Teaching Reading Comprehension Skills
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Norma Said:
Why is it that most Bible bashers lack the most rudimentary reading comprehension skills...?We Answered:
Ignorance is bliss.Ronald Said:
I need help with reading comprehension?We Answered:
Here is a little exercise:Take notes as you are reading.
If you are reading a text book:
Create a note sheet:
1. Write down all the headings, subheadings and vocabulary terms. {leave some space under them for notes and definitions}
2. After you read each of these sections stop and take notes on what you just read.
This will keep you on task and focused.
Sometimes reading into a tape recorder helps too. When you listen to it back you can absorb the information without the reading aspect of it. It relaxes your brain so that you can retain the information better.
This works for my students and me. I have a reading comprehension problem and I have excelled in both college and graduate school. Good luck to you! ; )
Stacy Said:
Is the UK Queen distressed to learn that so many school teachers lack basic reading skills?We Answered:
The Queen backs such tests.It is correct that the majority of American Barristers are failed teachers.
Debbie Said:
What is the purpose of reading & language worksheets as homework to 6 year olds who can't read the worksheet?We Answered:
Talk to the teacher. I am a first grade teacher, and the vast majority of the homework I give is stuff the children already know but could use a bit of extra practice in. However, very occasionally I will give a more challenging worksheet, especially if I want the kids to get extra one-on-one practice with a parent (such as with money counting).There are a few explanations for why the teacher may be doing this:
-- The teacher may want to get the parents involved in the child's learning as well (such as working one-on-one with money counting or helping them learn how to look up something in the dictionary).
-- The worksheets may be appropriate for many of the first-graders to do independently, but your twins may be struggling with reading more than some of the other students. You said your twins are six -- I'm not sure what month they were born, but by February many of my first graders have already turned seven, so there's a chance yours could be at the younger end of the class. Also, I taught twins last year who were born prematurely and at a low birth weight -- because of that, one of the twins was developmentally a few months younger than her actual age. If your twins are at the lower end of the class in reading, that wouldn't mean they are less intelligent -- just that their brains are developmentally a bit younger than those of their peers.
-- The third possibility is that the teacher may be assigning inappropriate worksheets. She may be assigning them because she feels she should assign homework without putting much thought into WHY she's assigning the ones she is assigning.
You definitely need to talk with your child's teacher. If you feel the worksheets are too hard for your child, or if your first-grader's total amount of homework is taking more than 30 minutes maximum, the teacher may be able to adjust the workload for your child.