Product Details

• Author: Janet Allen
• Year: 2002
• Grade Range: 4-12

• Media: 328 pp/paper
• ISBN: 978-157110-332-1
• Item No.: WEB-0332

Maya Angelou says, "Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning." On the Same Page celebrates the use of our voices in shared reading with students to help them gain deeper understanding of the texts we read. If you have enjoyed the increased engagement and motivation that accompany reading with your students and wondered how to extend those benefits throughout the day, this book offers support for using this approach as a foundation for learning across content areas.

On the Same Page explores the use of shared reading as an instructional approach for readers and writers at all levels of language proficiency. Janet Allen provides research, resources, practical ideas, and strategies for building from shared reading to increase students' literate experiences in a variety of curricular and instructional areas:

strategic reading and comprehension;
building background knowledge for content literacy;
personal, academic, and public writing;
transitions to independent reading;
community knowledge and literature circles;
increased vocabulary;
modeled fluency.

On the Same Page is enriched with a wide range of student work as well as extensive appendices of additional resources, graphic organizers, suggested reading lists, and teaching guides for implementation of shared reading in your classroom.

Table of Contents

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Contents
1. On the Same Page: Shared Reading Beyond the Primary Grades
2. "Pleeeze, Just One More Chapter": Expanding Reading Fluency with Connected Shared Reading
3. Learning to Read and Reading to Learn: Understanding Strategic Shared Reading
4. "When Do I Teach Vocabulary?" Shared Reading and Word Study
5. Building on Common Ground: Shared Paths to Content Literacy
6. Writing Roads: Shared Reading as the Foundation for Integrated Language Arts
7. Shared Reading as a Bridge to Independence
8. "But What About Grades?" Assessing the "Value" of Shared Reading
Appendix A Shared Reading to Support Word Study
Appendix B Resources for Content Area Shared Reading
Appendix C Shared Reading to Support Content Literacy
Appendix D Writers on Writing: Shared Reading to Support Independent Writing
Appendix E Picture Books to Support the Teaching of Literary Devices
Appendix F Books for Shared Reading
Appendix G High-Interest Leveled Books for Paired Shared Reading
Appendix H Complete Texts
Appendix I Forms
Appendix J Guiding Readers Through the Text
Literature References
Professional References
Index

Janet Allen
Janet Allen is an international consultant recognized for her comprehensive work in reading education. After teaching reading and English for nearly twenty years in Maine, Janet relocated to the University of Central Florida.
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