Explicit or Implicit? Shared Reading_Rhyming_Alazar, GrK
CLIP A: Example of a kindergarten reader.
Does this video represent implicit or explicit instruction? What are the skills and/or dispositions towards reading that a shared experience such as this one may develop in readers such as Alizar?
Answer: Implicit. This clip illustrates shared reading and many skills are being reinforced or developed: phonological awareness (rhyming), concepts about print (note the left to right tracking), using picture clues to support reading. Shared reading also engages readers in a shared experience, building positive associations with reading and hearing fluent reading modeled.