READING PHASE I ADEQUATE

Sample Tasks Examples

1. Read and understand short messages

  • Invitations
    Cut out and match information words
  • Note or letter
    After reading a letter, learners listen to questions posed by teacher. Learners circle the answer to the questions.
    When is the appointment?
    Who wrote the letter?

2. Read and understand short instructions

  • Practice instruction words by playing games, such as Tic Tac Toe

3. Read and understand information

  • Read and use flashcards of personal information words as a springboard for interactive questions and answers
  • Read and number the household items pictured on a diagram of the house as a flashcard of the word is shown
  • Find names of household items in a flyer or catalogue

4. Read and interpret ideas and feelings

  • Read a 3 - 5 sentence story or dialogue and
    • Circle, underline, cross out words according to a teacher stimulus
    • Order words or sentence strips according to a teacher model or stimulus
  • Read a story or dialogue
    • Along with the same story or dialogue on tape
    • Orally on tape
    • In pairs or to a volunteer
  • Read and orally answer
    • WH comprehension questions
    • Yes/No statements about the story

Monday, February 28, 2000

Dear Teacher,

My son will not go to school tomorrow. He has an appointment. Ali will go to school on Wednesday.

Mrs. Hamo










Read the story.

1. Rosa Gomez is from Mexico.
2. She speaks Spanish and English.
3. She has four young children.
4. She doesn't like Canada.

Read the sentences.
Circle Yes or No

1. Rosa is a woman.
2. Rosa is from Canada.
3. Rosa has three children.
4. She likes Canada.

Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No

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