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RECIPROCAL TEACHING AT WORK: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION by: Lori Oczkus. RESEARCH ON RECIPROCAL READING STRATEGIES:. 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)
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RECIPROCAL TEACHING AT WORK: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSIONby: Lori Oczkus
RESEARCH ON RECIPROCAL READING STRATEGIES: • 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)
RECIPROCAL READING STRATEGIES – How do we begin?
STRATEGY #1 INTRODUCING- PAULA THE PREDICTOR
PREDICT (Metacognitive Thinking Skills) • I think… • I’ll bet… • I wonder if… • I suppose… • I imagine… • I predict…
STRATEGY #2 INTRODUCING- QUINCY THE QUESTIONER
QUESTIONS??????? Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? What If? Is?
STRATEGY #3 INTRODUCING- CLARA THE CLARIFIER
CLARIFY How do I identify difficult words and phrases? • Sound it out • Chunk it • Reread • Read On • Ask a friend
STRATEGY #4 INTRODUCING- SAMMY THE SUMMARIZER
SUMMARIZE Recall 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 TO USE RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGIES: • 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
With Guided Reading Groups, Literature Circles, Book Clubs, Read Aloud Books, Independent Reading 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!!!!