Developing Phonemic Awareness in the Classroom
Grades
PreK–K, 1–2
Shared reading is reading with children and involves the reading, re-reading and shared reading of enlarged print (book, poem, nursery rhyme, song) with a class or small group. Shared reading invites children of varying levels of ability to participate in the reading experience. Through repeated readings, children can develop many literacy concepts including:
Shared writing is writing with children. The teacher and students talk about what to write. The teacher may act as a scribe or share the pen with the students. Shared writing introduces writing to students through writing. Shared writing can focus on the following concepts:
