how should i begin teaching reading?

Answer 1

You did not say what the ages of your students are.

The very first thing you must do is see what the individual student already knows. You can do this by giving him some basic assessments. Does he know the alphabet letter names? The sounds? Does he know high frequency words? At what level can the student already read?

Once that has been established, you focus on what the student needs to learn next. Teacher stores have books on how to teach reading. There is no one special way to do it. Some students need extensive phonics instruction (decoding words by sounding out letters, chunks of words, etc.). Other students just need help figuring out what they have read (comprehension), which is of course the ultimate goal in teaching reading.

An interesting website for reading instruction is the Reading Genie
< http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/>.

Answer 2

Here's an approach to a reading lesson, regardless of age. 1. check essential vocabulary contained in the story and pre-teach any words that you think might be difficult. 2. establish interest in the topic, because you want to activate the schemata of the students (their own background knowledge of the subject) ie. if you are going to read a story about the zoo, ask the students "who has been there, what did you see, which animal did you like...etc". 3. Tell them that they will read a story about the zoo and ask them to predict what will happen in the story. 4. Stop during reading at certain points and ask the students fun questions - they will eagerly participate. 5. Don't rush through a story. After the story, ask them to re-tell it, draw a picture(if age appropriate) have them change the ending of a story, get them to find a book on a similar topic in the library and bring it to school... But one of the most important points..Be encouraging and supportive - try to stop students worrying about what every single word means and to focus on the story. Don't let a reading lesson become a vocabulary lesson. Good Luck

Answer 3

Start with phonics, there are many books out there to guide the process. Sounds are the best place to start. Teach each individual sound then start to put them together S-A-T. Help the child sound the word out and then move on to something else like M-A-T. I taught two boys a couple of summers ago and this is what was working really well for them. There are books that you can get at box stores like Wal-Mart that are only a couple of dollars in all kinds of subjects that are colourful and fun for kids. Good Luck!!

Answer 4

Biscuit books. He is a puppy who says "woof woof" a lot, but his little girl helps him do a lot of things. These are adorable, and not overly boring for mom either. I also liked the step books; the ones that list on them Step 1 (which off the top of my head I am not positive but I THINK was Pre-reader), Step 2, etc. Some are better than others, based on subject. My daughter really liked some of these, and refused to even look at others, so its best to ask your daughter for her input when picking them out. Also, try your library, they often list books that are good for various stages, or you can ask the children's librarian. Our school has a list of 50 sight words that kids are supposed to know by the end of Kindergarten, so if you can find a list of the most common Kinder words (try searching online, I don't know where they got them from), you might start helping her recognize those. Good luck, and enjoy these years with your little one!

Answer 5

Since you didn't say if you are teaching a child,or teaching someone from a different country.I think either way if you start with some words,and a picture to go with it(EXAMPLE: the word apple,and have a picture of an apple)that should be a good start.Good luck!

Answer 6

Hi there,
As parents, you're the most important first step in your children's journey into the wonderful world of reading. It is up to you to create the most supportive environment that turns your child on to reading - such as reading aloud to them often during the day and before bedtime, and placing age appropriate books for children around the house, so that the child will have access to plenty of books. Reading often to your child will help develop their interest in books and stories, and soon they will want to read stories on their own.

For a simple, step-by-step program that can help your child learn to read visit this site: http://readingprogram.toptips.org


Have a nice day

Answer 7

To begin with the basic pronuciation of simple words is always good. Words like: Dog, Pin, Moon etc. Words that is read as they are spelled.
Then advance to words like: Sun, Cow, Puppy etc. Words that are not read as they are spelled.
After that teach reading letter combinations like: Leave, Heap, Leap etc.
After that, just improvise. Remember to teach how to read letter combination such as "-ea-" and "-ie-" in words like: Lie, Pie and such. Or words like: Cloud where you pronounce "-ou-" as "aou" or something. You get my drift?

Hope i helped. And good luck!

-omni