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Shared Reading
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‍‍Shared ‍reading was developed by Holdaway in 1979 and according to Lipson and Wixson (2009), “was modeled after a bedtime story reading time” (p. 201). Shared reading is more than just reading aloud; it is a type of reading lesson that encourages social and literacy interactions between the students and the teacher (Cumming-Potvin, Renshaw, & van Kraayenoord, 2003). Often the books used for shared reading are those that are enjoyed by children and can be visible from the back of the room—often Big Books are used (Manning, 1997). In today's classrooms, enlarged texts can be viewed on the interactive whiteboard for delivery of shared reading experiences.

Shared reading was originally designed to use with emergent readers; however, recent studies have shown its effectiveness with students in upper grades (Lipson & Wixson, 2009). In addition, shared reading has been recommended for English language learners (Drucker, 2003) and struggling readers (Allington, 2001).

Please explore the various components of shared reading and model lesson plans to assist you in adding shared reading to your reading instruction.

Here is a video on how to complete shared reading lessons.

media type="youtube" key="jfGjgOc-rJw?rel=0" height="315" width="560" align="center" TheScholasticChannel. (2010, April 21). Key Links Shared Reading [video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfGjgOc-rJw.

Click on the links below to learn more about Shared Reading.

 * ==Procedures and Materials ==
 * ==Text Selection ==
 * ==Roles of Scaffolding ==
 * ==Concepts of Print and Sight Word Recognition ==
 * ==Comprehension and Vocabulary ==
 * ==Fluency Development ==
 * ==Lesson Plans ==
 * ==Bibliography and Resources ==

References <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Allington, R.L. (2001). //What really matters for struggling readers//. New York: Longman.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cumming-Potvin, W., Renshaw, P., & van Kraayenoord, C. E. (2003). Scaffolding and bilingual shared reading experiences: Promoting primary school students' learning and development. //Australian Journal of Language & Literacy//, 26(2), 54-68.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Drucker, M.J. (2003). What reading teachers should know about ESL learners. //The Reading Teacher//. 57 (1), 22-29.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lipson, M. & Wixson, K. (2003). //Assessment & instruction of reading and writing difficulty: An interactive approach//. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Manning, M. (1997). 14 ways to use shared reading. //Teaching Pre K-8,// 28 (1), 129-131.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">TheScholasticChannel. (2010, April 21). //Key Links Shared Reading// [video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfGjgOc-rJw.