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This document provides an overview of the Read, Pair, Share strategy for engaging English learners. It discusses what Read, Pair, Share is, the grade and language proficiency levels it works best for, the literacy skills it supports, and how to successfully implement it in the classroom in a step-by-step manner. The strategy involves partners reading texts together and answering questions after each paragraph to check comprehension. It supports oral language development, reading comprehension, and writing practice.

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Read Pair Share Audio-3

This document provides an overview of the Read, Pair, Share strategy for engaging English learners. It discusses what Read, Pair, Share is, the grade and language proficiency levels it works best for, the literacy skills it supports, and how to successfully implement it in the classroom in a step-by-step manner. The strategy involves partners reading texts together and answering questions after each paragraph to check comprehension. It supports oral language development, reading comprehension, and writing practice.

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Strategies For Reaching

& Engaging ELs


Read, Pair, Share: Working with a Partner to
Negotiate Meaning

Virtual PD Presenter: Cristina Robinette


Learning Outcomes for Read, Pair, Share
Questions That Will Be Addressed & Answered

What is Read, Pair, Share?

What grade level is this strategy most suited for?

Which language proficiency levels is this strategy best suited for?

What components of literacy does Read, Pair, Share support?

How can I successfully and effectively implement this strategy in my classroom?


What Do You
Already Know?!
Take a few seconds to reflect on the following…
Do you allow students to work collaboratively?
What holds you back from allowing group work?
What are the benefits of partner work?
What is Read, Pair, Share?

✓ Read, Pair, Share is similar to Think, Pair, Share!

✓ Partners read together, stopping after each


paragraph to answer “who, what, where, when, and
how” questions.

✓ If students get confused or stuck when answering


questions, they simply go back to the paragraph!

(Herrell & Jordan, 2015)


What Grade Levels Benefit from
Read, Pair, Share?

9th-12th Grade Subjects


• History
• Discussing author’s purpose
• Science
• Reading and analyzing
informational texts. • Math / Finance

(Herrell & Jordan, 2015) • CTE Electives


Which Language Proficiency Levels
is Read, Pair, Share Appropriate For?

Level 3: Level 4: Level 5:


Developing Expanding Bridging
▪ Identify main ideas ▪ Find details that ▪ Interact with text to
& details support main ideas retrieve information
▪ Answer questions ▪ Skim and scan for ▪ Trace central ideas and
using information information see how they develop
from the text
▪ Sequence events & ▪ Connect main ▪ Infer meaning better
events to
summarize ▪ Organize information
conclusions

(WIDA, 2020)
What Components of Literacy
Does Read, Pair, Share Support?
Oral Reading Writing Assessment
Verbal and social Multiple
Questions provide Teachers can easily
interactions help opportunities to
a sense of purpose evaluate what the
language practice writing
when reading student knows
development skills

Students feel more Read and reread


Questions support Assessment for
comfortable complex text with
student thinking learning
sharing ideas support

ELs can hear and Enhances deeper Students see Provides evidence
practice content understanding of writing as a bridge to help monitor
specific language text to reading student growth
(Fenner & Snyder, 2017)
How to Apply
Read, Pair, Share
SUCCESSFULLY!
What Do I Need?

Resources & Materials


❑ Informational or Narrative text

❑ Who, What, When, Where, and How questions

❑ Highlighters (optional)

❑ Bilingual dictionaries (depending on language proficiency level)


Step-by-Step Implementation
1. Introduction
○ Explain the who, what, when, where, and how questions

2. Model the Strategy


○ Model with a partner
○ Model with a paragraph
○ Model silent reading
○ Model with questions

3. Model Partner Work


○ Model how students will work together to answer questions
(Herrell & Jordan 2015)
Step-by-Step Implementation
4. Model Question Modification
○ Show students how to adjust questions based on the information in the text.

5. Pair Students
○ Pair EL students with a strong English model
○ Provide enough time for students to move through text and questions

6. Whole Group Discussion


○ Share process and findings
○ Share any modifications made to questions

7. Assess & Guide


○ Teacher is circulating and guiding students
○ Assess choices in pairs and level of text
(Herrell & Jordan 2015)
Let’s Practice!
▪ Take a few moments and read the following paragraph from a Live Science article entitled
“How Will Astronauts Poop on the Moon?”

▪ Then, look at some of the sample Who, What, Where, When, and How questions below.

1. Who are the people


mentioned in the paragraph?

2. What are the people doing in


the paragraph?
Example Worksheet
Final Thoughts
Additional Resources
× ESL Teaching Demo Video on Read, Pair, Share

× Step-by-Step Lesson Implementation

× Video on Read, Pair, Share Questions

× Read, Write, Pair, Share Strategy

× Templates on Canva

× WIDA Can-Do-Descriptors
Thank You!

Thank you for attending this


virtual PD! If you have any
additional questions, please
feel free to contact me!

[email protected]

We can schedule a Zoom,


Loom, Google meets –
whatever works best for you!
Works Cited
Fenner, D. S. & Snyder, S. (2017). Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making
Content Accessible. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.ISBN-13: 978-1506352770

Herrell, A. L. & Jordan, M. (2015). 50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners (5th ed.).
Boston, MA: Pearson. ISBN-13: 978-0133802450

University of Wisconsin-Madison. (2020). WIDA: Can Do Descriptors. Retrieved from


https://wida.wisc.edu/teach/can-do/descriptors

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