2. Why is Reciprocal Teaching important for students to learn? Reciprocal Teaching introduces students to a way of deeply comprehending any text they come across. It will also instigate better communication skills during discussions among group members.
3. Strategies and Processes of Reciprocal Teaching Predicting Generate Questions Clarifying Summarizing
4. Predicting Before you begin to read the selection, make internal predictions using chapter headings, subheadings, illustrations, and other text features to predict what the reading will be about. Prediction sets a purpose to see if the prediction is accurate.
5. Generating Questions Read a small selection of the text and form questions to be answered by group members. In forming the questions, it is important to rely on the information provided by the author or your own background information. It is important to move beyond the literal to the interpretive. Have at least one open-ended question that discusses theme or character motivations.
6. Clarifying Learners are provided with an opportunity to stop and clarify anything they may not fully understand. Discuss, help, and share ideas with group members. Take charge of finding information. Assume responsibility for clarifying information for each other through an active exchange of ideas. Use this time to utilize resources such as Dictionaries Glossaries Encyclopedias
7. Summarizing Opportunities to practice summarizing out loud and to hear the attempts and contributions of other group members will be afforded. Do not summarize by simply restating the main ideas found in the text.
