Focus Lesson Planning Sheet

Focus What is shared reading? Lesson Topic Chart paper, A piece of shared reading text that the Materials students may already be familiar with. Example: a nursery rhyme Last week we learned all about read-alouds. Today and for the rest Connection of this week we are going to be learning about shared reading.

Explicit Shared reading is a time when both the teacher and the students get to read a piece of text together. Sometimes during shared Instruction reading we may use a big book, a short poem, a song, a chant, or a nursery rhyme. Shared reading is important for us to practice in kindergarten because we are a community of readers and this is one way we can get better at reading.

During shared reading, I’ll begin by showing you the title of what we’re about to read. Then it’s my turn to read aloud the passage to you. As I’m reading, your job as students is to listen to me read and watch as I point to the words. Once I’m finished reading it aloud to you then as a class we get to read the passage all together at the same time. As a class we may practice doing this a few times so that our reading gets stronger with each reread.

Guided Now that I’ve told you all about shared reading, let’s practice it as a class. On this piece of chart paper, I’ve written one of my favorite Practice nursery rhymes.

Teacher introduces and names the title of the nursery rhyme to the students.

Teacher reads aloud the nursery rhyme while students listen.

Teacher and students practice reading aloud nursery rhyme in unison. Send Off [for As a class we are going to continue our reading of this nursery Independent rhyme. Practice] Teacher continues rereading piece of shared reading text with students. Feel free to incorporate other variations of shared reading such as choral reading, echo reading, and/or fill in the gap reading.

You may also choose to include this piece of shared reading text at a literacy center for students to practice. Group Share Can anyone tell me what we do during shared reading?