ACHIEVE3000 IS A PROUD PARTNER IN
Implementing Reciprocal Teaching
Join Dr. Fisher as he introduces a new strategy to use with your students that has been found to make a significant impact on students’ thinking and comprehension development.
On Day 21 you’ll learn all about Reciprocal Teaching, a collaborative learning experience which has students engaging in four different comprehension processes as they read a text.
CLASSROOM TASK: TRY OUT RECIPROCAL TEACHING
Select a text, such as an article from Achieve3000. Identify the stopping points in the text. Model or teach summarizing, clarifying, predicting and questioning. Assign roles and have your students engage in a reciprocal teaching conversation.
Watch your students and reflect on this strategy. Did it work for your students?
This journal can be used to reflect on what you have learned as you develop strategies for engaging your students in collaborative conversations.
Reciprocal Teaching works best with informational text. You can use the search feature in My Lessons to find lessons with articles aligned to topics that you’re already teaching in your classroom.
There are several decades worth of research on Reciprocal Teaching with significant impacts demonstrated in the professional literature.
