When You Read...
Remember to be able to read fluently you need to recognize sounds and patterns, comprehend the
words you read and understand how the words work together in a sentence to convey meaning.
Developing Reading Skills:
A lower level reading skill is comprehension.
Higher level reading skills are identifying purpose and intent.
If You Are A Beginning Reader:
1) You need to identify, understand and manipulate the English phonemes. They will help you
understand meaning when you see patterns in root words, prefixes and suffixes.
2) The English language is read from left to right.
3) The English language is read from top to bottom.
4) Letters and words convey messages.
5) When you get to the end of a line (on the right), you need to return to the beginning of the next
line (on the left).
6) The illustrations in a book correspond to the words written there.
7) Decoding: Once you have built up your phonemic awareness, your knowledge of the alphabet and
your letter-sound correlation, decoding will help you put everything together to pronounce new
words.
If You Are An Advanced Reader:
1) Practice being able to summarize what you read, because it will help you bridge the gap between
understanding the words you are reading and understanding the meaning those words are trying to
convey. At a certain reading level, you should be able to explain well enough what you have read in
your own words. If English is not your native language, you may want to try summarizing it in your
mother tongue first, as this will help you ease into the true understanding of English texts.
2) Practice finding the main idea, important facts and supporting details.
3) Do sequencing: This is a step beyond summarizing. You need to label, categorize and
compartmentalize what happens in the text.
4) You can also relate your background knowledge like using cognates and your native phonemes to
help you understand English root words and sounds. Also try to connect with what's going on in the
text to personal experiences you've had.
5) Learn to make inferences: This means to access meaning not explicitly stated.
6) Draw conclusions.
7) Comparing and Contrasting.
8) Distinguishing between fact and opinion.
9) Engage in self-questioning: Active reading is when you are consistently questioning what is
happening in a text as you read it.
10) Problem-solving.
words you read and understand how the words work together in a sentence to convey meaning.
Developing Reading Skills:
A lower level reading skill is comprehension.
Higher level reading skills are identifying purpose and intent.
If You Are A Beginning Reader:
1) You need to identify, understand and manipulate the English phonemes. They will help you
understand meaning when you see patterns in root words, prefixes and suffixes.
2) The English language is read from left to right.
3) The English language is read from top to bottom.
4) Letters and words convey messages.
5) When you get to the end of a line (on the right), you need to return to the beginning of the next
line (on the left).
6) The illustrations in a book correspond to the words written there.
7) Decoding: Once you have built up your phonemic awareness, your knowledge of the alphabet and
your letter-sound correlation, decoding will help you put everything together to pronounce new
words.
If You Are An Advanced Reader:
1) Practice being able to summarize what you read, because it will help you bridge the gap between
understanding the words you are reading and understanding the meaning those words are trying to
convey. At a certain reading level, you should be able to explain well enough what you have read in
your own words. If English is not your native language, you may want to try summarizing it in your
mother tongue first, as this will help you ease into the true understanding of English texts.
2) Practice finding the main idea, important facts and supporting details.
3) Do sequencing: This is a step beyond summarizing. You need to label, categorize and
compartmentalize what happens in the text.
4) You can also relate your background knowledge like using cognates and your native phonemes to
help you understand English root words and sounds. Also try to connect with what's going on in the
text to personal experiences you've had.
5) Learn to make inferences: This means to access meaning not explicitly stated.
6) Draw conclusions.
7) Comparing and Contrasting.
8) Distinguishing between fact and opinion.
9) Engage in self-questioning: Active reading is when you are consistently questioning what is
happening in a text as you read it.
10) Problem-solving.
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