Shared reading can be done with any book but high interest adapted books work best. Many high interest books can be found for free on https://monarchreader.com/. You can use small toys, magnets and 2D printed pics to increase engagement. Point to words as you read them. 

1. CAR- Is a really good starting point for shared reading 

   • Read a page and comment-wait (30 sec)

   • Student responds- repeat student response and add more

   • No student response repeat comment and “tell me” wait again for 30 (sec)- If student responds- repeat student response and add more, if no response demonstrate a possible comment and go to next page

2. CROWD- Same format at CAR but with more specific types of comments from adult.

   • Completion prompt- provide a sentence and have student complete the sentence by leaving off a word- (ie. “He huffed and he puffed and he _________”)

   • Recall prompt- ask about things that have already been read- (ie. What happened to the caterpillar after he ate all the food?)

   • Open-ended prompts- “Tell me what you see here.”

   • Wh-prompt- questions that start with who, what, where, why, when- used to focus on the pictures and vocabulary (ie. Point to picture and ask “What’s happening here?”, “Where is the itsy bitsy spider?”)

   • Distancing prompts- relate the text and make connections to the student’s own personal experiences

3. Other shared reading prompts that help build language and literacy skills:

   • Label objects in the illustrations (ie. I see a cat)

   • Talk about what is going on in the book (ie. That cat is lost)

   • Make real life connection to the story (ie. The cat looks like aunties cat with its black and white fur.)

   •  Referencing the print- find the letter of the day, or letters in the students name “I see the lowercase a. Like our letter of the day.”

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Referenced From

Erickson, Karen A. & Koppenhaver David A. (2020). Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.