- Introduce the story by discussing the title, cover, and author/illustrator. …
- Read the story aloud to the students using appropriate inflection and tone. …
- Conclude the reading by reserving time for reactions and comments. …
- Re-read the story and/or allow time for independent reading.
Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when students join in or share the reading of a book or other text while guided and supported by a teacher. The teacher
explicitly models the skills of proficient readers, including reading with fluency and expression
.
Shared reading is an
interactive reading experience in which all your learners can see and interact with the text
. It is a whole group reading experience. You might use a song or poem on a chart, a big book, a printed article, the morning message, language experience stories, a basal story, or a trade book.
The first consideration is that the text for shared reading
should be worth reading and rereading
. The content, the story, and the language must engage the readers. In selecting texts, consider the readers’ ages, previous experiences, and levels of expertise in processing text.
Shared reading is a strategy that can support the teaching of the Big Six elements of reading:
oral language and early experiences with print, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension
.
During shared reading, you and your
students read aloud an enlarged version of an engaging text
that provides opportunities for your students to expand their reading competencies. … After the first reading, students take part in multiple, subsequent readings to notice more about the text.
ensures all students feel successful
because you are providing support for the whole group. encourages the teaching and use of comprehension strategies. can build sight word recognition with the use of predictable texts. builds fluency with repeated readings.
A main difference between shared vs. guided reading is that
during shared reading, interactions are maximized
. During guided reading, thinking is maximized. During guided reading students actively participate in the group reading process – by listening or reading – and making their own conclusions about the text.
Modelled Reading occurs when you are reading aloud to the students and demonstrating some strategies. Shared Reading occurs when students
read along with another reader
for support (e.g., the teacher, a reading buddy, or an audio recording) and the students practise a particular strategy.
Description: Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when
students join in or share the reading of a big book or other enlarged text while guided
and supported by a teacher or other experienced reader. … Allows students to enjoy materials that they may not be able to read on their own.
Why use shared reading? It
provides struggling readers with necessary support
. Allows students to enjoy materials that they may not be able to read on their own. Ensures that all students feel successful by providing support to the entire group.
- Shared reading can become an exercise in listening comprehension if both partners are not looking at the text; listening alone does not strengthen reading comprehension. …
- You cannot assess independent reading comprehension if students are not reading independently.
What are the 7 strategies of reading?
To improve students’ reading comprehension, teachers should introduce the seven cognitive strategies of effective readers:
activating, inferring, monitoring-clarifying, questioning, searching-selecting, summarizing, and visualizing-organizing
.
A: You should spend
10 minutes each day
doing shared reading, and each shared reading book should be revisited several times over multiple days. How many days you stay with a book depends on how engaged the students are with the text.
What is silent reading?
Silent reading is
a reading skill which allows one to read without voicing the words
. This may involve subvocalization or silent speech, is defined as the internal speech made when reading a word, thus allowing the reader to imagine the sound of the word as it is read.
- Reread the same text! …
- Do an alphabet letter, sight word, or phonics pattern hunt with the text. …
- Illustrate a poem or text without words. …
- Perform a Reader’s Theatre version of the text. …
- Sequence pictures to show what happened in the text.
