Read Aloud/Shared Reading

During read aloud students were to listen for the main idea
and important details.

A read aloud is a planned oral reading of a book or print excerpt, usually related to a theme or topic of study. The read aloud can be used to engage the student listener while developing background knowledge, increasing comprehension skills, and fostering critical thinking. A read aloud can be used to model the use of reading strategies that aid in comprehension.

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Shared Reading

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Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when students

join in or share the reading of a big book or other enlarged text while guided and supported by a

teacher or other experienced reader. Students observe an expert reading the text with fluency

During shared reading I model how the poem should be
read then the student read it together.

and expression. The text must be large enough for all the students to see clearly, so they can

share in the reading of the text. It is through Shared Reading that the reading process and

reading strategies that readers use are demonstrated. In Shared Reading, children participate in

reading, learn critical concepts of how print works, get the feel of learning and begin to perceive

themselves as readers (Fountas & Pinnell, 1996).