Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility Assessment
  • IRIS Center
Take survey and enter
to win $50 Amazon gift card!
  • Resources
    • IRIS Resource Locator
      Modules, case studies, activities, & more
    • Evidence-Based Practice Summaries
      Research annotations
    • High-Leverage Practices
      IRIS resources on HLPs
    • Films
      Portrayals of people with disabilities
    • Children's Books
      Portrayals of people with disabilities
    • Glossary
      Disability related terms
    • For PD Providers
      Sample PD activities, planning forms, & more
    • For Faculty
      Top tips, coursework planning, & more
    • Website Navigation Videos
      Getting around our Website & modules
    • New & Coming Soon
      Latest modules & resources
    • IRIS Archived Resources
      Modules, alignment tools, & more
  • PD Options
    • PD Certificates for Educators
      Our certificate, your PD hours
    • Log in to Your IRIS PD
    • For PD Providers
      Sample PD activities, planning forms, & more
    • IRIS+ School & District Platform
      A powerful tool for school leaders
  • Articles & Reports
    • Articles
      Articles about IRIS use & efficacy
    • Internal IRIS Reports
      Reports on IRIS use & accomplishments
    • External Evaluation Reports
      Evaluations of the IRIS Center
    • IRIS Stories
      Our resources, your stories
    • News & Events
      What, when, & where it's happening
  • Help
    • Help & Support
      Get the full benefit from our resources
    • Website Navigation Videos
      Getting around our Website & modules
  • PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2–6 (Archived)
Challenge
Initial Thoughts
Perspectives & Resources

What characteristics might Mrs. Nash look for in a reading approach?

  • 1: Overview of PALS
  • 2: The Benefits of PALS

What types of activities can Mrs. Nash use to increase her students’ reading skills?

  • 3: PALS Activities
  • 4: Partner Reading with Retell
  • 5: Paragraph Shrinking
  • 6: Prediction Relay

How can Mrs. Nash implement these activities?

  • 7: Pair Students
  • 8: Prepare Materials
  • 9: Train Students
  • 10: Implement with Class
  • 11: Assign Pairs to Teams

Resources

  • 12: References & Additional Resources
  • 13: Credits
Wrap Up
Assessment
Provide Feedback

PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2–6 (Archived)

Assessment

Take some time now to answer the following questions. Please note that the IRIS Center does not collect your Assessment responses. If this is a course assignment, you should turn them in to your professor using whatever method he or she requires. If you have trouble answering any of the questions, go back and review the Perspectives & Resources pages in this module.

  1. Teacher in front of classList five benefits of PALS.
  2. Name the three reading activities for PALS (Grades 2–6) and describe the reading skills targeted by each.
  3. Describe a typical PALS session. Be sure to discuss the roles of both the students and the teacher.
  4. Imagine that you are Ms. McVee, a sixth-grade teacher implementing PALS with a class of 29 students. Choose one of the two methods discussed in this module for moving students for partner reading. Explain why you chose this option.
  5. Again, imagine that you are Ms. McVee. Of your 29 students, three are absent. As a result, three students are without their regular partners. How would you ensure that each student could participate in your regularly scheduled PALS session?

 

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Back
Congratulations, you have completed this module!
 Provide Feedback
Join Our E-Newsletter Sign Up
  • Home
  • About IRIS
  • Sitemap
  • Web Accessibility
  • Glossary
  • Terms of Use
  • Careers at IRIS
  • Contact Us
Join Our E-Newsletter Sign Up

The IRIS Center Peabody College Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37203 [email protected]. The IRIS Center is funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Grant #H325E220001. The contents of this website do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Anna Macedonia.

Copyright 2025 Vanderbilt University. All rights reserved.

* For privacy policy information visit our Help & Support page.

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

  • Vanderbilt Peabody College
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.