4 Square Reciprocal Teaching Virkeisha Palmer What is

4 -Square Reciprocal Teaching Virkeisha Palmer

What is 4 -S Reciprocal Teaching • A strategy where a dialogue process is taking place between the teacher, student, and the text. • It provides an opportunity to predict, question, clarify, and summarizes (Robb, 43). • This strategy improves comprehension and can be used for any informational subject areas, such as science, history, or language arts. • It can be used for all age levels. However, the words should be adapted for younger learners, and possibly done orally.

How is the Strategy Used 1 -Look at any pictures provided and read the first and the last paragraphs aloud to the students. Determine the main ideas of those paragraphs. 2 -Ask the class what information do they feel will be covered in the remaining paragraphs. 3 - As the students respond aloud record their predictions in the square marked “predicting. ” 4 -Create groups where each student has their own paragraph within each group.

continued 4 -Create groups where each student has their own paragraph within each group. 5 – Students will read their assigned paragraph silently and fill in the remaining squares marked, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. 6 – After the groups are finished they will take turns, in order, as discussion leader for their section.

Predict What is your prediction for this passage? Question What quality questions are you going to ask your group? Clarify What words, phrases, or ideas do you or members of your group need to clarify Summarize Write your summary for this passage. Focus on “What does the author want me to know? ” or “What is this passage about?

Predict This passage will explain the origin of the Big Bang Theory. Clarify Primeval means early form. So A primeval atom is one Of the earliest atoms. Question Why does the BBT exist? This theory exists to explain why Distant galaxies are traveling Away from us at great speeds. It also predicts the existence Of cosmic background radiation Summarize The author wants us to know How the BBT became a theory And explain that theory to us.