RECIPROCAL TEACHING AT WORK: STRATEGIES

FOR IMPROVING READING

COMPREHENSIONBY: LORI OCZKUS

WHEN USED WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS FOR JUST 15-20 DAYS, THE STUDENTS’ READING ON A COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT INCREASED

FROM 30%-80%(Palincsar and Brown)

MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN USED AS AN INTERVENTION WITH LOW PERFORMING

STUDENTS(Cooper)

RESEARCH ON RECIPROCAL READING STRATEGIES:

RECIPROCAL READING

STRATEGIES –How do we begin?

INTRODUCING-PAULA THE PREDICTOR

STRATEGY #1

PREDICT (Metacognitive Thinking Skills)

I think… I’ll bet…

I wonder if… I suppose… I imagine…

I predict…

INTRODUCING-QUINCY THE QUESTIONER

STRATEGY #2

QUESTIONS???????

Who? What?

When? Where? Why? How?

What If? Is?

INTRODUCING-CLARA THE CLARIFIER

STRATEGY #3

CLARIFYHow do I identify difficult words and

phrases?

Sound it out Chunk it Reread

Read On Ask a friend

INTRODUCING-SAMMY THE

SUMMARIZER

STRATEGY #4

SUMMARIZERecall and arrange the “Big Ideas”

This section is mostly about… I learned…

This text is about… Put it in your own words

Ask, “Is this worth keeping?” Ask, “Could this be a test question?”

TABLE GROUP PRACTICE…

When working with students in small groups

When Introducing New Information When Reading Fiction or Non-Fiction texts

When reading Informational Texts As an intervention for struggling readers

As a Cooperative Learning Activity

WHEN TO USE RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGIES:

When getting information from textbooks…

When reading newspaper or magazine articles…

With Guided Reading Groups, Literature Circles, Book Clubs, Read Aloud

Books, Independent Reading Books…

With Content Specific Books, Leveled Library

Books

ASSIGNMENT: PLEASE USE THE INDEX CARD ON YOUR TABLE AND WRITE

THE 4 STRATEGIES OF RECIPROCAL TEACHING AND THE BENEFITS OF USING R.T.

STRATEGIES

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION-

YOU ARE AN AWESOME GROUP OF TEACHERS!!!!