1. Pre-reading
{ Introducing a text to your students

2.  If a student can read and write in their L1, learning to
read in another language will be easier.
 Portuguese and English have about 1600 cognates.
http://www.learn-portuguese-now.com/cognates.html
 Scaffolding, introducing new key vocabulary, and
context clues aids in comprehension of a text.

3. Scaffolding
What does a scaffold do?

4. Pre-reading Elements
1. Activate background knowledge
2. Build cultural background
3. Introduce key vocabulary
4. Picture Walk

5. Activate Background
Knowledge
- promotes comprehension
- finds what students already know about a topic
e.g. snowball fight, word web, identifying pictures, etc.

6. Build
- Build background knowledge by making connections to
L1 culture
- Promotes comprehension
e.g. compare football in Brazil with American football before
reading Dino-Football

7. Introduce vocabulary
 New vocab: not too many, not too few!
Tips for finding a good book:
- When reading aloud, if a student makes more than 10 errors,
the text is too hard.
- If a student does not understand a maximum of 5 words in a
paragraph, it is too difficult
- Start low and move up with appropriate topics
- Students must hear a word at least 35 times over time to
recognize and master it!

8. The Picture Walk
-Previewing a picture book before reading
1. Identify elements of text (title, author, illustrator, etc.)
2. Show the students the pictures (do not read text yet)
3. Don’t ask students questions. Teacher “thinks aloud”
4. Walk students through problems, ask and answer questions
throughout the story.

9. Pre-reading Practice
Teachers practice in groups of three-four.
 Practice should include the following elements:
1. How you will activate background knowledge
2. How you will choose and introduce essential
vocabulary
3. How you will do a Picture Walk
4. How you will read aloud (slowly, appropriate
emphasis and intonation, etc)
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