Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Topic: Assumptions about Reading

10-second review: Don’t assume students know fundamentals about reading—like reading from left to right; like you must make sense out of what you read and if you don’t then you have to go back and fix it; like following the order of the letters.


Source: DG Litt. Reading Teacher (March 2007), 570-574. A publication of the International Reading Association (IRA).


Comment
: The same applies to the language the teacher uses in giving instructions. Don’t assume that students understand the words you have used. RayS.

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