PEER for Parents by Amber Wayne

What is PEER?

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Why PEER?

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P for Prompt

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E for Evaluate

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E for Expand

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R for Repeat

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PEER in the Classroom

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Additional Resources

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PEER is a type of dialogic reading approach. This means that it involves dialogue between parent and child that is based on a story. When using this approach, it is crucial that the book being used has been read more than once to ensure that everyone understands the plot and details of the story. This approach involves a short conversation between adult and child where the goal is to let the child be the teller of the story.

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With so many different approaches and styles of reading, it can be overwhelming to decide which one is the best for your family. The PEER strategy helps children build their language skills since they are the ones in charge of telling the story. This increases their knowledge of vocabulary, as well as their ability to recognize words. It may seem like this is a really hard program to implement, but it is just as simple as having a conversation with your little one about their favorite story!

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The first part of PEER is the prompt. A prompt is the beginning of the discussion with the child. A good prompt encourages the child to say something about the book.

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"What do you see in this picture?

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Do you remember what happened to...

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I think I see a....do you see a...?

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After you prompt the child, you need to evaluate their response. A good evaluation validates to the child that what they are saying is correct. If the response to the prompt was incorrect, a good evaluation explains to the child what the right answer is and asks for thinking of how they got to the answer that they provided.

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That's right!

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I heard you say...that is not quite right so tell me why you think that is the answer?

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Great job telling me that...you are correct!

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PEER in Action

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PEER in the World

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Once the child realizes that the response that they provided was correct or what the correct response should be, the adult needs to expand on that. For the best expansion, you first need to rephrase what the child said and then add additional information to it.

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I heard you say...

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In the story...which means that the characters are...

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When you said...I was thinking...

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It is important to remember that skills used in PEER does not need to remain only within the pages of the book.

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While shopping at the grocery store, enough children to read the signs on the shelves and engage in a conversation about the different types of products.

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While driving, reading road signs can be a great way to start a conversation about the area you live in.

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https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/early-literacy-development/articles/dialogic-reading-effective-way-read-aloud-young-children

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You don't even need a book to use the PEER method! Encourage your child to make up stories and then use the aspects of PEER to engage with them and deepen their knowledge of the story they are telling.

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PEER or dialogic reading is helpful for students of all ages

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For developing readers, the prompts may be focused more on things that are presented in the illustrations for more of a literal interpretation of events in the story.

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For reading students, prompts may be a little more open ended asking for students to use context clues to interpret the intention of the story.

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For older students, prompts will be based on hypothetical instances and will involve in depth thinking to extend their knowledge of the story and purpose that the author is trying to tell.

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To finish up the conversation, it is important to revisit the prompt to ensure understanding. When the prompt is repeated, the child is able to repeat their answer to ensure that the point of the prompt did not get lost along the way.

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Can you say...?

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When the character said...I thought...

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What was that new word we talked about?

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