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Shared Reading for Grades 3 and Beyond:

Working It Out Together

by Sue Brown

This is a professional development package that explores shared reading for students in middle and upper primary within the context of international research and classroom practice. Developed by Learning Media for the international market, this text and professional development kit has been a hot seller in New Zealand.

The package includes:
  • 1 professional text
  • 1 video showing shared reading in two classrooms
  • 1 facilitators' guide for use with the video and professional text.
The professional text demonstrates:

  • the variety and flexibility that makes shared reading motivating, effective, and empowering for teachers and students
  • ways to maximise learning by harnessing the power of interactions between teachers, students, and texts
  • how to select texts and purposes to meet the needs of students
  • a framework for teaching comprehension strategies
  • how to use the connections between reading and writing to improve the quality of student writing
  • the use of shared reading to show students what good readers do when they encounter challenges
  • the practicalities of using shared reading in the classroom.


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Pack item number:
 30279
Pack ISBN number:
0790302799
Professional text item number: 27380
Author: Sue Brown
Number of pages: 140









The package helps teachers to:
  • use shared reading confidently and effectively
  • support readers as they encounter increasingly complex texts
  • use shared reading to improve the quality of shared writing
  • support students in applying literacy strategies across the curriculum.

The professional text is available as a stand-alone product.