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Partner Reading is s a form of peer tutoring. It is an instructional routine that improves reading accuracy and comprehension for both more competent and less competent readers.
Citation: The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. (2018). Partner reading: An evidence-based practice. Teacher’s guide. Austin, TX: Author.
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Partner Reading
Activity that helps students build reading fluency through repeated oral reading. Taken from Effective Instruction for Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices.
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Fluency: Partner Reading (Adapted)
Small-group lesson using partner, choral, and repeated reading to build fluency.
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Fluency: Partnering Students
Models step-by-step directions for using students' fluency data to pair them up for partner reading.
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Fluency: Partner Reading with Retell
Activity to build students' reading fluency and comprehension. Includes retell cue cards for use during partner reading.
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Fluency: Partner Reading with Comprehension Check
Lesson with simple comprehension questions to use during partner reading.
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Fluency: Error Correction Cards
Instructional tool that students can use during partner reading to support fluency. These cards give step-by-step directions for a student to use with a partner who misreads a word.
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Fluency: Text Reading Levels
Defines independent, instructional, and frustrational levels. Also describes how to calcluate a student's reading accuracy percentage.
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Fluency: Repeated Reading Record
Student log to record fluency data for three readings of the same text.
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How Do I Engage in Partner Reading With My Child?
Middle school students are expected to read and comprehend upper-level text. You might be wondering whether there are things you can do at home to improve your child’s reading skills. Partner reading is an easy way to do just that by providing your child with more reading practice!