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Date: November 25, 2019

Grade: ½
Number of students:
Shared Reading - 17
Length of class: 30 minutes 
Teachers: Kelsey Shoults
Topic: Shared Reading Day 1 – Previewing/Inference

General Outcome: 

GLO 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally
and critically to oral, print and other media texts.

Specific Outcomes: 
Shared Reading:
Grade 1: SLO 2.1 Use Prior Knowledge - Use knowledge of print, pictures, book covers and title pages
to construct and confirm meaning

Grade 2: SLO 2.1 Use Prior Knowledge - Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and
stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning

SMART Learning Objectives:

Group 1
By the end of the lesson students will be able to compose and discuss thoughts that come up from looking
at the story cover of My Heart Fills With Happiness. (Blooms Taxonomy – Synthesis)

Materials and Equipment

SMART Board
My Heart Fills With Happiness – Monique Grey Smith and Julie Flett – Power point Scan and 19 Books

Preparation and Logistical Considerations 

Ensure smart board is ready to go – have power point pulled up
Have books counted
Leave 5 minutes at the end to transition to gym.

Procedure

Introduction Time

Talking 4 min
Circle Students will join me at the carpet and I will ask them to come sit in a circle.
Introduction
Students will start in a talking circle -
Question: Where do talking/sharing circles come from?
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Question: What is special about us being in a circle?

Discuss the talking stick – They used the talking stick to be able to identify the person
who was talking. We will pass around the talking stick and whoever has it is the only
one who is speaking. Others are listening. If they have nothing to share they can pass.
*** Make point of reminding them what a good listener does – we listen with our
ears and we make eye contact with the person who is talking. ***

Body Time

Prereading
Discussion This week we will be reading My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Grey 6 min
Smith and Julie Flett. Each student will receive their own book. Have the stack of
books and pass the pile to the right. Each student will take ONE book.

Prereading: Possible Question Prompts....

Question: What do you notice about the book cover?
Question: Why do you think there are two languages?
Question: What do you wonder when you are looking at the book?
Question: Does yellow make you have a certain feeling?
Question: What do you think she is feeling based off of the cover?

Reading 12 min
the Story READ THE STORY OFF THE SMART BOARD – Remind students they must put
their books down.
During reading:
Question: What do you notice about the sentences?
Question: What do you notice about the pictures?

Wrap Up Time

After 3 min
Reading After reading:
Question: Do you think she is close with her family?
Question: What makes you happy? – I would like everyone to share one thing.
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The talking circle will be complete – Ask the students to put their books in their mail
boxes and line up for gym. Dismiss students in groups of 3 (The quietest students will
go first)

Assessment 
 Formative Assessment – Listen to students thoughts prior to, during and after reading the story on
the carpet during the talking circle. Make notes post sharing circle.

Reflection