Shared Reading
 
Activating Prior Knowledge 56.52 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart to help students access what they already know before and during reading.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Activating Prior Knowledge

After-Reading Strategies 24.34 Kb
Shared Reading
Descriptions of after-reading strategies that allow students to explore their thinking and consolidate learning.
Let Me Try>Poetry/Informational Text/Narrative>Planning a Lesson>After Reading

Anticipation Guide 23.65 Kb
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Form on which students can record their predictions and note the pages on which their predictions are proven right or wrong.
Let Me Try>Informational Text>Setting the Scene>Planning a Lesson>After Reading>Strategies>Using Graphic Organizers

Assessment Strategies 35.82 Kb
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Descriptions of strategies that facilitate the collection of data for analysis and planning purposes.
Let Me Try>Poetry/Informational Text/Narrative>Assessment>Strategies

Assessment Tools 21.69 Kb
Shared Reading
Descriptions of assessment tools that facilitate the collection and analysis of assessment data.
Let Me Try>Poetry/Informational Text/Narrative>Assessment>Tools

Before-Reading Strategies 24.22 Kb
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Descriptions of strategies that help enhance students' understanding of a text.
Let Me Try>Poetry/Informational Text/Narrative>Planning a Lesson>Before Reading

Comparing Fiction and Informational Text 26.11 Kb
Shared Reading
A T-chart showing one way to compare the features of fiction and informational text.
Let Me Try>Informational Text>Setting the Scene>Planning a Lesson>Before Reading>Strategies>Brainstorming

Completed Lesson Plan – Electronic Text 41.88 Kb
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Detailed sample plan of a shared reading lesson on evaluating the credibility and reliability of text on a website.
Show Me>Electronic Text>Preparation for Teaching

Completed Lesson Plan – Informational Text 41.74 Kb
Shared Reading
Detailed sample plan of a shared reading lesson on the organization of a report.
Show Me>Informational Text>Preparation for Teaching

Completed Lesson Plan – Poetry Text 45.71 Kb
Shared Reading
Detailed sample plan of a shared reading lesson, using the poem "Plenty" to teach visualization.
Show Me>Poetry Text>Preparation for Teaching

Concept Map 33.28 Kb
Shared Reading
Graphic organizer that helps students to remember relationships between concepts and extend their thinking by representing their ideas in a visual format.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Graphic Organizers>Concept Map

Critical Questioning of Web Pages 21.67 Kb
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Anchor chart providing questions to guide students as they analyse a website.
Show Me>Electronic Text>Getting Started>The Lesson>Lesson Structure>During Reading

Cross-Curricular Checklist 122.95 Kb
Shared Reading
Template and completed example of a cross-curricular checklist showing that all content areas offer opportunities to teach access features of text.
Overview>Key Messages>Cross-Curricular Connections

Determining Important Information 37.15 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart that prompts students to find and use important information in a text before, during, and after reading.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Determining Important Ideas

Fishbone 23.76 Kb
Shared Reading
Fish-shaped graphic organizer that helps students visualize and explain cause and effect.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Graphic Organizers>Fishbone

Four Corners 30.23 Kb
Shared Reading
Cooperative learning strategy that asks students to take a position on a problem, move to a corner of the room with other students who hold the same position, and share ideas.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Cooperative Learning Strategies>Four Corners

Graffiti 53.47 Kb
Shared Reading
Cooperative learning strategy that allows groups of students to brainstorm and record their ideas.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Cooperative Learning Strategies>Graffiti

Inferring 65.07 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart that prompts students to make inferences before, during, and after reading.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Inferring

Inside-Outside Circle 39.32 Kb
Shared Reading
Cooperative learning strategy that allows students to share ideas with a number of classmates, one at a time.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Cooperative Learning Strategies>Inside-Outside Circle

Interest Plot Line 21.60 Kb
Shared Reading
Graphic organizer that allows students to show their level of interest at various points of a story.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Graphic Organizers>Interest Plot Line

Jigsaw 101.57 Kb
Shared Reading
Cooperative learning strategy that allows each student in a "home" group to become an expert in an "expert" group, then share that expertise with the "home" group.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Cooperative Learning Strategies>Jigsaw

Key Messages for Teachers and Students 31.05 Kb
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Foundational beliefs and understandings about literacy teaching and learning.
Overview>Key Messages

KWL Chart 25.09 Kb
Shared Reading
Chart used to record what students know about a topic, what they want to know, and then what they have learned.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Graphic Organizers>KWL Chart

Making Connections 58.04 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart to prompt students to make connections before, during, and after reading.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Making Connections

Monitoring and Repairing Comprehension 65.19 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart to help students make sense of what they are reading.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Monitoring and Repairing

Place Mat 50.57 Kb
Shared Reading
Cooperative learning strategy that allows students to think about, record, and share their ideas.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Cooperative Learning Strategies>Place Mat

PMI Chart 24.35 Kb
Shared Reading
Thinking organizer to help students articulate their views on a topic, whether positive or negative, and record ideas they found interesting.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Graphic Organizers>PMI Chart

Predicting 54.74 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart that prompts students to predict the content of a text before they read it.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Predicting

Questioning 59.02 Kb
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Anchor chart providing examples of questions students should ask themselves before, during, and after reading.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Questioning

Questions to Build Metacognition 20.96 Kb
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Examples of questions students should ask themselves in order to build metacognitive thinking.
Overview>Key Messages>Metacognition

Questions to Promote Critical Literacy 22.00 Kb
Shared Reading
Examples of questions that readers should ask themselves or ask of the author as they read and analyse a text.
Overview>Key Messages>Critical Literacy

Shared Reading – 3-Day Lesson Plan 29.70 Kb
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Template for a 3-day lesson plan on shared reading.

Shared Reading – 5-Day Lesson Plan 41.29 Kb
Shared Reading
Template for a 5-day lesson plan on shared reading.

Shared Reading Lesson Plan 28.59 Kb
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Template for a sample lesson plan on shared reading.
Tell Me>Planning>Preparation for Teaching

Story Map 25.95 Kb
Shared Reading
Example of a basic story map showing how students can plan a story visually before writing their first draft.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Graphic Organizers>Story Map

Synthesizing 38.08 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart that prompts students to summarize important information and integrate new learning into what they already know.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Synthesizing

The Great Wall of China 22.22 Kb
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Text used as a reading sample in the shared reading lesson on informational text.
Show Me>Informational Text>Assessment

The Literacy Block 25.36 Kb
Shared Reading
Example of how to organize the literacy block.
Tell Me>Instruction>Literacy Block

Think-Pair-Share 46.30 Kb
Shared Reading
Cooperative learning strategy that allows students to think individually, talk to a partner, then share their ideas with the large group.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Cooperative Learning Strategies>Think-Pair-Share

Venn Diagram 24.18 Kb
Shared Reading
Template and completed example of a graphic organizer used to record similarities and differences.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Graphic Organizers>Venn Diagram

Visualizing 67.82 Kb
Shared Reading
Anchor chart that encourages students to create pictures in their mind as they read.
Tell Me>Planning>Instruction>Comprehension Strategies>Visualizing