{"id":1146,"date":"2017-06-03T19:39:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prakovic.edublogs.org\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2021-07-02T20:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T20:00:40","slug":"previewing-pre-reading-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rakovicspeechandlanguagechat.com\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"One Way to Up Your Student’s Reading Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you been to a movie lately?  What happens before the main movie?  You typically are watching movie previews. Why do movie theaters do this?  They want to entice you to want to see the movie that they are previewing.<\/p>\n

The same thing should happen when we are working on a read aloud with children. We need to entice them, give them a reason to perk up and listen. It is like presenting them with a nicely wrapped present that they are going to get to open.<\/p>\n

Pre-reading activities build up background knowledge and help to frame what the child might encounter in the story. You can build the purpose of the reading into this introduction which again helps the child with language difficulties to know what you are asking them to listen for. Pre-reading assists the students in connecting what they know with new information.<\/p>\n

Previewing or before reading activities can take many forms. Think about the theme, vocabulary, characters, genre or unusual settings to help you think about what should be in the pre-reading activity.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

The Gingerbread Man by<\/p>\n