Paired Reading (2024)

FAQs

What are the tips for paired reading? ›

The second reader should pick up where the first reader stops. If additional practice is needed, the second reader can reread what the first reader read. Encourage pairs to ask each other about what was read. “What was your page about?

An inherent disadvantage of paired reading is that it requires a one-to-one reading relationship.

In this example, both students read aloud at the same time, unison. Both students do so, and repeat until one is confident enough to read aloud by themselves. The other, who sits quietly by, will read and listen at the same time and make corrections/help when needed.

In order to increase student fluency, readers need experience reading to and listening to other readers of all kinds. Specifically, lower-level readers benefit from strategies such as Paired Reading by listening to the reading of a higher-level reader.

Partner Reading improves fluency, reading rate, and word attack skills, and helps students monitor their own comprehension.

In this strategy, pupils are divided into pairs and read along together or take turns reading aloud to each other. Pairs can have the same reading ability or include a more fluent reader with a less fluent reader.

Read aloud together, not too quickly – try to make your speed the same as your child's. Your child reads fractionally behind the adult, or simultaneously if they can. 3. If your child makes a mistake, the adult says the correct word, the child repeats it and moves on.

The Neurological Impress Method involves the teacher and the student reading aloud simultaneously from the same book. The teacher reads slightly faster than the student to keep the reading fluent. The teacher usually sits next to the student and focuses his or her voice near the ear of the student.

Once you know that the passage you are reading has a pair, have read the questions that will follow, and made a note of which questions go with which passage(s), you should read Passage #1. After reading Passage #1, find the questions that only talk about that first passage.

Paired reading helps students work together, encourages cooperation and supports peer-assisted learning. It allows students to take turns reading and provide each other with feedback as a way to monitor comprehension.

Who invented paired reading? ›

It helps to improve their basic reading ability (i.e. the ability to read words quickly and accurately) and their ability to understand whatever is being read. The approach was first developed by Prof Keith Topping at Dundee University is used by schools across Scotland.

A respected national education research firm found that first- through third-grade students served by Reading Partners (and particularly English Language Learners) showed significantly greater improvement in their literacy skills than comparison students not served by the program.

Start by reading together at the same pace. If your child is reading too slowly or quickly, encourage them to mirror your pace. This might be a little tricky at first, but once you have tried it a few times you should both start to get into a good reading rhythm.

In a Connect Two activity, students think of any connections they want between any two of the new vocabulary words. They use the words on an analytical level, and make connections to them, before they encounter them in the new reading passage or the BrainPOP ELL movie.

Listen, empathize, and be patient. Truly listen to the student's concerns and encourage positive behavior. Don't take student behaviors personally. Just like adults, students have good days and bad days, and often test limits to make sure that their Reading Buddy won't give up on them.