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=**__Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension__**=

=__Synopsis of the book:__=

===“This book will show you how to use reciprocal teaching in a variety of classroom settings to enhance students’ reading comprehension. [Oczkus’] goal in this book is to share many practical lessons to make reciprocal teaching accessible and enjoyable for teachers and students as they work together to improve the students’ reading comprehension. The lessons in this book are geared toward 2-6; however, reciprocal teaching can be used successfully with K-8 students, so the lessons can be adapted for grade levels other than 2-6. In addition to lessons, [Oczkus will] share the various social contexts, or classroom settings, for using reciprocal teaching – whole-class sessions, guided reading groups, and literature circles. This book is designed to equip classroom teachers with this successful comprehension teaching technique so that, ultimately, it will enable teachers to improve their students’ reading comprehension skills and attitudes toward reading.” (page 7, Oczkus)=== ===“This book extends the successful research of those who have so generously shared their reciprocal teaching ideas. The chapters are organized in a practical manner to make it easy for you to implement this instructional method in your own classroom. In addition to the many chapter features described, each chapter contains ready-to-use reproducible forms that will help students with understanding both the reciprocal teaching strategies and the texts that they are reading. The goal of this book is to provide you with the practical, motivating tools that you need to improve the reading comprehension of all students by using reciprocal teaching strategies.” (page 12, Oczkus)=== ===“This book extends the successful research of those who have so generously shared their reciprocal teaching ideas. The chapters are organized in a practical manner to make it easy for you to implement this instructional method in your own classroom. In addition to the many chapter features described, each chapter contains ready-to-use reproducible forms that will help students with understanding both the reciprocal teaching strategies and the texts that they are reading. The goal of this book is to provide you with the practical, motivating tools that you need to improve the reading comprehension of all students by using reciprocal teaching strategies.” (page 12, Oczkus)=== = =