Whats

reading?

Reading is a receptive skill through it we

receive
information. When we read,
we use our eyes to receive
written symbols (letters,
punctuation
marks
and
spaces) and we use our
brain to convert them into
words,
sentences
and
paragraphs
that
communicate something to
us.

READING

By: Angela Garca

Jennifer Mndez
Teresa Prez

Some reasons to
read

The constant repetition of

words
and
patterns
in
reading helps you learn and
remember vocabulary and
grammar structures.
Reading helps you become
familiar with the rhythm of
English. Over time it will start
to feel natural and you will
notice when a sentence or
phrase doesn't seem right.

Reading is
often free.

Good reading skills can

improve your other language
skills. You need to learn to
read before you can write.

Reading is the best way to

learn and remember the
proper spelling of words.

Listening as you read aloud

can help you improve your
pronunciation skills.

not

expensive,

Formative
And

ASSESSMENT

Summative
Assessmen
t

Formative
Assessment

Fluency: the automatic

ability to read words in
connected text

1. Read outloud
The most common example of an
assessment for fluency is to ask a student
to read a passage aloud for one minute.
Words that are skipped or pronounced
incorrectly are not counted. The number of
correct words read is counted and this total
equals a student's oral reading fluency
rate.

2. Puzzles
Assess fluency and comprehension!

3. Readers theater
How to use reader's theater
1. Choose a story that can be divided into
parts, or characters.
2. Assign reading parts to each child.
3. Ask students to read their scripts orally
for practice.
4. Have students read assigned parts to the
audience.

4. Rhymes
In group ask students to read rhymes.
They have to take turns.

Understanding the meaning

of text

There are many types of reading

comprehension assessments:
1. Games

2. Artful Artist
Find a fable, fairy tale, or other short
story. Then ask your students to
illustrate a part of the story he or she
likes best or describe a favorite
character.

3. Whats in the news?

Clip out an interesting news story and
cut the paragraphs apart. Ask your
students to read the paragraphs and
put them in order.

Comprehension
4. Graphic organizers

5. Worksheets

Summative Assessment
1. Blogs (or websites)
Create blogs for literary characters,
historical figures, describe a book,
etc.
Create an actual blog just have
students write and organize articles
on white printer paper if the internet
is not available.

2. Board games
Create board games where students
review course concepts. Game play
should be based around answering
review questions correctly.

3. Book Clubs
Students read either novels or
books, and discuss the readings in
small groups. Students might be
required to take notes about the
discussion or provide an audio
recording of the discussion as the
artifact to be evaluated.

4. Booklets
Create an informational booklet.

5. Brochures
Create brochures about readings.

6. Bookmarks
Create illustrated bookmarks with
relevant information. A bookmark
might
summarize
previous
chapters or contain the definitions
of challenging concepts.

7. Comic Strips
Create an illustrated comic strip
representing events from history or
a work of fiction.

8. Flowcharts
Students
create
flowcharts
analyzing and representing an
event in history or literature.

9.Magazines
Create magazines covering large
units of reading.

10. Scrapbooks
Create a scrapbook

of your
favorite poems or important events
from a book.

11. Storyboards
Create story boards summarize a
long story.

12. Riddles
In groups give students riddles and
make they to infer (guess). .

Objective
and

TESTS

Subjective
items

Reading tests

Subjective items
It
includes
long
answers,
extended-response essay, problem
solving, and performance tasks.
1. Open ended questions (Thick
questions)
Ho
Ho w
w
What if?
How did?
Why did?
What would happen if?
What caused?
What might?
How would you feel?
What character traits
describe?
Why do you think?
Why is?

2. Retell the story

3. Change the ending of..
4. Write an essay about
5. Write an analysis about ..
6. Compare
7. Contrast

Dont forget to
create your
scoring rubric!

Objective items
They do not allow to make subjective
inferences or judgements.
Students select the response from a
given number of alternatives,
including true/false, multiple choice,
and matching test item.

2. Inference Questions
For inference questions, youll need to use
the stated information in the text to draw a
conclusion about unstated information.

Example:

1. Factual Questions
Factual
questions
require
fact-based
answers. There is only one correct answer,
which can be verified by referring to the
text or other learning materials

Example:

3. Vocabulary Questions
Vocabulary questions ask you to identify the
meanings of words and phrases as they are
used in the reading passage.

Example:

4. Reference Questions
A word or phrase is highlighted in the
passage, and the student is asked what that
word refers to.

Example:

5. Simplification Questions
Sentence Simplification questions ask to
choose a sentence with the same meaning
as a given sentence.

Example:

The difficulty of items

depends on the students
level!

Reading
techniques

Practice reading every day.

You should read different fields
to improve your vocabulary.

Take note of all new words and

learn them.
Try
to
answer
questions.

all

the

After answer all the questions.

Check the key and read the
passage again to find out the
mistake you have faced and
deeply
understand
the
passage you have read.

Practice reading techniques - scanning,

skimming, intensive and extensive
reading.

1. Scanning: You try to find a particular

piece of information. You read from top
to down of the text quickly to find the
specific information you need to
answer questions.
2.

Skimming: You try to gather the

most important information as quickly
as possible. You read from top to down
of the text quickly and note important
information.

3. Intensive reading: You try to find the

details of a specific information.
Example
question:
What
does
"intensive" in line 5 mean?
4. Extensive reading: You try to find
general information of a passage.
Example question: What is the best
title for this passage?

Thank
you