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Shira Lubliner: Okay,
could I have group one,

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please, come up to the table.

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Narrator: At Frank
Love Elementary School,

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reading expert Shira Lubliner
shows off a technique called

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Reciprocal Teaching
that's designed

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to improve reading
comprehension.

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Lubliner: Tap-tap, tap-tap.

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A sea otter lies on
her back in the water.

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Narrator: The goal of Reciprocal
Teaching is to prepare students

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to run their own discussion,
taking turns as leaders.

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But first, Ms. Lubliner
shows them how

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to guide a conversation
about a book.

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Lubliner: See, my first job is
to ask a question, and I'm going

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to try and ask an
important main-idea question

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that starts with
a question word.

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Let's see.

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What does the sea otter
do to prepare lunch?

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Louisa Moats: There is no
replacement for a teacher

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who can generate a good
discussion and get kids

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to really ponder what they
have read, and the whys

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and wherefores, and
connect those meanings

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to their own lives.

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Lubliner: I'm going to
predict that we're going

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to learn some more about
what sea otters eat.

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Narrator: Now it's
time for the kids

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to lead their own discussion

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with a little help
from Ms. Lubliner.

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The kids begin with the first

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of four clear steps:
Asking a question.

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Student: What do sea otters
have to be careful of?

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Narrator: The next step
is clarifying the meaning

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of unfamiliar words.

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Student: Prefer.

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Student: It means like
somebody likes something better

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than they like something else.

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Student: Afloat.

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Jessie. Jessie: Afloat means
a little bit above the water.

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And they're floating
on the water,

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not just under it or over it.

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Narrator: The next phase

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of Reciprocal Teaching
is summarizing,

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finding the main idea.

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Student: Sea otters have a
lot of enemies, so they have

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to be careful of eagles, white -- I
mean -- sharks, and fishermen.

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Narrator: The final
step is prediction.

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Student: I predict that
we're going to learn more

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about otters in this story.

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Narrator: Reciprocal Teaching
promotes a give-and-take

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between teachers and students

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that achieves the
ultimate purpose

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of reading -- finding
the meaning.

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Narrator: The Reading Rocket
Series is a production of WETA.

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