April Blog Post-Emphasize Shared Reading

I love shared reading! This chapter starts out talking about how shared reading is missing from many reading programs, especially in grades 2 and above. I think that shared reading is so important for students. In order for students to be able to be great readers, they need models to learn from. In my classroom we spend a lot of time reading collaboratively in all subject areas.  During the reading we assess ourselves as well as our peers on our fluency, rate, expression and so much more. I model for the students what reading should sound like, look like, and feel like. They get so excited that we when run out of time I often get many groans and  complaints. Our students want to be great readers and we can help them do this no matter the text we are  reading. Students are usually fully engaged and on task because they want to be  called on to read and they don't know will will be called on so they have to pay attention. This time can help students build vocabulary, find meaning to unknown and multiple meaning words, as well as teach so many types of skills. Always find time to do shared reading and the results will we fantastic!