This document provides information about the Reading in Pairs educational program. It consists of three parts: 1) The program uses peer tutoring where students read with a classmate and also with a family member at home to improve reading comprehension and English skills. It aims to increase cooperation and promote family involvement. 2) The basic activities include preparing for reading, reading aloud together, asking comprehension questions, and expressive reading. Family members play a role in helping children with school tasks at home. 3) Advice is given to family tutors on choosing a quiet space, preparing activities, reading at a slight pace ahead, using a PPP method of prompting and praising, acknowledging when answers are unknown, and

2. INDEX
1.What is Reading in pairs?
2. Objectives
3.Basics
4. Programme description
5. Family role
6. Advices for the family tutor
Reading in
Pairs

3. Reading in
Pairs
1. What is Reading in Pairs?
- An educational programme promoted by “Grup de
Recerca sobre l’Aprenentatge entre Iguals” (GRAI) of UAB.
- It is based on peer tutoring: two non professional
individuals, who learn through a structured activity.
- The programme combines peer tutoring in class among
the students and also at home with a family member.
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4. - To improve reading comprehension and speaking in English.
- To increase the cooperation among the students.
- To promote the family involvement.
- To provide inclusive methodologies to the teachers.
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2. Objectives

5. A.
Peer tutoring
B.
Family
involvement
C.
Reading
comprehension
and speaking
D.
Teacher’s
network
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3. Basics

6. Previous activities
Exploration of hypothesis
Anticipation reading content
Activation previous knowledge
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Reading tutor
Reading together
Reading tutee (PPP)
Activities of
comprehension
Questions after reading
Expressive reading tutee
(extra activities))
(self-assessment every two weeks)
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4. Programme description
ACTIVITY SHEET
Summer Camp
Before reading...
Looking at the title, which is the topic the text deals with?
Do you think the text is a story or a comic? Why?
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7. Reading comprehension
1. Did you guess the answers of the questions “Before reading”?
2. How long will be the boy in the camp?
Underline in which season the camp will take place:
Winter summer autumn spring
3. How many characters are there in the comic? Say who they are.
4. Underline the adjectives in the text
5. Make a list with the things the boy prepared to go to the camp. Do you think he is really ready
to go to the camp? Why?
6. Have you ever been in a camp? Who usually prepare the things you need to go to the camp?
Who usually take you to the place of the appointment when you go to the camps?
7. Compare your situation with Eduard-Alexander’s situation.
8. Find an adjective for mother’s attitude and another for father’s attitude. In your case, can you
use the same adjectives? Why?
Complementary activities
Explain each other a school or summer camp.
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8. - Reading in Pairs gives families the possibility to help children at home
doing school tasks.
- The collaboration of a family member (parents, grandparents, brothers,
sisters, uncles, aunts...) in the knowledge process has a positive
influence in the academic results.
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5. Family role
Benefits for the student Benefits for the family
They improve:
o the reading comprehension and
speaking
o the relation with the family
member
They will:
o know the child as student
o be closer to the school tasks and
activities

9. 1. Pacteu amb el nen/a els dies i hores de les sessions.
2. Trieu un lloc tranquil, còmode, amb bona llum i amb poques coses que us distreguin.
3. Tracteu de viure la sessió no com un moment de deures i d’obligació, sinó com una
bona estona que passeu junts.
4. Prepareu-vos prèviament l’activitat. Penseu en les possibles dificultats que podrà
tenir el nen/a i la manera de solucionar-les. Feu sempre les activitats prèvies a la
lectura i procureu despertar la seva curiositat i interès per llegir el text.
5. Quan llegiu junts, procureu anar només una mica per davant d’ell/a. D’aquesta
manera marcareu la velocitat i l’entonació.
6. Quan llegeixi només el nen/a i vosaltres utilitzeu el mètode de lectura en parella PPP,
recordeu de donar-li temps perquè ell mateix trobi l’error. Amb les pistes, el mateix. I
acabeu sempre amb la P del Premi (donant ànims per continuar llegint).
7. El nen/a us pot preguntar coses que vosaltres no sapigueu. No passa res. Reconeixeu
que no ho sabeu i busqueu junts la resposta. Us pot ser útil tenir un diccionari
sempre a prop.
8. Després de les activitats de comprensió –que es faran de manera oral–, recordeu de
demanar al nen/a que faci la lectura expressiva i, sobretot, feu-lo adonar què cada
cop està llegint millor.
6. Advices for the family tutor
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