Reading involves processes that need to be reviewed in order to maximize its tools across different areas.

1. Stages of Reading Development
1. Reading Readiness
In this stage, the teacher:
 prepares pupil for learning how to read;
 guides the child in acquiring functional listening and speaking vocabulary;
 initiates activities using a real or concrete objects such as alphabet blocks, toys,
picture books, and others;
 imparts skills in auditory and visual discrimination, motor-ocular coordination;
 introduces fun experiences such as listening to stories, reading rhymes and
children’s poems;
 imparts acquisition by the child of a basic sight, vocabulary using pictures,
configuration, action, and context clues;
 introduces phonetic and structural lessons; and
 imparts lessons to make the child ready for other studies such as language,
science, mathematics, social studies and arts.
2. Beginning Reading
This is the stage for the child to recognize and remember words, phrases and sentences
as symbols for ideas that correspond to early experiences.
In order to attain these, the teacher:
 introduces words, seeing to it that these words relate to real-life situations;
 initiates both oral and silent reading, with preference to oral reading in order to
aid the child in recall, correct pronunciation and clear enunciation of words
(Reading experts that even before grade 1, the child should already have a
reading vocabulary of at least 200 words); and
 engages the child in repetitive, interesting and meaningful vocabulary-building
activities.
3. Rapid and Expanding Reading Growth
The teacher guides the child in the mastery of reading techniques by:
 enriching vocabulary, deepening comprehension, awakening critical thinking
through answer-search to problems;
 encouraging free reading;
 applying skimming and scanning techniques in the use of table of contents,
glossary and index of books, and by opening the book to find major concepts and
topic sentences;
 introducing the use of dictionary to locate meaning of new words; and
 assigning summaries, outlines and book reports.
4. Refinement and Use of Reading as a Study Tool
This is a period of serious and interpretive reading in which the high school teacher
guides in the use of reading as a tool for effective study of other required subjects. He,
therefore:
 encourages independent reading and ample use of library materials such as
reference books (encyclopaedia, almanacs, fact books, and others)
 introduces research work as would be useful in problem-solving in science,
social studies, mathematics and other related disciplines;
 encourages the practice of note-taking, efficient organization of notes and wide
reading for pleasure; and
 engages the students in oral reading using poetic, exhortative and dramatic
materials.
For the college teacher, extensive and intensive reading are intended to further find
vocabulary, comprehension, literary appreciation and study skills. In particular, the
college teacher:

2.  guides college students in careful, detailed and analytical reading;
 induces mastery of language which leads to facility with words, functionality of
reading and writing and innovative study work;
 helps students in familiarity with technical words or terms as adapted in specific
discipline such as in science, mathematics and other subjects; and
 builds the students’ literary appreciation.
PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY: Multi-age Reading Fare
Date of Performance: February 4, 2018 | School Atrium
Form groups of seven or eight members each. Each group should prepare a table that
introduces/displays reading/instructional materials that would cover the assigned developmental
reading stage.
Throughout the time, one or more members should speak as if they were promo associates.
The rating would be both objectively given by the college instructor and by the passers-by (50%-
College Instructor, 50%-Passers-by)
The group should let the passers-by listen and rate the group from 1-10.
Holistic Criteria
 Number and Appropriateness of Materials - 30%
 Performance of Group Representatives - 30%
 Creativity - 20%
 Neatness - 10%
 Group Order, Responsibility and Unity - 10%
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