SHARED READING GOES HIGH-TECHUsing Interactive White Boards to Teach Early Literacy Skills

What is Shared Reading?A powerful

technique that teaches Reading SkillsStrategiesConcepts of PrintSight Word VocabularyTargeted for beginning and emergent readers

Simulate the reading experiences of young children when read to by a parent in a classroom setting

Purpose

Practice

Teacher and students read a text together multiple timesFocus on enjoymentReading successFluencyFocus on print

Specific Strategies and Skills Phonemic awareness PhonicsContext CluesPunctuation Grammar

Requirements“Low Tech” Method

Enlarged Text Big BooksPoster BoardsSentence Strips

Tools Pocket ChartsHighlighter tapeVelcro StripsPointersFly Swatters

High Tech Solutions

Easily create enlarged textsText manipulation activities

Interactive White Boards

Enlarging Texts

Word DocumentsPowerPoint SlidesOnline Resources

Projection Options

Allows students to manipulate text.

Sight word vocabulary Phonics skillsReading strategies

SMART board Notebook

Five Examples of IWB’s in Shared ReadingOrdering Creating new wordsMasking words Dragging to match Highlighting

Ordering How I wonder what you are

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Up above the world so high

Creating New Words

Twinkle, twinkle little star

ar f c b t j

Masking Words

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Dragging to MatchStar

World

Diamond

Sky

Highlighting

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

What the Research Says…

Increases student motivation and engagement16 percentile point gain on student achievementProfessional development focused on mastery

Conclusion

Using an Interactive Whiteboard for shared reading activities Engages studentsCaptures attentionMaintains concentrationMotivates new learning