READING

To Young Learners

 

by

Hanadi Mirza

hanadym@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

Abstract

 

Wanting our students to write in kindergarten can be a main reason for many spelling mistakes in elementary and upper cycles. Are our students really writing? Or copying? Or maybe drawing the words? In addition, relying on memorization in reading rather than teaching kids how to decode words using sound blending and sound segmenting can produce poor readers later on.

This workshop aims at helping teachers follow the natural development of language by applying the 5 elements of reading which will help learners in reading properly before writing correctly. The story My Dog below is used as model to demonstrate how the five elements of reading can be successfully applied in class.

This workshop was given as a solution in a school where kindergarten students were facing problems during their transition to grade one. The problems found in grade one were mainly in reading fluently and accurately as well as in dictation.

 

Target Audience: Teachers of kindergarten up to grade 6 classes can benefit from this workshop as well as coordinators.

 

 

 

 

POWERPOINTS

 

Reading to Young Learners

 

My Dog