(Students have to use what they know about a character to figure out who would say what.)ĩ. You can also play “Who WOULD Say That?” and provide students with imaginary dialogue. Have students play “Who Said What?” and match the dialogue to the correct character. Provide them with strips of paper that have different dialogue parts from the text. Match dialogue to characters. Present students with the names and pictures of different characters. Or, photocopy specific images from the text (always follow Fair Use guidelines) and have students add thought or speech bubbles.Ĩ. If you are using large enough books, students can take large sticky notes and write thought / speech bubbles for the characters (and then stick them on the actual pages of the text). Draw thought or speech bubbles for the characters at various points in the text. This activity is tons of fun AND allows kids to demonstrate their comprehension. You might use the same facts (or even parts of the actual text) for the cloze reading activity.īats are nocturnal, which means that they sleep during the _. Let’s say that your shared reading text was about bats. Students have to fill in missing words from a word bank. Complete a cloze reading passage activity based on the text. A cloze reading passage is one that has words missing from it. Or have students create their own pictures and then have a friend sequence them!Ħ. Use clipart or photos to have students sequence events in the text. Sequence pictures to show what happened in the text. Students can then practice and perform their scripts!ĥ. Perform a Reader’s Theatre version of the text. Any story can be turned into a Reader’s Theatre and performed by your students! You can create the Reader’s Theatre text, the class can work together to create it as a shared writing activity, or students can create them in partners/small groups. Illustrate a poem or text without words. This is a great opportunity for students to demonstrate comprehension of the text! Students can illustrate poems or even nonfiction articles.Ĥ. Specify a print feature that students should look for, and use some detective props to make the activity super engaging.ģ. Do an alphabet letter, sight word, or phonics pattern hunt with the text. Again, this is super simple, but practicing letters, sight words, and phonics patterns is even more meaningful when our students do it in the context of a real text. Just make copies and allow them to keep the poems in a folder or independent reading bag!Ģ. If you’re doing shared reading with a poem, it’s even easier to get it into the hands of students. Reread the same text! Simple, I know, but primary kiddos love to have a chance to reread the same text that you read during shared reading! Big books are especially fun let them use your special pointer too! Even if you don’t use big books, try to find multiple copies of the text. Most of these activities work great for literacy centers or Daily Five!ġ. In today’s quick post, I share 12 activities that students can complete after a shared reading experience.
Want your students to “do something” with the shared reading text after shared reading is over? Sure, they can draw or write about the text, but sometimes it’s fun to do something a little different!