Reciprocal Teaching Training Teams

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Reciprocal Teaching Training Teams

• Julie Wise
• Adapted from Oczkus, 2003

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Train the Brain
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The Training Team
Paramedics Predict Paramedics are the first
ones at an emergency. It is your job to be the
first to look through the text to determine why
you are reading, what genre you are going to read
and what you already know about the topic. Your
teams success relies on you giving the most
information you can before you read. As you read,
you will have to look back at your prediction and
confirm or reject your thoughts. Caretakers
Clarify Caretakers do many tasks. Its your job
to help readers understand words and ideas that
are confusing. You also help by adding
information that an author did not include.
Sometimes a caretaker can use parts of the word
to determine the meaning. Occasionally, clues on
the page can help with meaning. Background
knowledge and other sentences can also help. Dr.
Quinn Questions As the doctor, you are curious
and have a strong desire to help. Its your job
to keep your team members focused and on track.
You need to check to see what everyone is
thinking while they read. You also need to help
members find information if they are having
trouble. Use the following tools to help make
sure the members of your team are catching the
information Who, what, when, where, why and
how. Surgeons Summarize Surgeons are very
important for saving the information in the
brain. Quickly review what you just read and take
out all the information that is not needed. Keep
only the ideas that the author thinks are
important. You may use the text features to help
you decide what to keep. Remember, the smallest
amount of information with the most meaning is
better than a lot of information with little
meaning.
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The Training TeamThe inner voice inside your head

• Pitcher Predicts Pitchers look around the
  field before they throw a pitch. As the pitcher,
  it is your job to be the first to look through
  the text to determine why you are reading, what
  genre you are going to read and what you already
  know about the topic. Your teams success relies
  on you giving the most information you can before
  you read. As you read, you will have to look back
  at your prediction and confirm or reject your
  thoughts.
• Coach Clarifies Coaches call timeouts when
  they need to clarify the game plan. Its your job
  as the coach to call timeouts in order to help
  readers understand words and ideas that are
  confusing. You also help by adding information
  that an author did not include. Sometimes a coach
  can use parts of the word to determine the
  meaning. Occasionally, clues on the page can help
  with meaning. Background knowledge and other
  sentences can also help.
• Quarterback Questions As a quarterback, you
  are always running the game. Its your job to
  keep your team members focused and on track. You
  need to check to see what everyone is thinking
  while they read. You also need to help members
  find information if they are having trouble. Use
  the following tools to help make sure the members
  of your team are catching the information Who,
  what, when, where, why, and how.
• Sports Reporter Summarizes The sports reporter
  has to take hours and hours of game events,
  choose the most important and most interesting
  events and share those in just the right way so
  anyone could understand what happened with each
  game. You need to quickly review what you just
  read and take out all the information that is not
  needed. Keep only the ideas that the author
  thinks are important. You may use the text
  features to help you decide what to keep.

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The Training TeamThe inner voice inside your head

• Police Predicts Police arrive at the scene and
  look around for clues to determine what happened.
  As the police, it is your job to be the first to
  look through the text to determine why you are
  reading, what genre you are going to read and
  what you already know about the topic. Your
  teams success relies on you giving the most
  information you can before you read. As you read,
  you will have to look back at your prediction and
  confirm or reject your thoughts.
• Court Clarifies The court system helps clarify
  the messages from two different people. Its your
  job as the court to call sidebars in order to
  help readers understand words and ideas that are
  confusing. You also help by adding information
  that an author did not include. Sometimes the
  court can use parts of the word to determine the
  meaning. Occasionally, clues on the page can help
  with meaning. Background knowledge and other
  sentences can also help.
• Detective Q Questions As Detective Q, you are
  always running the investigation. Its your job
  to keep your team members focused and on track.
  You need to check to see what everyone is
  thinking while they read. You also need to help
  members find information if they are having
  trouble. Use the following tools to help make
  sure the members of your team are detecting the
  information Who, what, when, where, why, and
  how.
• Suspect Summarizes The suspect has to take
  hours and hours of their daily events, choose the
  most important and most interesting events and
  share those in just the right way so anyone could
  understand what happened. You need to quickly
  review what you just read and take out all the
  information that is not needed. Keep only the
  ideas that the author thinks are important. You
  may use the text features to help you decide what
  to keep.