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Shared Reading and Big Books for K-1 | Grades K-1 | Ages 5-7
Shared Reading and Big Books
What makes a great Big Book for shared reading?
Wright Group Big Books are specifically designed to ensure a successful shared reading experience. Any book can
be made into a large book, but only a good Big Book will provide a strong foundation for emergent readers. The
following key features of Wright Group’s Big Books provide a rich, supportive context designed to help all children
succeed at reading.
Enlarged text allows all
students to easily see
the print.
Limited print helps
students easily
remember the story.
Extra spacing
between words helps
emergent readers
understand the
concept of words.
High-frequency words
imbedded in the text
help students recognize
sight words and develop
automaticity.
Supportive illustrations provide
students with all the information they
need to understand the meaning
of the story and to connect that
meaning to the printed text.
Predictable sentence structures
make it easy for students to read
along during repeated readings.
Repeated pattern, refrain,
rhyme, and rhythm help
students join in and participate
as they gain confidence and
understanding of how
reading works.
Predictable story lines allow
students to predict what is
coming next as they read.
Appealing and fun stories
engage beginning readers.
Students love reading
Wright Group Big Books and
learn to value books as sources
of meaning and pleasure.
An essential goal of shared reading is to help students become confident, enthusiastic readers who are ready to read
new books without hesitation. Shared reading will help make your classroom a cooperative learning community as
you demonstrate the reading process, model expressive fluent reading, and introduce skills and strategies in context
while your students are consolidating their fundamental understanding of reading and how it works.
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Shared Reading and Big Books for K-1 | Grades K-1 | Ages 5-7
Shared Reading Packs provide everything you need to
make shared reading successful in your classroom!
6-packs of Student Books engage
readers in purposeful and authentic
independent activities following the
shared reading lesson with the Big
Book.
Thematically linked poetry
posters for each Big Book provide
additional opportunities to
develop early reading skills.
Blackline masters
in each lesson
plan provide
copies of the
poem and
retelling activities
for the Big Book.
Shared Reading and Big Books
Wright Group Big Books provide
resources for the wholegroup
instructional model of a
comprehensive reading program
in K–1.
Lesson plans contain step-by-step
instructions for effective shared reading,
explicit skills instruction, integrated language
arts, and cross-curricular activities.
Cassettes contain the read-along
story and original music, providing
another way to help develop
language and reading skills for
emergent readers
Warming Up helps students prepare
for reading. Daily activities are designed
to welcome students, develop
community, and build confidence.
Read the Big Book features
background building and a book
introduction for the first reading
on Day 1. Days 2–5 have students trying
to recall, review, and/or retell the story.
For a complete listing of
Wright Group Big Books
and Shared Reading Packs
please see pages 61-72.
Read it Again invites children to become more
involved in the story through participation
in drama, movement, and other activities.
This feature helps students to internalize the
vocabulary and story structures, enhance
comprehension, and improve fluency.
Talk About It helps teachers to evaluate the
students’ comprehension of the story by allowing
time for a lengthier discussion of the book. The
week begins with open-ended responses to
discussions about story events. Throughout
the week, questions focus on developing
comprehension at the literal, inferential, and critical
levels.
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Shared Reading and Big Books
Springboard | Grades K-1 | Ages 5-7
Springboard Big Books
Big Books
Model early reading concepts and skills with Springboard
Big Books, Collection 1.
Little Big Books
Little Big Books are student-sized versions of the Big Books that
may be used for small group instruction or learning centers.
Collection 1: Early Reading Skills for Grades K–1
New!
Allie Alligator Goes to See the King
First High-Frequency Words
Alphabet Book Alphabet Letters and Sounds
An Animal Farm Nonfiction (Information Report)
At the Zoo Word Awareness
Brontosaurus, Beaver Syllable Awareness
The Crazy Critters’ Cooking Convention Alliteration
Grandma Pickleberry’s Cold Fiction (Narrative)
Pam, Pam Simple Onset Rime
The Playground in the Yard Punctuation
The Winter Wind Rhyme Awareness
Springboard Big Books
Big Book Collection 1 (10 Big Books)..........978-1-4045-5721-5................. $456.28 Big Book set
Little Big Book Collection 1
(6 each of 10 Student Books)...................978-1-4045-5726-0................. $392.70 6-pack set
Little Big Book Library 1
(1 each of 10 Student Books)...................978-1-4045-5724-6....................$67.88 Student book set
Allie Alligator Goes to See the King.............978-1-4045-5647-8....................$45.82 BB
Allie Alligator Goes to See the King.............978-1-4045-5667-6....................$40.77 6-pack
Alphabet Book............................................978-1-4045-5641-6....................$45.82 BB
Alphabet Book............................................978-1-4045-5661-4....................$40.77 6-pack
An Animal Farm .........................................978-1-4045-5650-8....................$45.82 BB
An Animal Farm..........................................978-1-4045-5670-6....................$40.77 6-pack
At the Zoo....................................................978-1-4045-5642-3....................$45.82 BB
At the Zoo....................................................978-1-4045-5662-1....................$40.77 6-pack
Brontosaurus, Beaver..................................978-1-4045-5643-0....................$45.82 BB
Brontosaurus, Beaver..................................978-1-4045-5663-8....................$40.77 6-pack
The Crazy Critters’ Cooking Convention........978-1-4045-5645-4....................$45.82 BB
The Crazy Critters’ Cooking Convention........978-1-4045-5665-2....................$40.77 6-pack
Grandma Pickleberry’s Cold.........................978-1-4045-5649-2....................$45.82 BB
Grandma Pickleberry’s Cold.........................978-1-4045-5669-0....................$40.77 6-pack
Pam, Pam....................................................978-1-4045-5646-1....................$45.82 BB
Pam, Pam....................................................978-1-4045-5666-9....................$40.77 6-pack
The Playground in the Yard.........................978-1-4045-5648-5....................$45.82 BB
The Playground in the Yard.........................978-1-4045-5668-3....................$40.77 6-pack
The Winter Wind.........................................978-1-4045-5644-7....................$45.82 BB
The Winter Wind.........................................978-1-4045-5664-5....................$40.77 6-pack
BB: Big Book 6-pack: student books
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