Brandi Nolan Blog 6: Routmann Ch. 9 Empahsize Shared Reading

                I read Routman’s chapter called Emphasize Shared Reading.  I learned many things that I have been lacking from this chapter.  We do read aloud stories in my room, although not as often as I would like.  We do guided reading every day in my classroom.  However, we rarely do shared reading.   I really think it is a great strategy to use.  The kids who know how to read can help me read and those who aren’t quite ready can follow along as we read.  I always feel silly to do the “think out-loud” but I know how important it is to model how we think about the text.   I need to do this more often.  I love how the author said “Perhaps best of all, shared reading is fun, and these days fun is sadly missing in too many classrooms” (p. 131).  I enjoy sharing poems and chants with my students.  They learn how to rhyme, how to write sentences, capitalization, descriptive words, and so much more.  I will continue to share my poems and chants but do it more so in a shared reading model.  I will print them out a copy to have themselves and follow along as we read.