READING AND WRITING

WHEN TO START READING

After basic literacy has

been established

in L1

HOW TO APPROACH TEACHING READING

SUB-

SKILLS

De-coding

Skimming

Scanning

Inferring

Understanding

BEFORE

WHILE AFTER

FROM READING TO WRITING

INITIAL WRITING Develop hand-eye coordination

fine motor skill

Consolidate oral work reinforcing vocabulary items,

sentence patterns

Mechanical activities

Provide frameworks to guide children’s writing

HOW TO APPROACH TEACHING WRITING

FEEDBACK AND CORRECTION

POSITIVE COMMENT ON CONTENT + CORRECTION ASPECT OF LANGUAGE

REFERENCES

500 Activities for the Primary Classroom.

Carol Read. Macmillan Education. 2007.