Reading Skills

REVIEW
Reading
It is a cognitive process
of decoding symbols to
derive meaning from
text.
Three Components of Reading
Decoding

Comprehension

Retention
1. Decoding
Decoding refers to the process of translating a
printed word into a sound.
Two Skills in Decoding :

1. Identification Skill
2. Word Attack Skill
2. Comprehension
It is defined as the level of understanding of a
text/message. This understanding comes from the
interaction between the words that are written and
how they trigger knowledge outside the text/message.

“The use of brain to

create meaning out
from the text.”
Connection of Decoding and Comprehension
Comprehension relies on a mastery of decoding. Children
who struggle to decode find it difficult to understand and
remember what has been read. Because their efforts to
grasp individual words are so exhausting, they have very little
mental energy left for understanding.
3. Retention
The condition of retaining (keeping) something. It could be in
the short term memory or long term memory.

“The ability to retain”,

which relies heavily on a
child’s decoding
proficiency and ability to
comprehend what is read.
 Factors Influencing Acquisition of Reading Ability

Intelligence
Interest
Motivation

Language Facility
Factors
Auditory Discrimination Influencing
Home
Acquisition of
Reading
Background
Ability
Teaching Strategies
Visual Discrimination 1. Vocabulary
2. Comprehension
Motor-Ocular 3. Literary
Appreciation
Discrimination Attitude of/toward 4. Study Skills
1. Parents
2. Siblings
3. Teachers
4. Peers
List of Reading Skills
 1. Previewing
2. Inferring
Reading 3. Context Clues
Skills 4. Predicting Outcomes
5. Cause & Effect Relationships
6. Skimming
7. Scanning
 1. Previewing

Anticipating
Predicting
“The ability of activating
“Saying what will the
prior knowledge in order
text be about before
to help the text become
actually reading it.”
comprehensible.”
 In the end of the
story the prince died,
what will happen to
the princess?
(Infer)
 She was in anger
that’s why she said
excoriating words.
What is the
meaning of
excoriating?

It means
“condemning.”
 The The The The
The What
witch prince prince prince
prince would
kidnapped fought killed salvaged
met the happen
the the the the
princess. next?
princess. witch. witch. princess.
 What’s the effect? What’s the cause?

Cause Effect Cause Effect

The So, she She was So, she
student was late in wet under became
woke up class. the rain. sick.
late.
Skimming and Scanning
How can we improve our reading?
Two important techniques include:

Skimming

Scanning
 Skimming

“To read quickly to

get the general idea
of a passage.”
 Not stopping

1st and last

paragraph
Getting the Gist
Topic
sentences

Read fast
 Scanning
Search for specific
information (key words).

Examples:
Particular Name
Telephone Number
Date
Number
Program
Let’s practice scanning using the question
below.
How many European countries are in the report that you will
be reading?

The underlined words are your key words, which means that
you are searching for a:

Number
Nineteen
Reading Strategies
1. Play word games.
2. Read aloud every day
3. Model reading as an enjoyable activity.
4. Put learning to use.
5. Listen to books.
6. Read to your child every night
7. Engage children’s senses while learning.
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