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¾ Word Out Loud
Students are given a list of new or difficult words used in the story; they must learn to read these words correctly in any order without hesitating or
stumbling. Students practice these word lists with their partner or other teammates until they can read the words smoothly.
¾ Word Meaning
Students are given a list of new or difficult words that are new in their speaking vocabularies and asked them to look up them up in the dictionary.
¾ Story Retell
After reading the story and discussing it in their reading groups, students summarize the main points of the story to their partner.
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Spelling
Students evaluate one another on a list of spelling words each week and then over the course of the week students help one another master the list. The
students use a “disappearing list” strategy, in which they make new lists of missed words after each assessment until the list disappear. Then they go back to the full
list, repeating the process until no words are missed.
4. Partner Checking
As the students complete each of these activities, their partner checks what they have achieved. The teacher gives students expectation as to the number of
23 activities to be completed, but they can go at their own rate and complete the
activities earlier if they wish, creating additional time for independent reading.
5. Tests
At the end of three class periods, students are given a comprehension test on the story. Students are asked to write meaningful sentences for each vocabulary
word and asked to read the word list aloud to the teacher. In the test the students are not allowed to help each other.
6. Direct Instruction in Reading Comprehension
Once a week, the students will receive direct instruction in specific reading comprehension skills, like identifying main ideas, understanding causal relations,
and making inferences. The students work on reading comprehension after each lesson. First, the students gain consensus on one set of worksheet items and then
assessing one another and discuss the problems that appeared.
7. Integrated Language Arts and Writing
This activity is emphasized on the writing process, and language mechanics skills are introduced as specific aids to writing rather than as separate
topics.
8. Independent Reading and Book Reports
Students are asked to read a trade book of their choice for at least twenty minutes every evening. Independent reading and book reports replace all other
homework in reading and language arts. The students will get bonus in this activity as the team points.
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B. Theoretical Framework
Teaching reading is not an easy thing to do, especially for children. Moyle 1972: 21-25 states that reading is above all to do with the language, because in
reading the readers meet all the components of the language such as vocabulary, grammar, and even pronunciation. Moreover, Wallace states that 2003: 4 one of
the difficulties which young children may have is the ability to understand what they read, as they still have limited knowledge of English, especially vocabulary
mastery. If teachers wish their children to read with understanding, the children need to see a purpose in reading and gain enjoyment from reading from the
earliest moment of instruction. One of the methods in teaching reading for children that might be used to
motivate the students in reading lesson is Cooperative Integrated Reading Composition CIRC. In this study, the writer would like to implement CIRC
through a set of reading instructional materials using CIRC to teach reading to the fifth grade students. Therefore, CIRC will be the base theory that underlies the
study. Based on Slavin 1995: 7, CIRC is comprehensive program for teaching
reading in the upper elementary level and middle grades. In the implementation of CIRC, the students will work in pairs from two or more different reading levels.
Besides, in CIRC activities, the students will work in their cooperative teams, which are coordinated within with reading groups’ instruction, in order to meet
the objectives in such areas as reading comprehension, vocabulary, decoding, and spelling. Furthermore, in teaching reading using CIRC, the students will have
