READING AND WRITING

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Cards (56)

  • Understanding reading

    • Complex Process
    • Situationally Bound
    • Not just a basic skill
    • Proficiency requires characteristics
  • Accuracy + Fluency = Proficiency
  • Characteristics of a good reader
    Strategic in monitoring the interactive
    processes that assist comprehension
    Motivated to read and learn
    Socially active around reading tasks
    Mentally engaged
  • What is the role that the reader assumes in the interaction
    process?

    Receiver
  • Which characteristic of a good reader is exemplified when one
    reads not only with the eyes but also with the mind?

    Mentally Engaged
  • What two characteristics should a person have in order to be
    considered a proficient reader?
    Accurate and fluent
  • Which reading definition suggests that there are different
    stages in order to understand different types of reading
    materials?
    A complex process
  • Which reading definition suggests that a person should be
    exposed to different types of reading materials because being
    good in one does not automatically mean being good in all
    other types?
    Situationally Bound
  • Which reading definition explains that assigning names to a
    symbol is just a beginning skill and after acquiring it, the
    reader is expected to go beyond it?
    Not just a basic skill
  • Stage 0: Pre-
    reading
    The child
    demonstrates
    his/her desire
    to learn the
    language of
    his/her
    environment.
    “I want”
  • Stage 1:
    Initial reading
    and decoding

    The child begins
    to learn how to
    read and realizes
    that different
    letters correspond
    to different
    symbols.
    “I start”
  • Stage 2:
    Confirmation
    and fluency

    The child puts
    into practice
    whatever
    skills were
    learned in
    Stage 1.
    “I improve”
  • Stage 3:
    Reading for
    learning the
    new
    The reader
    realizes that
    words mean
    something and
    tries to learn
    something from
    the texts.
    “I acquire”
  • Stage 4:
    Multiple
    Viewpoint
    The reader begins
    to learn things that
    would either
    validate or negate
    whatever he/she
    learned in Stage 3.
    “I explore”
  • Stage 5:
    Construction
    and
    Reconstruction
    The reader reads
    to integrate his/her
    knowledge with
    that of others, to
    synthesize, and to
    create new
    knowledge.
    “I decide”
  • IDENTIFY THE STAGE OF READING:
    Reader A can already sing the
    letters of the alphabet and know
    how to properly speak some basic words.
    Answer: Stage 1 "I want"
  • Reader B was not surprised anymore
    when she found out through a newly
    published scientific article that there are
    other theories of how the universe was
    created and how they debunk previously established theories.
    Answer: Stage 4 "I explore"
  • Reader C looked for online reviews of the movie
    he has recently watched in order to find out
    exactly what happened in the vague ending of
    the movie. He found two opposing views but later
    on chose to believe in the second article,
    because its explanation of the movie’s ending was much more sensible for him.
    Answer: Stage 5 "I decide"
  • Stage 0: Pre-
    reading
    “I want”
    APPROXIMATE
    AGE/GRADE
    6 months to 6
    years old
    • Pre-school
  • Stage 1:
    Initial reading
    and decoding
    “I start”
    APPROXIMATE
    AGE/GRADE
    6 to 7 years old
    1st grade and
    beginning 2nd
  • Stage 2:
    Confirmation
    and fluency
    “I improve”
    APPROXIMATE
    AGE/GRADE
    7 to 8 years
    old
    2nd and 3rd
    grade