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What do good readers do?
Good readers use
pictures, their knowledge of sounds and letters, letter blends and
the shapes of words, experience of subject matter and the flow of
language to help them make sense of the text that is laid before
them. Reading is very much a holistic experience for them and they
look for meaning in the words they read. They also self correct - if
something doesn't make sense, they will try it again and go back and
correct themselves.
What
happens with poor readers?
Typically, poor readers don't
look for what the text means. They look at it letter by letter, word
by word. They don't use all the clues in the surrounding print and
by the time they get to the end of the sentence, all meaning is
lost. They haven't grasped the flow of language or looked for
meaning in other areas of the text, such as pictures etc. The reader
then gets caught up in a vicious circle whereby because they are not
good at it, they don't do it often enough which then makes it even
harder for them to catch up.
Some of this
information has been sourced from the book "Parents, Teachers,
Partners" by Barry Dwyer.
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