Building a Community

of Readers
in the New Normal

Why READING Matters

Rosalina Jaducana Villaneza, PhD

Chief, Teaching and Learning Division
DepEd - CO
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 What is Reading?
. . . a dynamic process in which the
reader interacts with the text to
construct meaning. Inherent in
constructing meaning is the reader’s
ability to activate prior knowledge,
use reading strategies, and adapt
to the reading situation.
 Why READING Matters ……

Reading isn’t just about literacy; it’s far

more than that. Reading changes the
way our brains work, how we relate to
and communicate with other people,
and how we understand the world.
 Why READING Matters ……

1. Reading is the most important subject in school.

A child needs reading in order to master
most of the other subjects.

2. A child spends 900 hours a year in school

and 7,800 hours at home.
 Why READING Matters ……

A child’s success or failure in school begins

with their earliest literacy experiences at home.
But is not solely up to the parents to provide
these rich experiences.
As it has been said, ”It takes a village to
raise a child.” All those with vested interest in a
child’s success must take responsibility for that
child’s success in school – families, teachers,
school heads.
Jacqueline Kenney
 Why READING Matters ……

3. Research shows that just 20 minutes a day

spent reading with a child helps him/her
develop critical reading skills.

4. Across the world, the children who

read the MOST, read the BEST.
 Why READING Matters ……

5. About half of illiterate adults live in

poverty. They are less likely to find
employment that their more
literate counterparts
Why READING Matters …..
Domains of Literacy

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Alternative Views About READING

1. Reading as SKILL
2. Reading as PROCESS
3. Reading as COMPREHENSION
4. Reading as DEVELOPMENT
5. Reading as STRATEGY
The BIG SIX of READING
 Children Learn to Read and Write

Good readers aren’t born.

They’re created.
Created as the evening clock
stands still and the minutes of a
bedtime story reign supreme.
Lovingly read each night.
 Children Learn to Read and Write

Good writers aren’t born.

They’re taught.
Taught to revere writing, as an
important tool, the nuts and bolts
linking them to the world beyond.
Guaranteed to strengthen the mind
of an impressionable child.
 Children Learn to Read and Write

Good readers and writers aren’t born.

They’re inspired.
Inspired by teachers who value reading
and writing, as the keys to knowledge
and success.
Who read and write like they breathe…
Continuously, steadily, automatically.
Adapted from “A daughter learns to read”
By Mardi C. Dilks, The Reading Teacher,
Vol. 56, No. 3 November 2002
Thank You ……
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION