HOME WORK TO IMPROVE READING
SKILLS OF STUDENTS FOR CLASSES
III, IV & V
Mrs. Mohanjeet Kaur Khalsa
K.V. Army Area , Pune.
Mumbai Region
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Topical Outline
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Introduction
Objectives
Methodology Adopted
Results/Findings
Applications/Implications
Conclusion
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Introduction
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• Home Work To Improve Reading Skills Of Students For Classes
III, IV & V provides graded reading material for beginners as well as
advanced learners, exposing them to a variety of writing styles.
• This is an innovative teaching aid, which makes use of a set of
cards specifically called as “Reading Cards”.
• The cards are specifically designed for independent, self-paced
reading. Each reading card is like a page book which contains a
complete, self-contained text.
• The texts are wide-ranging, with passages on science, people,
places, folktales and stories from real life and mythology with lively
and imaginative illustrations to accompany them.
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In short, Home Work To Improve Reading Skills
Of Students For Classes III, IV & V is an
exciting new teaching aid where learning becomes
part of leisure activity.
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Objectives
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Home Work To Improve Reading Skills Of Students for Classes III,
IV & V brings the idea of a `Teacher-Student Resource Unit' with a
range of role-play, dramatization printed and other kinds of teacher
training resource material for use within and outside of classroom
contexts.
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Here are ten tips to improve reading skills that have been taken
under consideration while implementing this project
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You don't have to be a great reader to get the point.
Know WHY you're reading.
You don't need to read everything.
You don't need to read all of what you DO read.
Scan before you read.
Prioritize your reading.
Optimize your reading environment.
Once you start, don't stop!
Focus.
Practice
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Methodology
Adopted
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Without getting bound with the texts books, to improve the
reading skills of the children, the help of reading cards from the
school resource room was taken.
These cards are very easy and handy to handle with heading (title)
written in bold letters with the first letter being the capital letter.
These are with different stories, information regarding vivid
things existing. This innovative learning aid provides graded
material for independent, self- paced reading.
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Resources Used
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The Reading Cards
Photostat Material
Student / Child Resource
Dramatization
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About Reading Cards
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The reading cards are graded from
levels I to V.
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Each level consists of 50 cards.
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Each card is like a four-page book.
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Each card contains a complete,
independent, self-contained text.
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A wide- range of topics with passages
on science, people, places, folktales
and stories from real life and
mythology.
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Colorful and imaginative illustrations
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Simple comprehension and vocabulary
exercises to enable self-evaluation.
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Execution Of Project
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Any reading card is selected and photocopy of the same is
distributed to every child on every Saturday, the levels to be
taken into consideration.
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Mapping of levels with classes
Class III –Level –I
Class IV – Level –II
Class V – Level – III
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The students are also given a ruled sheet on which they would
write the following points:
1. From the photocopy of the reading card –
2. Title – Same as written on the reading card
3. Exercise given on the reading card.
4. One sentence about the story.
5. Parents sign.
6. Picture drawing at the back of this paper.
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4. Hence this sheet becomes the activity sheet for this child.
5. The photocopy of the reading card can be kept at home.
6. The record of the above activity sheets are maintained by the
respective English teachers of the classes.
7. To make it more joyful reading, instead of photocopy, the
original reading cards are given to the students. The number
of the reading card is recorded. This will illustrate the number
of reading cards read by each child.
8. During the morning assembly of the Primary Section, story
from the reading card is dramatized by the students of
respective classes. At the end of each dramatization the moral
of the story is stated which will in turn prepare the child to be
a good citizen of the society in which he/she is going to live or
work.
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Dramatization
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Results
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Results / Findings
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Parents are very glad to see the progress in the
reading skill of their ward.
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Parents have learned that value education has
been ingrained in their children.
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The little ones have shown interest and zeal to
read more and more stories with fascinating
pictures. They eagerly wait for the next one.
This has resulted into effective interaction of
students with the teachers. Also in pupillearning process, understanding of the
concepts is grasped quickly.
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With the improvement in the reading skills, the
children have achieved strong reasoning
power.
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Statistically the data showed a tremendous
improvement in the reading grades obtained
from A – Very good to A* - Excellent.
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Students are able to easily grasp and
understand the story which is dramatized.
They are able to narrate and also tell the
moral of the enacted story. Thus improving
the overall competency, skills and proficiency
of students.
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This project helps in directing the students’
reading ability to an individualized and selfpaced improvisation.
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Lastly it serves as a mini portable library for
learners of English & ideally plays a very
important role towards the overall reading
proficiency of a student resulting in an early
delivery of correct and improvised form of
reading skill.
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Applications
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Applications / Implications
The educational implications of this project can be made
by various educationists like:
• Teachers
• Teacher-educators
• Students
• Student-Teachers
• Parents & Society as a whole.
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Conclusion
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“Home Work to Improve Reading Skills of Students for Classes III,
IV & V, not only improvises the reading skills of students but also
plays a very effective role in grooming the overall personality of the
student as a whole.”
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