VIDEO: See and hear
Jill Eggleton discuss Shared Reading and take a lesson.
Shared Reading is a teaching approach generally used in a where all students are able to see the same text.
It is used to
- and books that students may not be able to read independently, and
- and and before students are expected to apply them in guided or independent reading.
According to the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983), during Shared Reading teacher support is high and student responsibility is low.
Resources selected for shared reading should be and for students.
Shared books that work best for shared reading tend to have as found in Key Links Shared Books.
Jill Eggleton’s Shared Books are written to make reading ! Students will want to read and re-read them.
In the Key Links Shared Books, provide support.
Reading should always be for enjoyment! In addition, in Key Links it is recommended that a different is taken each day.
Read and enjoy the story. After reading ask questions to stimulate discussion.
Re-read and encourage students to join in. Focus on interesting words.
Talk about the 'clues' that help students read well, like print conventions.
Re-read the text. Encourage the children to join in as you read. Take one spread and focus on letter names and sounds, word families, phonemes and rhyming words.
Use the text as a springboard to a response – drama, retelling or writing a new story.
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