SESSION GUIDE-READING LITERACY
SESSION GUIDE-READING LITERACY
SESSION GUIDE-READING LITERACY
Session Guide 1 Title- Improving reading skills through effective reading strategies
I. Greetings (5 minutes)
Say:
Good day everyone, I am RUBYLYN C. NUŇEZ. I will be facilitating the session
entitled “Improving reading skills through effective reading strategies.”
Say:
Reading is a lifelong skill to be used both at school and throughout life. Reading is
a basic life skill. It is a cornerstone for a child's success in school and, indeed,
throughout life. Without the ability to read well, opportunities for personal
fulfilment and job success inevitably will be lost. Despite its importance, reading
is one of the most challenging areas in the education system. The ever-increasing
demand for high levels of literacy in our technological society makes this problem
even more pressing. Students’ attitudes regarding the purposes for reading also
influence their ability to read. When dealing with reading we encountered two
layers of reality: one that we can see and one that we cannot see. Therefore, the
purpose of reading is to make the invisible layer, the underlying meaning, visible
and clear). Teele asserts that the goal of all readers should be to understand what
they read. Research shows good readers are actively involved with the text, and
they are aware of the processes they use to understand what they read. Teachers
can help improve student comprehension through instruction of reading strategies.
Predicting, making connections, visualizing, inferring, questioning, and
summarizing are strategies shown by research to improve reading comprehension.
It is important to teach the strategies by naming the strategy and how it should be
used, modelling through the think-aloud process, group practice, partner practice,
and independent use of the strategy.
Objectives:
After the session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify learners with difficulty in reading
2. Improve students’ Reading comprehension
3. Apply the reading comprehension strategies in classroom instruction
IV. Materials:
Cartolina, meta cards, markers, masking tape, powerpoint presentation, passage,
laptop, projector, manila paper, ink.
V. Procedure
A. Activities:
Role play the instructional strategies that you learned from the topic.
1. What valuable insights about how pupils learn have you derived from
this experience?
2. What teaching strategies would you apply in the teaching-learning
process of learners with difficulty of reading or without
comprehension?
3. How will you use or apply the strategies that you have learned when
you go back to your respective classrooms?
McEwan, E.K., 40 Ways to Support Struggling Readers in Content Classrooms. Grades 6-12,
pp.1-6, copyright 2007 by Corwin Press. Reprinted by permission of Corwin Press, Inc.
www.thisreadingmama.com
Adler, C. R. (Ed.). (2001). Put reading first: The research building blocks for teaching
children to read. Jessup, MD: ED Pubs.
Prepared by:
RUBYLYN C. NUŇEZ
Teacher III