroom.

This isn’t set in stone and it changes depending on the needs of my students. One week we may use a big book and focus on retelling if several of them are struggling with retell during guided reading. Another week it may be making connections or predicting. As with everything, it’s a living document and we have to be flexible. Just something to keep in mind as you plan for your little friends!

Great poem to use at the beginning of the year for kindergarten shared reading! This post also talks about implementing shared reading in your classroom.

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If you are looking for more shared reading tools, check out this post! Do you implement shared reading? Do you have some great tips? I’d love to hear them!