1. Students can help each other learn to read!
Reading Partners
Students can help each other learn to read!

2. The Challenge Variety of instructional levels
Increase time spent in active response
Frequent, individualized feedback

3. Class Wide Peer Tutoring
Students must be personally responsible for learning the material assigned and for helping one another.
Students must be trained in building positive relationships and in conflict resolution.

4. Class Wide Peer Tutoring
Academic tasks should be clearly defined and explicitly explained.
Students should alternate the role of tutor and tutee whenever possible.
Teacher is a facilitator and manager of the learning process.

5. Benefits of CWPT
Increased learning
Social growth

6. Considerations What skills do your students need to practice? Accuracy
Fluency
What size groups will work best?

7. Considerations Social skill level of class Size of class
Skill range of students (pretest)

8. Training Your Students
Appropriate praise statements, prompting
Staying on task
Procedures for charting and testing

9. Training Your Students
Making folders
Locating and returning materials to designated place
Transitions to and from regular class sessions

10. Assessing Progress Teacher retesting, recycling of words
Setting goals with students
Reporting to parents

11. Maintenance and Generalization
Reinforcement systems
Using skills in other classes or courses

12. Materials
Folders
Words

13. Daily Sessions
Tutor huddle
Practice
Testing
Charting

14. Administration
Reward system
Replacement system
Review

15. At Work
Michael and Jeffery
Toni and Tony

16. At Work
Calvin and William
Joseph and Trey

17. Reading Partners Eric, Jeffery, and Michael
Toni, Tony, Jeffery, and Calvin

18. Reading Partners
William, Joseph, and Michael