Thursday, March 21, 2013
Shared Reading.....UGH!!
Alright I need some tips. We have to do Shared reading every day for 1/2 hour in our classroom. I got observed today doing it and I found out I've been doing it all year WRONG!! My literacy coach said it is thinking out loud. You never ask the kids any questions or have them find words that rhyme or a certain skill. She said it is basically reading a book to the class but telling them exactly what you're thinking as you're reading. She demonstrated this for my class. My class tried to participate but she told them no, it's my turn to tell you what I'm thinking. I have searched the Internet for shared reading ideas and all of the ones I have came across are nothing like she told me shared reading is. Does anyone have any tips? Or knows of any great shared reading lessons on TPT. I would like to find some that are thinking out loud strategies.
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I guess I've been doing it wrong, too. A half an hour seems like a long time for kids to sit and just listen to the teacher talk about a book. Ugh is right! Good luck :(
ReplyDeleteSara
Polka Dot Kinders
I totally agree. I think 10 minutes would be better. I personally think I would be bored out of my mind listening to someone think for 30 minutes a day. I feel for them, our schedule is so regimented and if we're not on the schedule and someone comes to observe we get dinged. I'm observed weekly if not twice a week. You never know when they're going to pop in. So I have to do it for that length of time. That's why I need some good ideas.:)
DeleteThe district I taught in last year made us do these. Google "think-aloud" and you will find some interesting articles. I do agree that 30 minutes is entirely too long. Here is one article that may help you-
ReplyDeletehttp://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think_alouds/
Hope you become more confident! You will do fine once you can grasp the concept and why it is helpful to our students.
-Mo
More Than Math by Mo
Thank you for posting this. This is very helpful!
Delete30 minutes? You must be joking!!
ReplyDeleteI think for those of us teaching 10 or more years consider a Shared Reading to be a "shared" experience with a new text to discuss a topic or strategy.
In today's practices, Think Alouds should not last more than 10 minutes, as the research supports from Brain Based Learning, for 6 and 7 year olds. I understand that think Alouds are teacher driven and shared reading is more like reciprocal teaching with both students and teacher participating. Perhaps they should be seen as 2 different things??
Keep us posted Rikki. You have me eager to hear more!
Julie
Hi Rikki,
ReplyDeleteWe have to incorporate shared reading into our literacy block too - but I've always taught it the way that you mentioned, with the kids SHARING in the reading and word work. It's my understanding that shared reading allows the students to become fluent in reading a text together and then each day you read it, you focus upon a different skill (comprehension, word work, punctuation etc.) I think your literacy coach was talking about a modeled reading where you do a think aloud. That's different from shared reading because it is modeled reading. This would be like your mini lesson I think...I'm interested to hear more too, because I'm doing it wrong if you are!
Doodling Around in 6th Grade
Rikki,
ReplyDeleteI did some digging after my first post and here are a few links that confirm what we know!
http://www.k12reader.com/shared-reading-%E2%80%93-a-critical-component-of-balanced-literacy-instruction/
http://books.google.com/books?id=8-0Xwv1HoBcC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=what+is+shared+reading+in+first+grade&source=bl&ots=lwbogfhbq8&sig=GquxwAClDb57hbCe2T0XKZyVNrc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lwtMUaKhAbG-4AOL_ICwAQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=what%20is%20shared%20reading%20in%20first%20grade&f=false
http://youtu.be/CJ_GfO1sRpU
Hope this helps!
Julie
Ms. Marciniak's First Grade Critter Cafe
Julie,
DeleteThank You so much! I will for sure look at these articles. I appreciate it.
Rikki, we do shared reading everyday and it DOES NOT take 30 minutes, 10 minutes at the most! We were given guidelines to follow at the beginning of the year and each day I do something different with the poem that we are using for the week. Yes, I am teaching my kids to think out loud, BUT, I want them to practice their "thinking out loud" skills as well. This part of my day is interactive. I couldn't imagine not involving my students in it at all. When I do my interactive read aloud, I do model that "thining" process, but I still allow them to practice that during the lesson as well. Hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteKaren
An Apple a Day in First Grade