Reciprocal Teaching Tutoring

ProjectBy: Dana Disteldorf

Reading Across the CurriculumDecember 12, 2011

Reader’s Background

StrengthsLikes a variety of topicsUnderstands principles of fluency with certain texts

PoemsReads with expression CreativeAble to navigate the webConnects to reading

Areas to ImproveUnderstanding reading as a process

Previewing: Predicting and Thinking about readingDecoding StrategiesComprehending and Summarizing

WritingLack of Confidence

Accommodations

Timeline of tutoring scheduleList of RulesGoals ChecklistReading fidget Fab 4 Cue CardsWeb JournalTutor as Scribe

Tutoring Goals

Preview

• Parts of a book• Predict

Reading

• Decode• Clarify• Ask questions

Summary

• Comprehension to summarize

My goal for this student was for him to be able to understand reading as a process. He saw reading as a task instead of as a process of learning.

Using the Fab 4 as well as introducing him to how to read a book, we set out to achieve these goals.

Planning Instruction

Text LessonsIntroducing Fab 4 in Stages with hand motions and cue cards Comprehension

Talking DrawingDecoding Strategies

Looking at pictures Stretching out soundsGoing back and rereading

Web LessonsUsing Fab 4 to read web

Writing in web journal Searching the internetPicking quality websites

Does this look like something you can read?

Bookmarking a website“Saving” the page

TerminologyNavigating, scrolling, link, click, etc.

Iowa

CORE Connections

IA.1.Employ the full range of research-based comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance, questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for comprehension.RI.3.5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

Content AreasEarth and Space

Understand and apply knowledge of weather and weather patterns. Weather is always changing and can be described by measurable quantities such as temperature, wind direction and speed and precipitation.Large masses of air with certain properties move across the surface of the earth. The movement and interaction of these air masses is used to forecast the weather.

TechnologyUse technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation.Access information for specific purposes, and assess the validity of the information source.

Assessment 1

Miscues: 6WCPM: 56 Grade Level Range: 50-110Percent of Accuracy: 90%

Fluency Score: 2.5• Not nervous• Rushed through errors, mumbling• No decoding • Skipped punctuation

Comprehension:• Lack sequence of story and details • Did not understand some key

vocabulary

The Nest

Level: 23

Instructional

Text LessonsAll About Fossils, Level 18How Animals Move, Level 20Worm Work, Level 19-20Trade Book: The Life of an Astronaut

The WormBy: Ralph Bergengren

“I didn’t like the taste a bit,

And so I didn’t swallow it.” Pointed out:• Swallow – chunk• Reread this section without a

prompt“But oh, it makes my

Mother squirmBecause she thinks I ate

that worm!”• Discussed worms FLUENCY

• Warm-Up Read: The Worm • Introduced theme• First Grade level

• Generally read too fast• Poem

• Musical tone of voice• Made him slow down

• Comprehension• Reacted to piece• Made sense• Self-monitored

Text Features

Table of ContentsGlossaryHeadingsListsCut-awayFacts pageIndex

The Student used the table of contents to look up where to answer his questionsUsed pictures (strong visual learner) to help clarify

Tea bag (Worm Work)

Talking Drawing

The Life of an AstronautTrade Book• Assessing Prior KnowledgeBefore Reading:

• 1) Astronaut putting flag on moon

• 2) Launching spaceship• 3) Astronaut jumping in

airAfter Reading:

• Added helmets• Talked about spaceship

launching process• Suits with “bathroom

spot” inside them

Monitoring Process• Utilized talking drawing as

a way to gather background knowledge about topic

• Summary strategy- main points of what was read

• Discussed strategies with cue cards to check comprehension

• Used terminology from previous lessons to see application/comprehension

• Asked questions• Drawings• Book

Assessment 2

A Famous Food: The History of

Pizza

Level: 23

Hard

Miscues: 9WCPM: 50 Grade Level Range: 50-110Percent Accuracy: 84%

Fluency Score: 2• Started reading too fast• Rushes through punctuation• Skipped apart and had trouble

finding his place again

Comprehension: • Knew bare minimum of what

happened• Remembered a pizza fact very

well• Had background knowledge that

helped him connect to text• Read “party” for the word partly

Web LessonsTopic: Water

Focus: Rains & FloodsWeb Site: Weather Wiz Kids

Internet InquiryWeb Background

Able to open browserGoogleYouTubeLinks (colors changed)Moved scroll bar to navigateAttempted to type correctly

Question: What makes the rain come down?

Key words: rain + weatherGood Websites:• Will that help us answer

our question?• Does this look like

something you can read?

Writing: Web Journal • Scaffold

writing information process

• Included visual area

• Picture prompts

RAFT Writing

Strategies Page

Assessment 3

Living in Singapore

Level: 23

Hard

Miscues: 7WCPM: 60 Grade Level Range: 50-110Percent Accuracy: 89%

Fluency Score: 1• Progress was hindered by lack of

focus

Comprehension: • Was not able to focus on

meaning of text• Only knew the name of the

character

Progress made: Previewing a text

PredictingText Features

Using features to help clarify Summarizing

Visuals: Talking Drawing

Next Steps: Build more strategies for decoding Practice writing by using a book journal Continue to practice Fab 4 focusing on:

Summarizing Clarifying (to enhance vocabulary)

Tutoring Summary