Reciprocal+Teaching

//To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.// //-Edmund Burke//

Reciprocal teaching is an instructional approach that supports students in develop four key comprehension skills, i.e. predicting, summarizing, clarifying, and questioning. The instructional approach can be used by students individually to monitor their own comprehension or with a peer as they partner read text. A small group of students can also use reciprocal teaching to engage in a discussion about what they are reading, where each students plays a role as one of the four comprehension strategies.


 * **Reciprocal Teaching Presentation** || [[file:Reciprocal Teaching Presentation.ppt]] ||
 * **Articles to Read to Learn More**
 * Aboput Reciprocal Teaching** || [[file:Chapter of Book.pdf]]

(Even though you might not have the video. Check out some of the resources at the end of this guide.) = NEW! = = NEW! =

= NEW! = || || = NEW! = Reproduce, cut, and place cards on a looseleaf ring. Provide one set for each group of students. The student who is leading the lesson at the time works through the prompt cards to help guide the discussion. These should be used in the early stages only. Once students are comfortable leading the lesson, the prompt cards are no longer needed. ||
 * **Bookmarks to Use to**
 * Prompt Students** || [[file:Bookmarks for Reciprocal Teacher.pdf]]
 * **Cards to Use with Small Student**
 * Led Groups** || [[file:Reciprocal Teaching Role Cards.pdf]]
 * **Recording Sheets** || [[file:RecordingSheet.pdf]]

= NEW! = || [|Part Two of Video on RT] [|Video Explaining What RT Is] [|Video of RT in Kindergarten]
 * Videos to Learn More || [|Video on Summaries and RT]

= NEW! Introducing the Fab 4!= media type="youtube" key="-XMg8RCGF08" width="420" height="315"

= NEW! Reciprocal Teaching Using Studies Weekly= media type="youtube" key="sMpv0cU93X4" width="420" height="315"

= NEW! An Introduction to Reciprocal Teaching= media type="youtube" key="IILNsq964lI" width="560" height="315" ||

Need More Strategies to Support the comprhension strategies of predicting, summarizing, clarifying, and questioning. || || (Giving struggling students the same prompts for a retell is important.) Get the Gist [|Get The Gist Resources] ||
 * **Predicting** || [[file:Possible Sentences.pdf]] ||
 * **Questioning** || [[file:Q_Chart_fillableform.pdf]]
 * **Clarifying** || [[file:Click Clunk Strategy Description.pdf]]
 * **Summarizing** || (Simple strategy to have students slow down and think about what they are reading.)