An "easy" method to learn how to read.?
2006-09-14 04:08:24 · 9 answers · asked by navilami 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Not sure what exactly you are asking? Are you asking how to get children to read FASTER and still comprehend the information? If you ARE asking this...Here is a tip. Try finding a sentence out of a book, any sentence and have a stop watch in hand. Have the children read the sentence and pick a certain time you want them to finish it. For example, you might pick 5 seconds for the children to read the sentence. Then say stop and have them turn over thier books. Ask the children who can tell you what the sentence meant. Make sure EVERYONE who can tell you raises thier hand and then pick the first person in the first roow to tell you. They then get a point... continue this trend and Play a game...
2006-09-14 04:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by nickster51875 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When working on reading skills, it's important to differentiate between 'skimming', 'scanning', and in-depth reading. Each of these skills is equally important, to be applied in different situations.
'skimming' is to quickly read through a text for the key information/main ideas. If your readers are new readers, this will be hard for them. Well-trained native language readers don't look at each letter of a word, because after lots of practice, your eye automatically sees the word for what it is, without having to piece it together. New readers don't have this experience yet. If you want to try and develop it, try giving them a text; tell them you just want them to look the words to get an idea about what it is about. Make sure they know they will be able to read it in full later. Don't set a time limit or put too much pressure on them, because obviously we want to encourage reading, not make anyone feel like a loser. If they dont get it, they will in another 5 years.
'scanning' is looking through a text for a specific piece of information. This is easier to teach. Give the students a small text, ask very specific (but easy) questions, tell them it's not important to read the text, you just want to know who are the two main characters, and where they are (for example). As they get better, give them harder questions. Adults scam the newspapers for jobs or used cars all the time. They could do something similar, for further practice.
I also think it is a good idea to teach your readers the terms 'skimming' and 'scanning', so that they know what is expected of them when they have a text in front of them.
Skimming and scanning are both GREAT ways to introduce a text topic and start some discussion about it before seriously reading it, which can build interest, which can be a motivating factor. Good luck, and have fun.
2006-09-14 05:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by Carma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One little trick I use with my special ed. jr. high kids to teach them fluency and not having to rely so much on each word and the individual letters that make them up...... I take a book which is slightly over their independent reading ability (i.e. if they read at an average of 2nd grade, I choose a book at 3rd grade level), then I read to them while they follow the words with a highlighter. I use stories I print off the internet so each kid has a copy that they can mark on. I read slowly and with extra "meaning". Every so often I stop and ask a child "Where are we?" If the child knows the word or can point to it, they get reinforced with a play dollar for our school store (whole other story....). I've found this helps them tremendously in vocabulary, sight words, fluency and comprehension.
2006-09-14 16:25:32 · answer #3 · answered by b_friskey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motivating students is one thing....but this "fast and easy" method your looking for is a bad idea imo.
I assume these are young students b/c you indicate they are "learning to read"...well as the teacher...that's your job....YOU teach them to read. Not every student will learn OR read at the same pace.....and ones speed( at which they read) is not an absolute indication of intelligence. In life (and school)ones ability for comprehension far outways the speed in which one reads.
The "fast and easy" method your looking for is horrible and damaging...perhaps thats why so many kids arrive in middle school or high school with reading/comprehension skills of a third grader.
Aesop was right.....slow and steady wins the race.
Just my opinion....
2006-09-14 04:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by lethallolita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a really good book that students are interested in. Read the most interesting part of the story to the students, but don't read the ending; it'll ruin the book.
2006-09-14 14:35:40 · answer #5 · answered by xxxshiningxstarxxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I"m not sure what the age group is but.... there is reading material out there called "quick reads" where students read non-fiction in pairs and the one not reading follows and marks on their copy the errors and where they stop in 1 minute. They keep records on this and see their improvement.
2006-09-15 16:06:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make it exciting and interesting..start a book club
assign a book that students can get at school library, have them read it and write a book report on it or read the book yourself and make up a test about that book...the students who get a "A' get a free ice cream or treat
2006-09-14 13:50:47 · answer #7 · answered by walterknowsall 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you turn it into a competition? words per minute kind a thing?
2006-09-14 04:16:07 · answer #8 · answered by loladoreen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi. just get an AWESOME story that will get them all .... engrossed. Keep increasing ur speed gradually in each class.
2006-09-14 04:13:49 · answer #9 · answered by bookworm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋