Guidance: Whole Group Instruction - Shared Reading

Overview

The teacher and class read the story title. Then, the teacher and students share the reading the the teacher asks comprehension questions.

Classroom Activity: Observations

Notice how the teacher has placed an arrow near particular words that she will use in subsequent phonemic awareness activities. During the reflection portion of the video segment, the teacher mentions text features related to shared reading (repetitive, predictable text). She also talks about using nursery rhymes for phonemic awareness instruction.