What Do Skilled Readers Do When They Read? Make Connections
Visualize Predict & Infer Ask Questions & wonder Evaluate
& Judge the text Monitor & Clarify Summarize Synthesize
Evaluate
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What is Paired Reading?
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Why Use Paired Reading?
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When Should I Use Paired Reading? During READING
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How To Utilize the Paired Reading Strategy
Define/Explain/Describe the strategy or concept Cite your
instructional objective Provide instructional materials Describe
the sequence of steps involved in the process Anticipatory set
Modeling of the instructional procedure Guided practice
activity
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Anticipatory Set Establish a motivation to learn Model both a
non example and an example of fluent reading Reinforce the purpose
of the strategy and how it will help them as readers
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Modeling of Instructional Practice
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Guided Practice Activity
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Independent Practice
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How to Pair Students Pair students either by same reading
ability or by high level readers with low level readers.
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How Might I Differentiate This Strategy? Differentiate Reading
Materials Encourage Rereading passages Allow students to choose
high interest materials for paired reading Allow students to read
from different texts during the reading activity. Have one partner
occasionally ask comprehension questions. Adjust partners as
students improve so students have opportunity to be in the modeling
role.
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What Are the Benefits of Paired Reading?
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