Session+III

Shared Reading Shared reading is an interactive approach to the teaching of reading that promotes the development of new skills and consolidates those previously taught in a very safe and encouraging environment. During shared reading, the teacher provides instruction to the whole class or a small group by reading a text that all students can see, using an overhead, a big book, a chart, or a poster. The teacher reads the text with the students, sharing the responsibility for reading at key instructional moments. The same text can be revisited several times for a variety of instructional purposes. A shared reading lesson should not last longer than 10 to 15 minutes and should focus on one or two specific teaching points. Specific strategies are used to improve students’ comprehension and help them with word solving. Through shared reading sessions, emergent, early, and fluent readers will acquire a wide range of skills and knowledge. Students will learn how to: • use cueing systems and other strategies • improve their reading fluency • use print by learning about print concepts • use various elements of print

Benefits of shared reading: here are many benefits to shared reading. Shared reading is an instructional strategy in which the teacher has the opportunity to: • develop students' love of reading • explicitly teach reading strategies • provide a nurturing environment in which the students are willing to take risks while reading • develop students' self-confidence as readers • involve the whole class or a small group of students as active participants • introduce the reading of texts from other areas of the curriculum • expose students to a wide range of text forms and to teach text features found in these texts • provide a bridge between read-alouds and guided reading • observe and assess students' skills and use of strategies

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