Reciprocal teaching refers to an instructional activity in which students become the teacher in small group sessions. Teachers model, then help students learn to guide discussions using four strategies:predicting, clarifying, questioning, and summarizing. (Effect Size .74)
Teachers must coach students through the process of student to student communication.
Reciprocal teaching is for any discipline.
Students should work in groups of four or five.
Students must do the questioning.
Example of Reciprocal Teaching:
Student groups make a PREDICTION about what they will be reading in a shared group PPT. Students must say why they made their prediction.
Student then scan but do not read explicitly to look for unfamiliar words and put these in to the PPT. Students work together to CLARIFY the meaning of the unfamiliar words.
Students read the assigned text and develop QUESTIONS: a "right there"question, a "between the lines" question, and a critical thinking question. Student groups exchange questions to answer.
Student come to consensus and work together to create a succinct SUMMARY. This could be tweeted to the teacher.
teachers create digital lesson plans, share it with students during class, and track individual progress.
Lessons are comprised of teacher-created slides that can include text, video, images, websites, questions, quizzes, polls, and assignments.
Students are able to follow the lesson on their own devices at their own pace or teachers can lead a synchronized session where students can follow the lesson in real-time
a few sample lesson plans that teachers can choose from
Powerpoint Shared or Powerpoint Recording
Access through the Office 365 App launcher
Students record their thinking as a group; using the 4 step close reading process
Teacher has a record of student thinking and discussion
Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.
Topics can be text-based or include a resource such as an image, video, Giphy, emoji, or attachment.
Responses can be 15 seconds to five minutes, and a maximum recording time can be set.
The CoPilot feature allows more than one teacher to be a grid moderator
Actively Learn is an online tool with a library of thousands of texts and Common Core-aligned lessons that both teachers and students can interact with in real-time.
Students can interact with a text by digitally highlighting and annotating, responding to embedded questions and content, and leaving feedback and comments for peers.
Actively Learn chunks text by breaking it up with embedded questions. Students cannot proceed until they answer the question
Audio, video, and drawing options add tons of opportunities for differentiation and reflection, enabling teachers to accommodate a variety of learning styles without a lot of extra effort
Teachers approve posts and can give Family access to the student portfolio
Works on any device
Can allow peer to peer feedback
Class Notebook
OneNote Class Notebooks have a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts, and a collaboration space for lessons and creative activities.
Class Notebook can be accessed through your Office 365 App launcher
https://nearpod.com/
Actively Learn
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