Step 3:
Think aloud how to use the reasoning process to repair comprehension
Teacher:  Now, I think I know how to say the word.  I am going to aound the word out.  In-ver-te-brate. Now, I can pronounce the word but I am not sure what the word means.  So I am going to skip down to the next sentence and see if I can find the definition.  Oh, the definition says, "Animals that don't have a backbone."  It also gives me some examples like: sponges, jellyfish, worms, insects, and clams. So the definition says that invertebrates are animals without backbones and some examples are sponges, jellyfish, worms, insects, and clams. That makes sense to me!

For a video demonstration of this step, click here.
 


Back to reciprocal teaching home

Steps:  1    2     4   5   6   7    8    9    10