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Sandra Vega Carrero UNAC
TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN
Rearrange the mixed – up le9ers to make words for jobs. The first le9er is underlined.
racto __________________
suren __________________
eclipo __________________
rawyel __________________
ioplt __________________
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Why reading comprehension skills are particularly important?
Why reading comprehension skills are particularly important?
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Students will still need a lot of vocabulary development and
teaching of comprehension
strategies.
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1. Build background knowledge Look for opportuniGes to make associaGons
between students' experiences and new content.
Bra
inst
orm
Look for opportuniGes to make associaGons between students' experiences and new content.
AVALANCHE
1. Build background knowledge
Build students' background knowledge
Students with limited or interrupted schooling may not have the same level of knowledge as
their peers.
1. Build background knowledge
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Take students on a tour of the text.
Explain how the text is organized
1. Build background knowledge
Sp. Sandra Vega Carrero
Take students on a tour of the text.
Explain how the text is organized
Point out bold print.
1. Build background knowledge
Sp. Sandra Vega Carrero
Take students on a tour of the text.
Explain how the text is organized
Point out bold print.
Chapter headings
1. Build background knowledge
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Take students on a tour of the text.
Explain how the text is organized
Point out bold print.
Chapter headings
Chapter summaries
Once students learn how to recognize these elements, they will be able to preview the text
independent.
1. Build background knowledge
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2. Teach vocabulary explicitly
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2. Teach vocabulary explicitly
Because, Explain
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2. Teach vocabulary explicitly
Because, Explain
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2. Teach vocabulary explicitly
Once students know a new word's definiGon, ask them to connect those new words to the pictures they see in the text.
Because, Explain
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2. Teach vocabulary explicitly
Once students know a new word's definiGon, ask them to connect those new words to the pictures they see in the text.
Because, Explain
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3. Use informal comprehension checks.
Place the events in order (1 being first) by using 1 – 6:
___ Mr. Ma9ers went to the doctor ___ Mr. Ma9ers helped prune Ms. Stewart’s garden. ___ He walked two miles. ___ He would ride his bike to work. ___ Mr. Ma9ers did a full body stretch. ___ Mr. Ma9ers ate a grapefruit.
Place the events in order:
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4. Test comprehension with student-‐friendly quesFons:
Literal level
InterpreGve level
Applied level
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5. Ask quesFons that require higher-‐level thinking
What ideas can you add to...?
Do you agree? Why or why not?
What might happen if...?
How do you think she felt...?
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6. Use graphic organizers
Venn diagrams
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6. Use graphic organizers
Title and author
Problem
SeLng Main Characters
SupporFng Characters
SoluFon
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6. Use graphic organizers Cause and effect charts
Cause Effect
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7. Provide students with many different ways to show what they know.
Drawings
Graphs
Oral interviews
Posters
Portfolios
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8. Summarize
Retell what you read, but keep it short.
Include only important information.
Use key words from the text.
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