Tea Party
Literacy Strategy
Tea Party in the Classroom
- Teacher will make cards or sentence strips with experts from book or story the class is working on
- Students individually practice reading the sentence strip/card they have selected
- Students circulate around the room for 10- 15 minutes, finding someone to read their sentence to
- Each student reads their sentence to their partner, then finds another
- The whole class comes back together and discusses what they have learned
Why Have a Tea Party?
- Helps student make predictions in prereading
- Encourages postreading reflection
- Allows for vocabulary practice
- Better comprehension of BIG ideas
- Practice reading aloud
When to Have a Tea Party!
- To introduce a lesson or unit
- Wrap up a lesson or unit
- When scaffolding is needed
- When students need to build background knowledge