Chapter 2: Reciprocal Teaching in WholeClass Sessions

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Chapter 2 Reciprocal Teaching in Whole-Class
Sessions

• Introduction
• Silver City Elementary-EIP

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Reciprocal Teaching in Whole-Class Sessions

• What does it look like?
• Whole-group engaged
• Common literature
• Visuals
• Teacher-modeling strategies

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Reciprocal Teaching in Whole-Class Sessions

• What does it sound like?
• Common language
• Sharing and reflection
• Think-alouds (teacher-modeling)

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Reciprocal Teaching in Whole-Class Sessions

• What does it feel like?
• Sense of community
• Participation is equal for all students
• Engaging experience that is memorable

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Goals for Whole-Class Sessions

• Reciprocal teaching common language.
• Teach reciprocal teaching strategies frequently.
• Improvement in comprehension in grade-level
  material.
• Teach multiple strategies of comprehension.
• Provide a community with routines and procedures
  that reinforce these strategies in guided reading
  groups and literature circles.

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Whole-Class Session With Other Settings

• Guided Reading Groups
• Partners or Table Groups
• Literature Circles
• How it works
• 1. Whole-group Reciprocal Teaching lesson
• 2. Flexible grouping reinforce lesson on
  students ability level
• 3. Whole-group discussions for sharing and
  reflecting

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Foundations for Effective Whole-Class Sessions

• Scaffolding
• Think-Alouds
• Metacognition
• Cooperative Learning

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Assessment Options for Whole-Group Sessions

• Lead a class discussion on strategies with
  student participation
• Use the Literature Discussion Sheet for
  Reciprocal Teaching Assessment
• Listen for effective use of the four reciprocal
  teaching strategies

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Finally

• Avoid over doing whole-group sessions!
• (Recognize students needs for individual and
  small group instruction)