Routine · Fluency
Partner reading
Two students take turns reading the same text aloud, with the listener following and helping.
- Time
- 5 to 10 minutes
- Skill
- Fluency
- In a session plan
- Reading connected text
When to use it
In small groups, so every student reads aloud much more than they could in a round.
Materials
- One copy of the text per student
- A card with the partner jobs
Steps
Get ready
Pair students. Show the two jobs: reader and coach. The coach follows with a finger and helps only after a short wait.
I do
With one student, act out a turn. You are the coach: you wait, then give a hint like look at the vowel, and then tell the word if needed.
We do
Pairs read one page while you move between them, coaching the coaches.
You do
Pairs keep reading, switching jobs at each page or paragraph.
Student: Reads aloud, then coaches the partner.
Check
Listen to each pair for a minute. Ask each student to tell their partner one thing they read well.
If the student...
The coach jumps in with the word right away.
Pause the pair. Show a quiet count to three before helping, then have the reader try the word again with the coach waiting.
Tips
- Pair a slightly stronger reader with a slightly weaker one, not the strongest with the weakest.
- Have the stronger reader go first so the partner hears the text before reading it.
Original routines written by Literacy Trail. In the app, every routine is filled with your student's lesson.
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Have this routine filled in for every lesson
In Literacy Trail, the session plan picks a routine for each block and fills it with the words, sounds and sentence from your student's lesson. Every plan starts with a 15-day free trial.