1) Paired reading is a technique where students read together in pairs to boost reading comprehension. It involves setting up partnerships, choosing appropriate books, giving mini-lessons on reading strategies, and having students read together with the teacher monitoring and providing support. 2) When implementing paired reading, teachers should consider how to pair students, select texts, provide mini-lessons on strategies like sounding out words, skipping words and returning to them, and making connections. 3) Data from a study showed that students' reading levels increased after participating in paired reading sessions, as measured by a standardized reading test.

1. Boost Comprehension with Paired Reading
Stephanie Haddock & Elizabeth Swaggerty
East Carolina University
North Carolina Reading Association Conference
March 2014

3. Background

6. THEORY
The
Heavy
Stuff
Theory

7. Implementing Paired Reading
1. Set the Stage
Pairing Students
Choosing Books
2. Mini-Lessons
Think Aloud
Review previous strategies
3. Read with Partners
Teacher Role: Monitor and dip in
Student Role: Assist partners, read together
4. Closure

8. Setting the Stage

9. Pairing Considerations

10. Text Considerations

11. Mini-Lessons
Mini-Lesson 1: Sound it Out!
Mini-Lesson 2: What Part Do You Know?
Mini-Lesson 3: Does the Word Make Sense?
Mini-Lesson 4: Look At the Picture!
Mini-Lesson 5: Skip the Word and Go Back!
Mini-Lesson 6: Make a Connection

12. Read with a
Partner

13. Closure

14. Share

15. Results
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Pre-Test Post-Test
Reading Levels Based on Reading 3D Scores
Reading Levels

17. Elizabeth Swaggerty swaggertye@ecu.edu
Stephanie Haddock haddocks@students.ecu.edu
College of Education
Masters in Reading Education Program