Reciprocal Teaching

         I learned about Reciprocal Teaching first in RED 3012, however when it was introduced in RED 4519 I realized I didn’t learn that much about it! We completed a KWL chart in class about guided reading and reciprocal teaching. I knew a ton about guided reading because I had to research it a lot in RED 3012 for my guided reading lesson plan. However, I really couldn’t even remember what reciprocal teaching was. I am a visual learner, so I learned a lot about reciprocal teaching from the video that Professor Behrens played in class. Reciprocal teaching is similar to guided reading, but the students take turns becoming the “teacher” or leader during reading sessions. They learn how to discuss books they read through the reading strategies: summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting. I think this would be really beneficial for students, they would be actively engaged, and it would deepen their comprehension.  In addition it would improve their discussion and communication skills. This would need a lot of teacher guidance and modeling before students will be successful at it. I think this would also be really beneficial for ELL students so they can work on communication skills but I do think they might have some difficulty with this exercise and will need extra modeling. (ESOL 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 4.1) (REC 1.F.5, 2.E, 2.F.2, 5.3, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8)