COMMON CORE ACADEMYSESSION ELEVEN: RECIPROCAL TEACHING

MARCH 14, 2013/APRIL 25, 2013

Participants will identify the goal and principles underlying Reciprocal Teaching (RT),

understand the roles and protocols involved in the RT process, and run a RT protocol.

Activator: What internal dialogue do you have when reading a text?

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Share and Discuss

Definition of RT

•Reciprocal Teaching refers to an instructional activity in which the students become the teacher in small group reading sessions.

Goals and Underlying Principles of RT

• Encourages students to be mindful of their own thought process during reading.

• Helps students learn to be actively involved and monitor their comprehension as they read.

• Teaches students to ask questions during reading and make text more comprehensible

• Structures an internal dialogue for students to actively engage in the content of the text.

• Increases student comprehension of text.

Think, Write, Pair

Participant Roles of RT

Participant Roles of RT (alt)

Think, Write, Pair

Running the RT Protocol

•Preparation• Whole class – explicitly teach each role

• One role per class day –modeled aloud then use gradual release

• Fishbowl – have one group model the process or show a video where the process is used.

Running the RT Protocol cont.

•Divide your text into at least 4 manageable chunks

•Protocol Preparation• Break the class into groups of 4• Distribute role cards to each group member• Distribute text (pre-marked with stopping points)

• Distribute RT worksheet

Running the RT Protocol cont.• Review the protocol and ask students to begin reading

• When students reach the stopping point they realize their roles (and record responses on their sheet).

• Members pass the cards to the right and read the next section.

• Teacher monitors the groups’ progress and intervenes when necessary.

Think, Write, Pair

Running the RT Protocol Model

•Fishbowl •or video then practice?

•http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/reciprocal_teaching/

break

Work Time – Running the RT Protocol

• In your groups, run the RT protocol with at least one text – goal is for everyone to experience each role.

Think, Write, Pair

Closer• What are the benefits and challenges to implementing RT in your classrooms?

• Additional PD• Edmodo – reflections and discussions

The code to join the group is: ou2wy8

• Production of additional lesson plans• Production of lesson plans reflecting RT• May 29- Showcase