Reciprocal+Reading

Reciprocal Reading: Tenee Betpera

Reciprocal teaching is a method of teaching that involves instructional activity that takes place in the form of a dialogue between teachers and students regarding segments of text. The four different strategies are: summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting. The teacher and students take turns assuming the role of teacher. The students get into small groups, and each student takes turns assuming the role of the teacher.


 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">It encourages students to think about their own thought process during reading.
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">It helps students learn to be actively involved and monitor their comprehension as they read.
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">It teaches students to ask questions during reading and helps make the text more comprehensible.

 One way to get students prepared to use reciprocal teaching: (from Donna Dyer of the North West Regional Education Service Agency in North Carolina)
 * 1) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Put students in groups of four.
 * 2) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Distribute one note card to each member of the group identifying each person's unique role:
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Summarizer
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Questioner
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Clarifier
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Predictor
 * 1) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Have students read a few paragraphs of the assigned text selection. Encourage them to use note-taking strategies such as selective underlining or sticky-notes to help them better prepare for their role in the discussion.
 * 2) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">At the given stopping point, the Summarizer will highlight the key ideas up to this point in the reading.
 * 3) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Questioner will then pose questions about the selection:
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Unclear parts
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Puzzling information
 * <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; url(http: //www.readingrockets.org/themes/rr_new/images/static/icons/blBullet.gif); list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Connections to other concepts already learned
 * 1) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">The ////Clarifier// // will address confusing parts and attempt to answer the questions that were just posed.
 * 2) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">The ////Predictor// // can offer predictions about what the author will tell the group next or, if it's a literary selection, the predictor might suggest what the next events in the story will be.
 * 3) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">The roles in the group then switch one person to the right, and the next selection is read. Students repeat the process using their new roles. This continues until the entire selection is read. (Source: ReadingQuest )
 * 4) <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Throughout the process, the teacher's role is to guide and nurture the students' ability to use the four strategies successfully within the small group. The teacher's role is lessened as students develop skill.