Teaching Reading

What are some problems students have with reading? How can we help them with these problems? Break out groups then give handout

Good readers do the following: Specify a purpose for reading Preview the text Predict the contents of the text or section of the text Pose questions about the text Connect text to background knowledge Make inferences Connect one part of the text to another Pay attention to text structure Deduce the meaning of a new word from context Take steps to repair faulty comprehension Reflect on what was learned from the text

Types of Reading Reading Subskills Intensive Reading Extensive reading Reading Subskills Skimming (reading quickly to get the “gist” of the text) Scanning (looking for specific information in a text)

What are the steps to teaching reading? Give handout

Before-reading activities Why is it important to have pre-reading activities?

Before-reading activities KWL chart Give one get one Mini-quiz Discussion questions

Before-reading activities Show a picture Make predictions Vocabulary: introduce new words ¨What does ________ mean¨ Mind map

While-reading activities Why is it important to have while-reading activities?

While-reading activities Read alouds: talk about what is happening in the book with the students Ask students questions about what is happening in the book Reader´s theater Make predictions Leave blanks while reading and have students say the missing word (for books with repetition)

While-reading activities Read-Rate-Reread Understanding Rating (1-10) Questions Answers 1st reading 2nd reading 3rd reading

While-reading activities Reading comprehension cubes Or with regular dice! 1 2 3 4 5 6

While-reading activities Audio books see US State Department website Use post-its to make comments Venn Diagram (contrast 2 characters)

While-reading activities: Most important word or line Choose the most important word/ line / image / event from the chapter and explain why you chose it.Be sure to support analysis with examples.

After-reading activities Why is it important to have after-reading activities?

After-reading activities Debates Interview a character from the reading Create a storyboard Movies Act out scenes from the reading

After-reading activities Point of view: What if you changed the point of view of the narrator telling the story? Poetry connection: bring in poems or songs related to the themes from the reading Write me a song: write a song about the story, one of the characters, or an event in the book

After-reading activities Author Interview: write an interview or letter in which the character in a story asks the author a series of questions and reflects on how they feel about the way they were made. Dear Diary: keep a diary as if you were a character in the story.

Sources Burke, Jim. 103 Things to do Before/During/After Reading. www.englishcompanion.com/assignments/reading/ 103readingactivities.htm During Reading Strategies. All America Reads. www.allamericareads.org/lessonplan/wyw/during/index.htm