Essential skills for reading comprehension

1. ESSENTIAL SKILLS
FOR READING
COMPREHENSION

2. Directions: Read and analyze the article below and put a check
mark (✔) if the statement is right and cross (X) if the statement is
wrong.
The pandemic stops the world from
becoming monotonous, doing the same
stuff day by day and delays all
transactions and even the provision of
education. Some blames the pandemic
for bringing confusion and anger to
some who prefer not to identify what is
fake and fact.

3. There are also people who only
care of themselves, complaining
for what the government is only
capable to provide, like the cash
aid or SAP which is handled and
distributed by DSWD.
Misinformation leads to chaos in
different social media posts.

4. Social media which is now
considered a theatre stage of some
antagonist characters whose
purpose is to mislead the public
who are careless to identify realism
from fallacies.

5. ____1. Some sources of
information are misleading, one of
these is the social media
____2. Social Amelioration
Program is a cash aid given to
qualified family and distributed by
Department of Health.

6. ____3. The pandemic stops our
daily routine, and delays all
transactions and even the
provision of education.
____4. Social media becomes a
huge stage.
____5. Some people are just good
on complaining despite of
receiving something.

7. ____6. The article taught us to be
careful on what we say to avoid
dissemination of false information.
____7. If the information posted
has thousands of like-react, this
means the information is a
guaranteed fact. ____8.
Misinformation leads to chaos in
different social media posts.

8. ____9. The government provides
assistance despite of incapacity.
____10. The text gives realization
on something to ponder during this
pandemic

9. __/__1. Some sources of
information are misleading, one of
these is the social media
_x___2. Social Amelioration
Program is a cash aid given to
qualified family and distributed by
Department of Health.

10. __/__3. The pandemic stops our
daily routine, and delays all
transactions and even the
provision of education.
__/__4. Social media becomes a
huge stage.
__/__5. Some people are just good
on complaining despite of
receiving something.

11. __/__6. The article taught us to be
careful on what we say to avoid
dissemination of false information.
_x_7. If the information posted has
thousands of like-react, this means
the information is a guaranteed
fact. _/_8. Misinformation leads to
chaos in different social media
posts.

12. __x__9. The government provides
assistance despite of incapacity.
__/__10. The text gives realization
on something to ponder during this
pandemic

13. ESSENTIAL SKILLS
FOR READING
COMPREHENSION

14. Using different types of
informative materials will
improve our way of giving
responses and reasoning and
therefore, be able to identify facts
from fallacies and opinion.

15. 1. Decoding
- is a vital step in the reading
process. Decoding relies on an early
language skill called phonemic
awareness. (This skill is part of an
even broader skill called
phonological awareness.)

16. Decoding also relies on connecting
individual sounds to letters. For
instance, to read the word sun,
young learner must know that the
letter ‘s’ makes the /s/ sound.

17. Grasping the connection between a
letter (or group of letters) and the
sounds they typically make is an
important step toward “sounding
out” words.

18. 2. FLUENCY
To read fluently, learners like you
need to instantly recognize words,
including ones you can’t sound out.

19. Fluency speeds up the rate at which
you can read and understand text.
It’s also important when you
encounter irregular words, like of
and the, which can’t be sounded out

20. Sounding out or decoding
every word can take a lot of
effort. Word recognition is
the ability to recognize
whole words instantly by
sight, without sounding
them out.

21. ***The main way to help
build this skill is through
practice reading books.

22. 3. VOCABULARY
The ability to understand what you
are reading depends on the list of
vocabulary words that you are
familiar with. Having a strong
vocabulary is a key component of
reading comprehension.

23. Students can learn
vocabulary through
instruction , but they
typically learn the meaning
of words through everyday
experience and also by
reading.

24. * Try to include new words and
ideas.
*Telling jokes and playing
word games is a fun way to
build this skill.
* When reading aloud, stop at
new words and define them.

25. 4. Sentence Construction
and Cohesion
When sentences, ideas, and
details fit together clearly,
readers can follow along
easily, and the writing is
coherent.

26. Coherent Devices
A. Repetition of a Key Term or
Phrase
Example:
‘You can fool some of the people all
of the time, and all of the people
some of the time, but you cannot
fool all of the people all of the time.’

27. B. Synonyms
Synonyms are words that have
essentially the same meaning, and
they provide some variety in your
word choices, helping the reader to
stay focused on the idea being
discussed. Here’s an example.

28. Myths narrate sacred histories
and explain sacred origins.
These traditional narratives
are, in short, a set of beliefs
that are a very real force in the
lives of the people who tell
them.

29. C. Pronouns
This, that, these, those, he, she, it,
they, and we are useful pronouns
for referring back to something
previously mentioned.
The pronouns this, that, these and
those can be used to refer to entire
sentences as well.

30. D. Transitional Words
show relationships between
different parts of the same
sentence
Examples:
however, therefore, in addition,
also, but, moreover, etc.

31. Example:
I like staying at home, and yet it is a
tiring routine, too. The days, weeks and
months passed swiftly, but I can't help
thinking of going back to the normal
situation. However, the new normal has
taught me to appreciate and pay more
attention to the people around me —my
parents, my family.

32. E. Sentence Patterns
Repeated or parallel sentence patterns
keep ideas tied together and create
word patterns readers can follow easily.
Example: At this pandemic time,
extending a hand and giving an aid to
the much needy is a virtue to help our
economy.

33. 5. Reasoning and Background
Knowledge
Background knowledge helps readers
draw inferences, which develops
critical thinking skills and makes
reading more enjoyable.

34. Inference in reading is the
ability to understand the
meaning of a passage of
text without all the
information being spelled
out.

35. From context clues within a
passage, the author gives
information about plot,
characters, setting, time period
and other elements of story by
the things he or she infers.

36. From context clues within a
passage, the author gives
information about plot,
characters, setting, time period
and other elements of story by
the things he or she infers.

37. CONCEPT MAPS
VISUAL GRAPHS