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

2. What is Shared Reading? A powerful technique that teaches Reading Skills Strategies Concepts of Print Sight Word Vocabulary Targeted for beginning and emergent readers

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

4. Practice Teacher and students read a text together multiple times Focus on enjoyment Reading success Fluency Focus on print

5. Specific Strategies and Skills Phonemic awareness Phonics Context Clues Punctuation Grammar

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

7. Tools Pocket Charts Highlighter tape Velcro Strips Pointers Fly Swatters

8. High Tech Solutions Easily create enlarged texts Text manipulation activities

9. Enlarging Texts Word Documents PowerPoint Slides Online Resources

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

11. Five Examples of IWB’s in Shared Reading Ordering Creating new words Masking words Dragging to match Highlighting

12. 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

13. Creating New Words Twinkle, twinkle little star ar f c b t j

14. Masking Words Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are

15. Dragging to Match Star World Diamond Sky

16. Highlighting Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky

17. What the Research Says… Increases student motivation and engagement 16 percentile point gain on student achievement Professional development focused on mastery

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