You already know shared reading can be powerful, but sometimes it is hard to know what text to choose, how to plan it across the week, and how to make it truly support multilingual learners. That’s where this toolkit comes in.
You can plug in your own standards, vocabulary, and content. You can use one text across the week to build oral language, comprehension, phonics, word work, and writing. You can finally feel confident using shared reading as an intentional part of your classroom routine without overplanning every lesson.
It shows you exactly how to turn your curriculum into meaningful shared reading
Step-by-step planning support helps you move from standards → vocabulary → oral language → reading and writing
A Printable Shared Reading Guide gives you a clear, simple planning resource you can use again and again
A Video Training Library walks you through the process with support and examples
Helps you build a full week of shared reading using one text across 5 short sessions
Supports multilingual learners with repeated language, visuals, vocabulary support, and structured interaction with text
Combines planning, examples, and practical routines so you can see how shared reading works in real classrooms
Helps you simplify your literacy block while keeping instruction intentional, language-rich, and engaging
Students joining in confidently because the language has been taught, repeated, and made visible
Shared reading that builds vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and writing all from one meaningful text
A classroom where students are talking, rereading, and interacting with language instead of passively listening
A weekly routine that feels structured, supportive, and easy to repeat with new content
You knowing exactly how to plan shared reading without reinventing the wheel each week
✔ Printable Shared Reading Guide you can print and use as your main planning resource
✔ Video Training Library with step-by-step support and implementation guidance
✔ Planning support for standards, learning targets, language objectives, and success criteria
✔ Guidance for choosing or writing chants, poetry, songs, raps, or lifted text
✔ A full week-at-a-glance structure with 5 short shared reading sessions
✔ Support for vocabulary, oral language, phonics, word work, and comprehension within shared reading
✔ Games, partner reading, independent reading, and extended activity ideas
✔ I Can Spell Chant examples and classroom resources to help you put it into practice
This is your shared reading companion toolkit that shows you how to plan with intention, use your real curriculum, and help students build the language they need for reading and writing.
Whether you want to strengthen oral language, make shared reading more purposeful, or create a repeatable routine you can actually stick with, this toolkit walks you through the process step by step.
K–5 teachers ready to make shared reading more intentional
Teachers serving multilingual learners and wanting stronger oral language support
Teachers who want students to talk, read, and write with more confidence
Teachers looking for a repeatable literacy routine that works with real curriculum
Anyone who wants shared reading to feel clear, supportive, and easy to implement
Your step-by-step shared reading companion for planning language-rich routines that help students talk, read, and write with confidence. Includes a printable guide, video training library, chant examples, and practical classroom supports.
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2nd Grade DLTeacher
“These past three weeks have been priceless. I feel so confident after our time together, and my students were able to speak using content-specific vocabulary and write in a way that demonstrated understanding.”
“Jennica’s intentional modeling and support made shared reading feel manageable. Her daily check-ins and weekly Zoom calls equipped and empowered me to intentionally teach with purpose.”
3rd Grade Teacher
“This felt like having an incredible mentor teacher again. I feel reenergized, less anxious about planning, and more confident integrating literacy and content in meaningful ways.”