Balanced Literacy: Shared Reading

Shared Reading provides my class with an opportunity to gather at the carpet and share in the reading experience. Enlarged text is a must! We use Big Books (purchased or teacher created) and Charts (poems/songs/rhymes/chants). Many of our science and social studies standards are covered during our Shared Reading time. Our monthly Shared Reading routine generally follows the same pattern. The first half of the month, we enjoy reading the selections, discussing them, and generally familiarizing ourselves with them. During the second half the month, we take a closer look at each selection, and we add it to our poetry notebooks. The poems and songs below are have been used with K and 1st students.

September, October, and November
Apples	Pumpkins	Leaves	Weather	Seasons	Columbus
Fire Prevention	Spiders/Nursery Rhymes		Thanksgiving	Turkeys
December, January, February, and March
Christmas	Gingerbread	Snow	Snowmen	Penguins	Evergreens
Bears	Presidents	Coins	Sun, Moon, Stars	Gravity/Nursery Rhymes
Mittens, Hats, Scarves, Coats		Valentines/Hearts		Martin Luther King Jr.
April, May, and June
Farm/Nursery Rhymes		Plants	Rocks	Soil	Water
		Transportation

Apples

*A Wiggly Worm*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Apple*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Apples*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*An Apple A Day*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*The Apple Tree*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Apple Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size w/o Graphics
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
B&W Emergent Reader Booklet
Color Emergent Reader Booklet
Poetry Notebook Size w/ Graphics
SPANISH: La Manzana by Sarah Olague
KinderKorner Sells Graphics and Text	HAPPY ALL YEAR
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Apple Mini Die-Cuts

*Special Apples*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*A Little Apple Seed*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Down in the Orchard*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Weather

*Wonderful Weather*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*A Week of Weather*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*It's Raining It's Pouring*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

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Seasons

*Seasons*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Columbus

Oh Columbus
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*1492*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*In 1492, In 1492*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Columbus*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Fire Prevention

I'm a Little Firefighter
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Fire Safety Sam*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Fire Engine*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Hurry Hurry, Drive the Fire Truck*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Smoke Chant*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Stop, Drop, and Roll
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Pumpkins

*Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Pumpkin Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
B&W Emergent Reader Booklet
KinderKorner Sells Graphics and Text	HAPPY ALL YEAR
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Pumpkin Mini Die-Cuts

*Pumpkin, Pumpkin*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*10 Little Pumpkins*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*5 Little Pumpkins*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Leaves

*Leaves, Leaves*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*It's Raining Leaves*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Leaves*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Spiders

*The Spider*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*The Itsy Bitsy Spider*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Little Miss Muffet*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Thanksgiving

*Hooray for Thanksgiving*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Turkeys

*5 Fat Turkeys Are We*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
Art Lesson Plan	Turkeys in a Tree

*Turkey Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Turkey Mini Die-Cuts

*A Turkey Is*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*The Turkey Ran Away*
Student Size Emergent Reader
Shared Reading Size Book [8.5 x 11]

*I Met A Turkey Gobbler*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Christmas

*December*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*I'm a Little Pine Tree*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*My Peppermint Stick*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Ring, Ring, Ring the Bells*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Gingerbread

*Gingerbread Man Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Boy Mini Die-Cuts

*The Gingerbread Man*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Crunch!*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
Student Emergent Reader Booklet

*Oh Where, Oh Where Is My Gingerbread Man*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*5 Little Gingerbread Men on a Pan*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Evergreens

*Evergreen Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
KinderKorner Sells Graphics and Text	HAPPY ALL YEAR
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Evergreen Mini Die-Cuts

Snowmen and Snow

*Snowman Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Snowman Mini Die-Cuts

*Snowflake Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
KinderKorner Sells Graphics and Text	HAPPY ALL YEAR
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Snowflake Mini Die-Cuts

*Snow, Snow Falling Down*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Rainbow Blizzard*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Sunflakes*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*I'm a Little Snowman*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*A Week in the Snow*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Mittens, Hats, Coats, Scarves

*The Three Little Kittens*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*The* *Mitten in the Snow*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
Animal Signs for the Mitten in the Snow Song

Penguins

*Peter Penguin*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Mr. Penguin*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*I Met a Penguin*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*I'm a Little Penguin*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Penguin Parade*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Penguins*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*In Praise of Penguin*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Ten Little Penguins
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Bears

*Brown Bear Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Bear Mini Die-Cuts
Student Emergent Reader

*Polar Bear Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks
Student Emergent Reader

*Panda Bear Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks
Student Emergent Reader

*Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]

*The Bear Went Over The Mountain*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Presidents

*Lincoln and Washington*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]

Coins

*Coin Poems*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size
Emergent Reader Booklet for Students

Martin Luther King JR

*Dr. King's Dream*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size

*Freedom*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size

Sun, Moon, Stars (& Gravity)

*Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Stars*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Sunshine Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
KinderKorner Sells Graphics and Text	HAPPY ALL YEAR
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Sun Mini Die-Cuts

*Hey Diddle Diddle*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Humpty Dumpty*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Jack and Jill*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Hey Diddle Diddle*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

Valentine's Day

*Love Grows One By One*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
Music Download for the Song

*Valentine Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]
KinderKorner Sells Graphics and Text	HAPPY ALL YEAR
Alternative to Using Printable Graphics	Heart Mini Die-Cuts

Farm

*Mary Had a Little Lamb*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Hickory Dickory Dock*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Baa Baa Black Sheep*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Little Bo Peep*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Little Boy Blue*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 14]

*Farmer Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks

*Scarecrow Happy*
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]
Graphics for Sentence Strips, Big Book, and Poetry Notebooks

Transportation

I See... (Tune: Are You Sleeping)
Poetry Notebook Size
Shared Reading Chart Size [8.5 x 11]