Course Outline for Developmental Reading1
Course No. :Rdg 1
Course Description: Developmental Reading
Course Outline
MIDTERM
Unit I – THE READING PROCESS
Reading Defined
Theoretical Models of Reading –
The Perceptual Nature of Reading Process –
Factors That Affect Reading –
Reading as a Developmental Task –
Unit II- TEACHING EMERGENT LITERACY
Reading Readiness –
Theories on Readiness –
Reading Readiness and Emergent Literacy –
Skills of the Emergent Reader –
Left-Right Progression –
Visual Discrimination –
Auditory Discrimination –
Sounds and Letter Names –
Comprehension Skills of the Emergent Reader –
Unit III. TEACHING BEGINNING READING –
Teaching the Alphabet –
Teaching Word Recognition –
Teaching the Service Words –
Reading Phrases, and Sentences –
Teaching Comprehension Skills of the Beginning Reader –
Unit IV. TEACHING BASIC COMPREHENSION SKILLS
Reading Comprehension Defined –
Barret’s Taxonomy of Reading Comprehension –
The Questioning Technique to Develop Comprehension –
Fraenkel’s Taxonomy of Questions –
Bloom’s Taxonomy Applied to Questioning Levels –
Questioning and the Levels of thinking –
Purposes of Questions –
Characteristics of Questions –
Do’s in Asking Questions –
Sample Exercises for Developing Comprehension Skills –
Noting Details –
Sequencing Ideas –
Arranging Events in a Story –
Predicting Outcomes –
Answering “Wh” Questions –
Unit V. TEACHING LITERARY APPRECIATION SKILLS
Teaching Literature to Children –
Literary Appreciation Skills –
Verses for Children –
Poetry for Children –
Fables –
Legends –
Storytelling –
Choral Reading/Speaking –
Drama in the Classroom –
Unit VI. TEACHING RATE AND STUDY SKILLS
Rate and Comprehension in Reading –
Study Skills and Library Skills –
Reading a Textbook –
Reading Reference Materials –
The Encyclopedia –
Thesaurus –
Biographical References –
Atlases –
Almanacs –
The Dictionary –
Unit VII. TEACHING READING METHODOLOGIES
Teaching Vocabulary –
The Dimensional Approaches –
Semantic Webbing –
The Gradual Psychological Unfolding Approach –
Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) –
Sustained Silent Reading –
Language Experience Approach –
Dialogical Thinking Reading Lesson (DRTL) –
Phono-Visual-RAP –
Unit VIII. DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION
Diagnosis in Reading –
Remediation in Reading –
Unit IX. ASSESSMENT IN READING
Assessing the Three Domains of Learning –
Achievement Testing –
Assessing Reading as a Language Arts –
The Cloze Test –
Unit X. READING GAMES
The Gaming Method –
Simulations and Games –
Hints on How to Use Games –
Word Games –
Treasure Hunt –
Classifying Games –
References:
Teaching Reading in Elementary Grades. Tejero, E. & Catchillar, Gerry C. 2006
Developmental Reading. Romero, Angelita D. & Romero, Rene C. 2006
Developmental Reading. Villanueva, A. S. & Delos Santos, R. 2008
Innovative Strategies in Communication Arts. Villamin, Aracei M. et. al. 1994
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