READING

Paula Coves Galiano

WHAT IS READING?

• Reading is the process of constructing meaning through the dynamic interaction among:

- The reader's existing knowledge. - The information suggested by the text being read. - The context of the reading situation.

THE FIVE BIG IDEAS IN READING• PHONEMIC AWARENESS:  Kids need strong phonemic awareness skills to support literacy development!

•ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE: the ability to associate sounds with letters and use these sounds to form words.

•READING FLUENCY: the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with appropriate expression.

•VOCABULARY:  vocabulary plays an important role in two major ways.

•COMPREHENSION: - Comprehension is the only reason for reading. So, active strategies are important to help you become active, purposeful readers.

Reading comprehension strategies• Making Connections:

- Text-to-Self: text and the reader's personal experience.      - Text-to-Text: text being read to a text that was previously read.      - Text-to-World: text being read and something that occurs in the world.

• Creating Mental Images (Visualizing): mental images of a text as a way to understand processes or events they encounter during reading. 

• Questioning:  asking themselves questions throughout the reading of text

Reading comprehension strategies• Inferring:

-Think about the title, illustrations and what youhave read so far.

-Tell what you think will happen.-Try to figure things the author does not say directly.

• Evaluating (Determining Importance):  what information or ideas are most critical to understanding the overall meaning of the piece.

• Synthesizing: the process of ordering, recalling, retelling, and recreating.

Reading techniques• Skimming - reading quickly in order to find out what the text is

about.

• Scanning - to locate specific information, making use of key words. 

• Detailed reading - reading carefully to aid understanding.

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Types of reading• Extensive reading: It helps students to be

independent

• Intensive reading: They are used to focus on specific lexical, syntactical or discoursal aspects of the language or to practice a selected reading strategy.

Types of reading comprehension exercices

• Multiple choice activity.• True or false• Answer the questions.• Put the paragraphs in the correct order.• Fill gaps.• Crosswords.• Exercise of matching words.• (etc.)

Then, I show you some of these exercises.

Some reading comprehension activities    BIG FAMILIES

Have you got a big family? Some families are very big! Fred and Annie Scott from England have  got 22 children. Eighteen children are adopted. They are from Russia or China, but they are English, too.The Scott children aren't students at local schools. School is at home, and their mother is the teacher. Choose the correct answers: 1. Annie and Fred are English  /    Russian2. Annie and Fred are children  / parents3. There are 22  / 24 people in the Scott family.4. All their children are adopted  / English5. The children have got  / haven't got school at home.6. The children's teacher is Annie   /  Fred

Some reading comprehension activities

   ANSWER 

1. Annie and Fred are English  /    Russian2. Annie and Fred are children  / parents

3. There are 22  / 24 people in the Scott family.4. All their children are adopted  / English

5. The children have got  / haven't got school at home.

6. The children's teacher is Annie   /  Fred

Some reading comprehension activities Put the paragraphs in the correct order.

FREE TIME OF A YOUNG PERSON

___ In Britain, most youths listen to punk, garage, house, rock, pop and R&B. (such as Busted, McFly, JLo, Xtina, Beyonce, Pink, Britney, Justin Timberlake, Mis-teeq).

___ I listen to music all the time! I have a mp3 and a CD player.

___ In my free time I swim, go into town, text my mates, do household stuff with my mum and dad, go on the internet, watch TV and play on my Playstation and Gamegear!

__

Some reading comprehension activities

ANSWER

In my free time I swim, go into town, text my mates, do household stuff with my mum and dad, go on the internet, watch TV and play on my Playstation and Gamegear!I listen to music all the time! I have a mp3 and a CD player. In Britain, most youths listen to punk, garage, house, rock, pop and R&B. (such as Busted, McFly, JLo, Xtina, Beyonce, Pink, Britney, Justin Timberlake, Mis-teeq)

Some reading comprehension activitiesLADY GAGA

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is Lady Gaga. She born on March 28, 1986. She is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She got her stage name from the song "Radio Ga Ga" by the band Queen. Her first album is, The Fame, and she tells us "about how everyone can feel famous." Lady Gaga has a contralto vocal range. Her other albums are The Fame Monster and Born This Way. She has won various Grammys and Brit Awards.

Answer the questions using the sentence structure (Subj. + Verb + Complement):

1. Which month is Lady Gaga born in?2. Which band made the song "Radio Ga Ga"?3. Is Lady Gaga her real name? 4. What is her first album?5. Where is she from?

Some reading comprehension activitiesANSWER

1. Which month is Lady Gaga born in? Lady Gaga born in March.

2. Which band made the song "Radio Ga Ga"? The band Queen made the song “Radio Ga Ga”

3. Is Lady Gaga her real name?  Lady Gaga´s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

4. What is her first album? The Fame is her first album.

5. Where is she from? She is from America.

A Song to remember http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gkg2DF0OQ

4-Step MethodReading Comprehension Test Strategy

Scan the questions firstAnd then start to readFind who it’s about and what’s happeningUnderline important informationYou will find the answers to the questions_________________________________________Keep the 4-Step Method on your mind 1. Scan the questions

2. Read the story3. Underline important information4. Answer the questions

There are more exercises in http://unit1gettingtoknowyou.blogspot.com.es

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Extracurricular activity

We make an excursion to see a play

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