Comprehension Literature Circles Reciprocal Teaching Job Sheets

Item description

Literature circles job sheets for
comprehension includes lesson on reciprocal teaching strategy and how to
perform each of the four roles.

NOTE:
To use the projectable lesson materials, you MUST HAVE PowerPoint on your
machine.

In
this zipped file, you will receive:

• A
  projectable, non-editable PowerPoint to assist in delivering the lessons
  required to teach this strategy (all lesson materials can also be printed
  if you’re unable to project or prefer having hard copies for your
  students)
• 4
  Collaborator’s Task Cards
• 4 anchor
  charts, one for each role (black and white and color border options for 8
  total pages here)
• 8 completed
  example job sheets (each text has four job sheets, one for each role)
• 2 sample
  texts, one provided from the public domain (fiction) and the other linked
  (nonfiction) – these are for teaching the lessons and match the example
  job sheets
• Notes to the
  teacher for lesson prep and delivery

With
this resource, you will be able to take your students through direct
instruction of the reciprocal teaching strategy with short, included sample
texts and completed example job sheets. Then you have everything you need
(anchor charts, collaborator task cards, blank job sheet templates) to continue
using reciprocal teaching as often as you like, with any text of your choosing.

So
students begin with receiving direct instruction using the examples (8
completed job sheets) for the two included sample texts. Then, as guided
practice, they get four short texts (not included—you will choose them) to work
with in a small group of four collaborators where they rotate through all four
roles. There are some included tips and links for finding short,
grade-appropriate texts.

In
a 45-50 minute class period, I usually set aside a whole week for introduction
and guided practice of this strategy. After that, it will be up to you to
decide if your kids are ready for a longer text to work with or if you think
they need more scaffolding with this strategy. Generally, I find this
introductory week is enough to get students at least semi-independent with
reciprocal teaching. As the year progresses and they use the technique more,
their proficiency increases. It does take time, but if you stick with it and
engage them in reciprocal teaching regularly, I think you’ll be pleased with
the results. This is a really powerful strategy supported by research, and
although it’s a bit of a long game, you will see it pay off for your students
if you keep after it and use it regularly.