The five stages of reading
Stage 5: Applying
- Construct projects.
- Students can create project pertaining to the text that the class have covered.
- The student can write another chapter for the text.
- Read related books. Read another book by the same author.
- Evaluate the reading experiences. Share your reading experiences about a text with others
Stage 1: Pre-reading
Stage 4: Exploring
Stage 3: Responding
- Reread all or parts of the text.
- When a student read a text, he or she will have a different understanding about what she reads the first time.
- Learn new vocabulary words.—When reading we are introduced to new works and their meanings.
- Participate in mini lessons on reading strategies and skills---The teachers have the opportunity to introduce information while connecting the students to the topic.
- Write in response logs.
- Readings are important.
- Students have the opportunity to write, to draw, to creature, and to express their reading logs.
- Participate in grand conversations or other discussions.
- The students have the opportunity to share and to asked their class about their thoughts about the story.
- They may ask others about how and what they think the author could have done differently.
- To prepare to read
- When a discussion takes place before reading begin.
- Ms. Jones and her students may select and discuss a book of choice before actually reading it.
- Building the knowledge and vocabulary---A story or a trip in our community may be shared by the class. Words that the students may not be familiar with will be explained.
The five stages of reading consist of:
- Stage 1: Pre-reading
- Stage 2: Reading
- Stage 3: Responding
- Stage 4: Exploring, and Applying
Stage 2: Reading
- Reading independently, with a buddy, or listening or reading to text aloud.
- When a student reads independently, he or she does not receive as much support from the teacher.
- The students have the opportunity to read and reread the story. Whereas, the buddy-reading system allows a student to share the reading
- Buddy-reading allows the students to take turns reading with their buddy and to discuss the story.
Stage 1-Continue
- Set purpose—Quiz the students by asking questions about the story that they read, what were some of the important factors, and what did they learn after reading the story.
- Introduces key words—Have the students to list words that they thought to be important in the story.
- Make predictions—Once the students have shared their finding about the story, decide if the children are prepared for testing.
- Preview the test- Have the students share information that they have learned about the story. The students should be able to provide information about the story.
Stage 2: Continue
- Applying reading strategies and skills. ---The teacher provides scaffolding.
- Teacher monitors student's reading. The teacher issues the appropriate reading text to her students.
- Examine illustration, chart, and diagrams. Discuss the writing or drawing that the text includes to the students.
- Make sure that the students read the text from the beginning to the end in order to get a full understanding about what they have read.
- Take notes. --- Students should jot down important information.