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Reciprocal
Teaching: Tropical Herpefauna
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Subject
Area
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Science - Grades 6 -
8
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FCAT
Connection
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Materials
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The following materials are
need for this lesson
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Procedures
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- Explain Reciprocal
Teaching and the five strategies used in Reciprocal
Teaching.
Predicting,
Clarifying, Questioning, Visualizing, and
Summarizing
- Distribute Student
Scripts, Student Task Cards, and Bookmarks and explain
how each is used.
- Distribute copies of
"Tropical Herpefauna. . . Tropical What?" by Lori
Bruckeim
- Remind students that
they are to highlight any word or idea that they do not
understand or any part that will be a good teacher-like
question.
- Remind students to use
their bookmarks as guides.
- Ask Teacher/Leader #1 to
begin.
- After Teacher/Leader #5
has completed his/her part, distribute Reciprocal
Teaching Student Group Worksheet for groups to
complete.
- After student groups
have completed the Group Worksheet, elicit, share, and
discuss group responses.
- Ask for volunteers from
the groups to help summarize the entire story on the
overhead or chalkboard.
This story about
________________ begins with ________________, discusses
how ________________, and ends with
________________.
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Assessment
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Group Worksheet
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Reciprocal
Reading: Tropical Herpefauna
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Student Script:
Teacher/Leader #1
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SAY:
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Please highlight any word or
phrase that you do not understand as I read this part of the
lesson.
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READ:
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The following part of the
lesson to the class:
Herpefauna (commonly referred to as herps) is
the collective name given to reptiles and amphibians.
Perhaps because of scary rumors or just plain curiosity,
these creatures fascinate most people. When we explore
the world of tropical herps, we find that individual
species possess unusual survival adaptations.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting
Card #1? Was your prediction correct?
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SAY:
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Who has Clarifying
Card #1? Is there a word or phrase that you did not
understand? (If there is more that one word, clarify one
word at a time.)
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
clarifying question?
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SAY:
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Who has Visualizing Card
#1? Please tell what picture came to your mind when I
read this part of the lesson.
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SAY:
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Who has Questioning
Card #1? Please ask a Teacher-like Question.
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
Teacher-like Question?
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SAY:
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Who has Summary Card
#1? Please summarize this part of the lesson in one
sentence.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting Card
#2? What do you think is going to happen in the next
part of the lesson?
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TOP
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Reciprocal
Reading: Tropical Herpefauna
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Student Script:
Teacher/Leader #2
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SAY:
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Please highlight any word or
phrase that you do not understand as I read this part of the
lesson.
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READ:
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The following part of the
lesson to the class:
Did you ever think that a frog could eat
other frogs or mice? The Brazilian horned frog (or Ornate
horned Frog) has a huge mouth which accommodates its
large-sized diet of small rats or mice, and has earned
the nickname, "Pac Man." This frog quickly grabs any
potential prey that passes by, kills it immediately with
its powerful jaws, and then swallows it.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting
Card #2? Was your prediction correct?
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SAY:
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Who has Clarifying
Card #2? Is there a word or phrase that you did not
understand?
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
clarifying question?
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SAY:
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Who has Visualizing Card
#2? Please tell what picture came to your mind when I
read this part of the lesson.
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SAY:
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Who has Questioning
Card #2? Please ask a Teacher-like Question.
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
Teacher-like Question?
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SAY:
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Who has Summary Card
#2? Please summarize this part of the lesson in one
sentence.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting Card
#3? What do you think is going to happen in the next
part of the essay?
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TOP
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Reciprocal
Reading: Tropical Herpefauna
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Student Script:
Teacher/Leader #3
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SAY:
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Please highlight any word or
phrase that you do not understand as I read this part of the
lesson.
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READ:
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The following part of the
lesson to the class:
The Green and Black Dart-Poison frog is
another interesting frog found in South America. These
small, colorful frogs actually hatch their eggs inside
bromeliads. Their skin contains numerous glands which
secrete poisonous substances, and its vivid coloration
serves as a warning to potential predators. So powerful
is this poison that Indians use it on their arrows to
hunt prey.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting
Card #3? Was your prediction correct?
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SAY:
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Who has Clarifying
Card #3? Is there a word or phrase that you did not
understand?
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
clarifying question?
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SAY:
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Who has Visualizing Card
#3? Please tell what picture came to your mind when I
read this part of the lesson.
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SAY:
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Who has Questioning
Card #3? Please ask a Teacher-like Question.
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
Teacher-like Question?
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SAY:
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Who has Summary Card
#3? Please summarize this part of the lesson in one
sentence..
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting Card
#4? What do you think is going to happen in the next
part of the essay?
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TOP
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Reciprocal
Teaching: Tropical Herpefauna
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Student Script:
Teacher/Leader #4
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SAY:
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Please highlight any word or
phrase that you do not understand as I read this part of the
lesson.
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READ:
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The following part of the
lesson to the class:
Tropical rain forests are also home to a
variety of diverse and unique reptiles. Many use their
camouflage coloration to assist in avoiding predators and
acquiring prey. The emerald tree boa, found in the
Amazon, is bright green with numerous white crossbands on
its back and a yellow belly. This adaptive coloration
enables the snake to hide in the trees. Once the boa has
seized its prey (mainly birds and lizards), it constricts
using its powerful muscles.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting
Card #4? Was your prediction correct?
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SAY:
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Who has Clarifying
Card #4? Is there a word or phrase that you did not
understand?
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
clarifying question?
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SAY:
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Who has Visualizing Card
#4? Please tell what picture came to your mind when I
read this part of the lesson.
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SAY:
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Who has Questioning
Card #4? Please ask a Teacher-like Question.
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
Teacher-like Question?
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SAY:
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Who has Summary Card
#4? Please summarize this part of the lesson in one
sentence.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting Card
#5? What do you think is going to happen in the next
part of the lesson?
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TOP
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Reciprocal
Teaching: Tropical Herpefauna
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Student Script:
Teacher/Leader #5
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SAY:
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Please highlight any word or
phrase that you do not understand as I read this part of the
lesson.
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READ:
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The following part of the
lesson to the class:
Chameleons, which are found in India, Africa,
and Madagascar, have several unique characteristics
including: prehensile tails; gripping toes; independently
movable eyes; long, fast, sticky tongues; and the ability
to camouflage when necessary. These adaptive traits
enable these lizards to be successful in their own
environments.
As tropical habitats dwindle at an increasingly
rapid rate, herps struggle for survival. We can help them
through knowledgeable conservation efforts.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting
Card #5? Was your prediction correct?
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SAY:
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Who has Clarifying
Card #5? Is there a word or phrase that you did not
understand?
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
clarifying question?
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SAY:
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Who has Visualizing Card
#5? Please tell what picture came to your mind when I
read this part of the lesson.
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SAY:
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Who has Questioning
Card #5? Please ask a Teacher-like Question.
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SAY:
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Does anyone else have a
Teacher-like Question?
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SAY:
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Who has Summary Card
#5? Please summarize this part of the lesson in one
sentence.
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SAY:
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Who has Predicting Card
#5? What do you think is going to happen
next?
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TOP