1. Reciprocal Reading

2. You will learn:
• What the 4 roles in
Reciprocal Reading
are.
• About the 4 strategies
covered in Reciprocal
Reading.
• How to become a very
good reader!!!

3. The Roles!
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A questioner
A clarifier
A predictor
A summariser
• There is also a group
leader or
• BIG BOSS

4. The Big Boss
• Decides who will do
each job.
• Tells the group what
to read.
• Invites each ‘worker’
to do their job after
reading each chunk.
• Makes sure everyone
is joining in.

5. The Questioner
• Ask questions which
will help the group to
understand what has
been read.
• Thinks of questions to
ask as they read the
text.
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Who…
What…
When…
Where…
Why…
How…
What if…

6. The Summariser
• Tell the group what you
have read in your own
words.
• Only tell the important
information, not the little
details.
• Keep it as short as you
can!
• It is a reminder of what
has been read so far.
• The most important ideas
are …
• The main idea is …
• This part was about …
• First, ….. Next, …. Then,
…
• This story takes place in
…
• The main characters are
…
• The problem of the story
is …

7. The Predictor
• Use what you have
read or clues from the
illustrations to help
figure out what the
group will learn or
what will happen in
the text.
• You can change your
predictions as you
read on!
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I think ….
I’ll bet…
I wonder if …
I imagine …
I suppose …
I predict …
I think this text will be
about…

8. The Clarifier
• You must clarify
whenever you:
• Read a word you don’t
understand.
• Find that sentence
doesn’t make sense.
• Are confused by what
you have read.
• Think about what you
did to help you
understand.
• Explain that to the
group and tell them
what you think it
means.

9. Things the clarifier can do:
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Stop and think about what you
have already read.
Reread.
Adjust your reading rate: slow
down or speed up.
Try and connect the text to
something you read in another
book, what you know about the
world, or to something you
have experienced.
Make visual images.
Reflect on what you have read.
Use print conventions (key
words, bold print, italicized
words, and punctuation).
• Look for little words
inside big words.
• Look for base or root
words, prefixes, or
suffixes.
• Look for a comma
following an unfamiliar
word. Sometimes the
author will give the
definition after the
comma.
• Keep reading to see if you
can get a sense of the
definition.

10. You will be using 4 reading
strategies:
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Predicting
Questioning
Clarifying
Summarising

11. These four strategies will help you
to become an excellent reader!
Just like him!