Pause, Prompt, Praise

Diane Rose RTLB

Peer Tutoring of Reading using

What good readers do when they don’t know a

word..

• They look at the letters in the word

• They predict what the word is from the meaning of the story

• They use their past experiences to help them understand the story

• They match the language they hear to the language they read

A Tutoring Session1. Smile and be friendly

A Tutoring Session2. Introduce the book by looking

through it, talking about the pictures and about what is happening. Make predictions about what might happen

This builds understanding and interest

Praise• We should praise our partner

when they read a sentence correctly

• We should praise when they correct themselves after a mistake

• We should praise when they get a word correct after we have prompted them

Well done

Very good

Excellent

Wow

Awesome

Cool!

Choice Outstanding

Pause for 10 seconds or until they finish the sentence

When your partner makes a mistake…

Prompt with Letter cues

Focusing on what the word looks like

Target word: call

• Initial Sound• What does it start with? • Target sound “ C”

• Word building • Start with all• Add c to all to make call

• Extra• Now, word build: call, tall, ball, hall • call > calling, called, calls

• Ask them to read to the end of the sentence

• Tell them the meaning of the word

• Tell them a word that means the same

• Tell them a word that means the opposite

Prompt using meaning cues

Peer Tutoring Summary

For correct reading

We should praise whenthey read a sentence Correctly

We should praise whenthey correct themselves

after a mistake

We should praise when they get a word correct after we have

prompted them

For Problem reading

Pause

If the student says nothing

If the mistake does make

sense

If the mistake doesn't make

sense

We should prompt With Cues about

the meaningOf the story

We should prompt With Cues about

the way theWord looks

We should ask the student to read to the endof the sentence

or go back to the beginning again

If the word is not correctafter 2 prompts

Say the word is…

Peer Tutoring Summary

Finally…

Use your Reading Buddy Support

Checklist

Tutor: _____________________ Tutee: ____________________________

Checklist (Tick) Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5

Write the name of the book here

Smile and be friendly.Talk about the book you are going to read. Predict what might be going to happen in the story. Ask your partner to read the book.

Praise your partner when they read a sentence correctly or correct their mistake.When your partner makes a mistake wait until they finish the sentence or pause for 10 sec. Ask them to read to the end of the sentence.Prompt your partner with a question about the sounds or meaning of the words they do not know.

At the end of the book ask your partner some questions about the story and find out if they

enjoyed the book.

Help your partner with the work sheet.

Read your own library book to your tutee

Put one sticker on this page if you both worked

well today.

Sticker box

Peer Tutoring

The End