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HOW TO TEACH READING

Mg Jessica Contreras A
missjessiquita@gmail.com
• Is reading a skill that I develop and
enhance in classes or is it an activity sts
do in classes?
• Do I prepare pre, while and post
activities when there is a reading in the
lesson?
• Do I teach them strategies to understand
the reading?
• Do I really TEACH them how to read
comprehensively?
Why do we read?
• To enlarge our vocabulary
• To learn from other’s experiences
• For getting new information
• For entertainment
• To improve my writing skills
Different purposes, different
readings
Reading subskills or
strategies
• Intensive reading
 getting the whole idea
 Usually done in the classroom

• Extensive reading
 Reading in detail (vocabulary)
 Usually away from the classroom
• Scanning or reading for specific
information
 To find an answer
 To find details
 To save time

• Skimming or reading for gist


 To get the main idea
 Overall understanding
LET’S READ TOGETHER!!!
How to prepare a reading
class
• Teach punctuation and intonation
• Tell them why they are reading this
and not that
• Teach them previously to highlight
and underline the important
information
• Always plan the pre reading activities
to engage them and facilitate their
comprehension
• Answer questions to check
comprehension without looking at the
text (paraphrasing)
• Make reading part of your monthly
lesson plan, prepare a reading class
once a month
Reading activities
• Predicting the end
• Inferring from a title
• Summarizing the text
• Evaluating and questioning what we
have read
• KWL chart:
 What we know
 What we want to know
 What we have learned
Reading principles
• Encourage sts to read as much and as
often as possible
• Sts need to be engaged to what they
are reading
• Prediction is a major factor in reading
as well as expectation, motivate them
presenting the book in an interesting
way
• Match the reading to
the general topic

• Consider their level and


time, challenge them

• Good teachers exploit reading texts to


the full
TODAY A READER…
TOMORROW A LEADER
Margareth Fuller
Mg Jessica Contreras
missjessiquita@gmail.com

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