If you're teaching the comprehension strategies of Questioning, Clarifying, Summarizing and Predicting in the framework of Reciprocal Teaching, you need this form. I created it to quickly assess and see if my students were "getting it"...understanding the text at higher levels. This informal formative assessment can be used with any text (fiction or nonfiction) or portion of text. I would print articles from Time for Kids or photocopy one page from a children's picture or chapter book to accompany this assessment. Use of this form in your instructional practices is a great opportunity to provide feedback to students so they know what to do to improve their comprehension learning. This sheet can also be used as teaching tool prior to the assessment.
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Jen Jones
www.helloliteracy.blogspot.com
I like that this can be used for any text, wasn't totally sure what you meant by use a GIST statement, but figured you meant to write the gist for the article - Maybe clarify that in the directions :)
I like this! I might even use this format but add some other reading strategies so I can expand its use to more than just formative assessments.Overall, it's great!
November 3, 2012
amyellis
Great assessment- will use during small group instruction too. Love that it makes the students think and go through the different strategies while reading.
October 30, 2012
jillstanden
I love using this with my reading groups!
October 29, 2012
Dana Camp-Farber
Would like a little more guidance on how to use the form. All of the forms that I have downloaded from you have helped make RTI easier.
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Jen: I love this Reciprocal teaching assessment form...one question (maybe I'm having a brain freeze)..Under summarizing it says to write a GIST statement....what does the acronym mean?
Hi! Sorry for the delay in answering this question....GIST is not an acronym just a turn used when talking about main idea...you'll hear people use the term in conversation when speaking about "getting the gist of the story, or what not" or "you get the gist" -- GIST or gist statements are a main idea reading skill found on websites like Read.Write.Think. You can also give students a 20 word limit before giving them a 10 word limit. Regardless, this strategy practice activity forces students to choose those 10 words very carefully using only 10 words to tell the most summarizing information.