Using a Shared Reading Approach
Young readers will love the new shared reading titles in Lift Off to LiteracyTM. With audio support for listening and reading along, your students will develop early literacy skills through rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and predictable texts.
Help your students to:
- enjoy rich texts in a highly supportive environment
- think and talk about books
- develop an understanding of how books work
- expand their oral vocabulary.
A mix of stories and rhymes, and books that introduce young readers to informational text.
Lift Off to LiteracyTM is organized into three topic sets:
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- My Family and Me
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- In the World
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- Living Things
Each book links to and extends the key vocabulary of a Vocabulary Starter, allowing teachers to begin conversations and explore the vocabulary related to the specific topic of the book.
Develop early literacy skills through rhyme, rhythm, repetition and highly predictable texts!
Your students will:
- enjoy reading together and revisiting familiar books again and again
- begin to recognize and read high-frequency words
- build knowledge of key vocabulary
- understand the conventions of print.
The Teaching and Learning Sequence
Introducing the Shared Book
The teacher shares the book with the students, talking about the title, author, and illustrator, and briefly highlighting what the book will be about. The teacher then reads the book to the students.
Revisiting the shared book
The teacher and students revisit the book, with the students being encouraged to join in the reading as the book becomes familiar. Where appropriate, the teacher focuses on teaching specific foundational skills. The teacher introduces the linking Vocabulary Starter to open up a conversation and explore the vocabulary and content related to the book.
Listening and Reading Along
The students work individually with a matching Small Book and a Reading Pen. Students listen to and follow along with the text. This is an excellent support for English Language Learners.