Reciprocal Teaching

What is it? An activity in which small groups of mixed ability systematically apply four key comprehension strategies to a text. – Predicting – Questioning – Clarifying – Summarizing

Where did it come from? Inspired by Reciprocal Questioning (ReQuest) Developed by Annemarie Palincsar and Ann Brown at the Center for the Study of Reading

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.11 What’s the process?

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.12 What is the teacher’s role?

When should we schedule RT? In the upper elementary grades, it could be scheduled during science or social studies, using nonfiction texts related to current topics. In middle and high school, it could take place: – In science and social studies classrooms – During ELT periods

How do we get started? You have to plan! You can’t simply decide to do RT one day and expect it to go well. You must introduce and model the four strategies one at a time. You must introduce and model the process so that students know what to do. Try posting the cycle diagram for all to see. Give RT time to work! Before long the process will become second nature.

– Cracking the Common Core, Figure 6.13 How can we coach it?

Where can we learn more about it? Chapter 6 Chapter 8

Where can we learn more about it? ComprehensiveReadingSolutions.com