Importance of
Shared Reading
First Graders and Reading
Letter Sound Relationships
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learning how to decode new words by applying the letter-sound relationship for single letters,
pairs of letters, such as sh or er, and short and long vowel patterns, such as the silent e
Reading for Meaning
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First graders learn to derive meaning from what is read to her and what she reads. Students
can recognize the sequence of events in a story, and their cause and effect, as well as make
predictions.
Read Aloud
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Listening to books read aloud gives first-graders models of fluent reading and helps them
develop a positive attitude toward books. It also helps them understand vocabulary and
language patterns in texts
Shared Reading
• What is shared reading?
– Shared reading is an interactive reading experience.
Students join in the reading of a big book, poem,
song, or article, with enlarged text that the whole
class can see, guided by the teacher. During the
reading, children are actively involved. The teacher
may pause in the reading to introduce print
conventions, teach vocabulary, introduce a reading
skill, encourage the students to predict what comes
next, and more. The book, poem, song, or article is
read multiple times over several days.
Reading Strategies Taught During
Shared Reading
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Reading for fun
Recognizing rhyme
One to one matching
Identify vocabulary
Expression
Main Idea
Concepts of Print
• Fluency
• Author’s style
• High Frequency
Words
• Punctuation
• Beginning Sounds
• Ending Sounds
What does shared reading look like
in the classroom?
Shared Reading in the Classroom
Big Books
Mrs. Wishy-Washy
Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s
Farm
Poems
Fall is here
Fall is piles of crunch leaves
orange, gold, and red.
Fall is a sweater with long
sleeves,
and blankets on the bed.
Fall is football,
Fall is pumpkins,
Fall’s where summer ends.
Poem
Popcorn
Pop pop popcorn,
Popping in the pot.
Pop pop popcorn,
Eat it while it’s hot!
Pop pop popcorn,
Butter on the top.
When I eat popcorn
I can’t stop!
Classroom Charts
Songs
My country, 'tis of Thee
My country, 'tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring.
Shared Reading & Math
Singing to the tune of
Happy Birthday
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21,
24, 27, 30, 33, 36
Happy Reading!
The End