Reciprocal Teaching at Work

Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension

Lori D. Oczkus

“A practical and easy-to-follow guide for making reciprocal teaching work in a variety of classroom situations.”
— Dr. Timothy Rasinski, Professor of Literacy Education, Kent State University

Use this innovative teaching model to help your students construct meaning from text by integrating four reading comprehension strategies — predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing — into whole-class sessions, guided reading groups, and literature circles.

You’ll find an array of tools for using reciprocal teaching:

Practical lessons

Reproducible forms

Suggested resources

Student assessment options

Intervention ideas for struggling readers

And also available: A companion video (in VHS or DVD format) that shows you all the steps in action.

An IRA Book Club selection, October 2003

© 2003 | 224 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-87207-514-1 | ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-514-6

Also of interest:

Quality Comprehension

Comprehension Shouldn’t Be Silent

Reciprocal Teaching Strategies at Work video (available in VHS or DVD format)

Guided Comprehension

Guided Comprehension in the Primary Grades

Guided Comprehension in Action

Special savings:

Save when you purchase the Reciprocal Teaching book and VHS/DVD together.

Reciprocal Teaching video package — VHS

Reciprocal Teaching video package — DVD

Related ReadWriteThink.org lesson plans:

“Questioning: A Comprehension Strategy for Small-Group Guided Reading”