Shared Reading

• Actively participate in reading

• Learn to predict how a story will progress

• Understand that illustrations can help construct meaning

• Increase and develop new vocabulary

• Discover and implement reading strategies

• Recognize letters and sounds in the context of the words of the story

• Understand concepts of the printed word

• Use structural and visual cues to aid them in the reading process

• Sequence story events

Shared Reading Strategies

Here are two strategies or shared reading activities we use with much success:

1. Echo reading – In this strategy, the developing reader echoes a more advanced reader. By imitating skilled reading, the young reader gains confidence, attempts to read text they couldn’t read on their own, and learns to use proper expression and phrasing during oral reading.

2. Choral reading – During choral reading the class reads aloud with the teacher. Students less confident in their reading ability aren’t as anxious about reading aloud when they’re part of a community of readers.