A Series of Shared Reading

The poetry unit that Ms. Jane and I are teacher has been moving smoothly. We have been taking turns to do shared reading with the whole class, and we also work with students in one-on-one conferring, and coaching on a daily basis. As I continue to work alongside with Jesse and Nathan, I noticed that both of them have been growing immense interest in reading poetry. From time to time, I have been re-visiting the poem, Things, by Eloise Greenfield, as a morning 'warm up'. Since this is a familiar poem that all of them know, whenever we read it together on the rug, it serves as an invitation for every single student to become readers. Here is a list of other poems that I have been reading in shared reading:

1. Things by Eloise Greenfield
2. City Child by Louis Lensko
3. Good night Juma By Eloise Greenfield
4. Rope Rhyme by Eloise Greenfield
5. Rhino by Anonymous