Kids love Shared Reading time.  There's just something about being actively involved in reading a story that you love.  Each week I introduce a new big book. We spend a week reading the book, closely analyzing the text and getting to know the characters.  Joy Cowley is one of our favorite authors. After we've spent a week on a big book I don't just put it away and forget about it. The big book joins all of the other big books in the big book center so that the Littles can ... continue reading...