Raising Student Achievement Through Collaborative Literacy Experiences

Reciprocal Teaching

Raising Student Achievement Through Collaborative Literacy Experiences

Julie Webb, M.A.

NBCT

Area 3 Writing Project

Academic Literacy Summit

University of California, Davis

February 3, 2011

Reciprocal Teaching Strategy
Record the following information: Name, Date, Text Title, and Genre.

• Predict

Write a prediction and include evidence from the text.
Read
Read the text to yourself.
Complete the Clarify and Question sections while you read.
Clarify
Identify words that are unfamiliar or difficult to pronounce.
-  Mark the reading strategies that were helpful to you.
Record ideas that you wonder about or ideas that are confusing.
Question
Write explicit and implicit questions from your reading.
-  Use the question words to help you get started.
Share your predictions, clarifications, and questions with the group.
Determine the main idea and write a gist list.
Share with the group.
Summarize
Use your gist list to complete a summary of the text.
Summary components include:
-  Title and Author
-  Main Idea
-  Important Details
-  Author’s Purpose
Share your summary with the group.

Predicting

I predict ____ will ____ because ____.

I’ll bet ____ is going to ____ because ____.

I suppose ____ will ____ because ____.

I think ____ is going to ____ because ____.

I guess ____ will ____ because ____.

I believe ____ is going to ____ because ____.

Summary Components

The text Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges explains the struggle to integrate public schools. At a school in Louisiana, Ruby faced angry protesters and violent hecklers when she enrolled at a school with all white children. Some families, like Yolanda’s, gave up and moved away because the violence was too fierce. The author’s purpose is to inform readers about her personal experiences of integration during the civil rights movement.

Reciprocal Teaching Strategy
Name: ______Date: ______
Text Title: ______Genre: ______
Predict
Fiction – I predict… ______
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Nonfiction – I predict I will learn… ______
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I confirm / reject my prediction because… ______
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Clarify
Difficult Words ______I sounded out the word
______I checked the word’s parts
______I thought of a similar word
Confusing Ideas ______I reread the confusing part
______I thought about what I know
______I read on to find clues
Question
Explicit – Who? What? Where? When?
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Implicit – Why? How? Would? Could? Should?
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Summarize
Main Idea
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Reciprocal Teaching Strategy
Name: ______Date: ______
Text Title: ______Genre: ______
Main Idea
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Gist List
Summarize
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Julie Webb