S HARED R EADING G OES H IGH -T ECH Using Interactive White Boards to Teach Early Literacy Skills

What is Shared Reading? A powerful technique that teaches Reading Skills Strategies Concepts of Print Sight Word Vocabulary Targeted 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 times Focus on enjoyment Reading success Fluency Focus on print

Specific Strategies and Skills Phonemic awareness Phonics Context Clues Punctuation Grammar

Requirements “Low Tech” Method Enlarged Text  Big Books  Poster Boards  Sentence Strips

Tools Pocket Charts Highlighter tape Velcro Strips Pointers Fly Swatters

High Tech Solutions Easily create enlarged texts Text manipulation activities

Enlarging Texts Word Documents PowerPoint Slides Online Resources

Projection Options Allows students to manipulate text. Sight word vocabulary Phonics skills Reading strategies

Five Examples of IWB’s in Shared Reading Ordering Creating new words Masking 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 Match Star 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 engagement 16 percentile point gain on student achievement Professional development focused on mastery

Conclusion Using an Interactive Whiteboard for shared reading activities Engages students Captures attention Maintains concentration Motivates new learning