stated that mini-lessons lend themselves nicely to the "direct and explicit
instruction shown to improve reading comprehension for low achieving readers. He explained
that mini lessons worked well when they were planned ahead of time and included the following
components:
1. Partner reading and retelling - students read for five minutes each, learned strategies to
help their partner correct word recognition errors, and retold the most important
information they had read in the order that it occurred in the text.