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Travel Writing/Setting Brochure: Reading Response Exercise #58
Read for at least twenty to thirty minutes. When you are done, think about what you have read.
Get out a pencil and paper, and art supplies if you feel inspired.
Write the text of a travel brochure (or make an actual three-fold brochure) based on an important setting from your reading. Be sure you describe the:
- Geography
- Weather
- Major cities
- Attractions
- Methods of transportation
- Form of government
- Economy
- Currency,
- Dining and lodging options
Also, provide a list of what the traveler would need to bring along when visiting this place.
Share your brochure with your reading partners.
Preschool Literacy: After enjoying a story together, talk about its setting with your preschooler. Was it indoors or outdoors? What was actually there where your story took place.
When done, get out a paper and art materials or magazines for cutting up, and draw a picture or make a collage of the…
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Why is Phonics Crucial to Learning How to Read?
The answer? Simple. Because every little building block to reading is crucial to become a competent and proficient reader.
There are plenty of phonics programs that a parent can choose from and use with their child. But why are parents searching for phonics? Why is it important for a child to be able to know these things?
There are many important reading techniques one must achieve in order to become an efficient reader. For example, one must be able to comprehend what they are reading. Many times while helping a child read, a parent may be perfectly satisfied with the fact that a child can pronounce all the words and can recite them beautifully. But do parents know that their child comprehends what they read? All too often children are being considered “readers” but they are not retaining what they have read. This will cause long term issues that will…
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The SAT Practice Test
A practice test is the ultimate way to tell if you are ready for the SAT. Also, nothing can serve as a better estimate of your score than a test well-taken. Like a long run before a marathon, it is a necessary step to see if you have what it takes to make it to the finish line. Of course, it is not as easy as picking up a test and a pencil, the more prepared you are, and the more you treat it like a real test, the better the test will serve as both an evaluation and good practice.
Give yourself time before the SAT to take the practice test. That way, you will have more time to work on the problem areas you find. The practice test will not be that helpful a week before the test; there simply is not enough time to practice. I would…
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Reading Comprehension Woes? Teach Prediction Skills and Purpose Setting
Many times I’ve had teachers say “Oh Jordan reads perfectly, but he doesn’t understand a darn thing he has read! I’m so frustrated. What should I do?” What they mean is that Jordan’s fluency and decoding skills are fine, but YET he still doesn’t comprehend what he has read. This is not an uncommon problem with dyslexic and non dyslexic readers. They simply are not processing what they are reading.
The main reason why many students are lost in the web of words is that they are not reading for a PURPOSE. As a matter of fact, they don’t understand why they are sitting there, why they are learning about rocks, and why it isn’t time for lunch. Teaching students to learn concepts and read material without a strong purpose behind it lacks authenticity, and so students respond by zoning out. Dyslexic students really zone out and pray for the torture to end.
When teaching dyslexic students and struggling…
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The Influence of Gender in Reading: Reading Response Exercise #59
Read for at least twenty to thirty minutes. When you are done, think about what you have read. How does your gender influence your response to and interpretation of the passages you just read?
Write down or discuss your responses with your reading partners.
What gender biases do you as a group conclude you must be aware of in processing your reading?
Reading Comprehension
Read and Write 180-Day 55
Thursday, October 27, 2011
I have an announcement! I would like to ERASE all possessive nouns and apostrophes from our English language!!! Who will sign my petition to get this done????? 🙂
It is looking like we might study these for another few weeks! Need I say more???
We took our english test today on subject and object pronouns. Part of their test was where they had to draw a t-chart and list the subject and object pronouns. I had told them on Monday that would probably be part of their test and they looked at me like I had sprouted wings today when I told them to study them before the test! 🙂 We’ll see if they start listening to me now!
I’m really trying to expand their vocabulary this year so I showed them a website that acts as a visual thesaurus.
We caught up on our…
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Best reading strategies for improved speed
How to “chunk” when reading
Some time ago I talked about maximizing reading speed by balancing the rate at which you’ll be reading, that is, your speed. In this post I’ll be focusing on the best way at least in my opinion, to improve your reading speed. All through my life I’ve been a very slow reader. It was terrible, I would often regress or slow down even more by going back to words I did not understand just to try to understand everything all at once! Talk about moving at snail’s pace!
Now, there are obviously several ways you can increase your speed. Since we’re all different, what might work for me, may be ok but not necessarily work the best for you. Taking that into consideration, I suggest you look out for more speed reading tips. The only reason I’m posting this is to help make the reading life easier in…
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English Reading Comprehension 