READING READINESS

Enjoying books is vital to

• learning to read

• learning to sing

• learning to write

• learning to speak

A child's readiness to read depends largely on the

• environment caregivers create

• cleanliness of the home

• focus of the reader

• books read to the child

Associating sounds with certain ___________ is an important step in learning to read.

• letters

• words

• colors

• tones

Baby's first step in reading is to

• to enjoy the sound of the reader's voice

• babble along with the reader

• look at the pictures

• draw their own pictures

Many children (and adults), regardless of intelligence, require direct, systematic instruction in one or more of the following: phonemic awareness, the alphabetic code/phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.

• True
• False

Below are some skills that would signify that a child is ready to read. EXCEPT ONE.

• Visual Discrimination

• Scribbling

• Recognition of letters in the alphabet

• Phonemic Awareness

Karen is a grade 1 student and she's still having difficulty when it comes to reading. She asked for her teacher's help but her teacher does other things instead. Good thing her parents were able to enroll her to an online reading program. Which reading deficiency is illustrated in the example.

• physical abnormalities

• interest of the child

• socio-economic background

• teacher’ ability to help children to learn

Jen has a 5 year-old child and she always encourages him or her to read aloud and practice re-reading, provide with the right kind of reading materials and follow up questions about it. What is Jen trying to build up with her child?

• Reading accuracy

• Reading Comprehension

• Reading literacy

• Reading independently

Read the following statements. Which of the following are indicators that a child is ready to read according to Watson (2014)? You can choose more than one.

• makes inferences on both what is read and seen in the pictures

• holds a book the right way

• prefers stories being reread and chimes rarely

• will make attempts to reread the story from memory and picture cues

Parents should wait for children to reach the desired age before introducing reading. Waiting for the right age of six is best before fostering the love of reading within them.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• MAYBE

• IT DEPENDS.