Reading Dialogue - Reciprocal Reading Program

Aims

Reading Dialogue is a structured approach to teaching reading strategies (questioning, clarifying, summarising and predicting) that children can use to improve their reading comprehension. The aim is to help teachers to actively teach understanding when reading.

It is therefore an interactive teaching strategy in which both teacher and student assume the role of teacher.

Central to the program is that students think of their own questions to discuss with their peers. This helps them to check their own understanding of what they have encountered.

At the end of this course teachers will have more understanding how to actively teach reading. Staff members supporting intervention groups, will be able to use their time effectively and have the ability to actively teach reading.

Reading Dialogue will help children who;

Can read but struggle to understand

Can't explain their understanding to others

Read very slowly because they are focusing on accurate decoding so never get the flow of the text nor grasp its meaning

Only read for plot events not the details within the writing

Lack confidence when reading new or unfamiliar texts

Have impaired understanding through a limited understanding of vocabulary

Read text avidly but never question the meaning of words or what they have just read

Overview

This course will explore the approach to reciprocal reading. It will provide resources that develop dialogic talk, questioning, cooperation, glossary work and comprehension and will set your pupils for success.

This two-part series covers;

Session 1: The theory and practice of reading dialogue   

Session 2: In-depth look at the program with practical resources and discussion of implementation 

Quote

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader” Margaret Fuller