Ideas for teaching Reading
Ideas for teaching reading including hiragana, katakana, kanji and words or sentences.
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Board scramble (Reading, Vocabulary) Tt writes various hiragana scrambled all over the board. Divide the class into two teams. Allocate one of the Ss to yell out a hiragana (or yell out a definition of a word). The Ss race to circle the correct hiragana or word. The person who circles it first wins a point for their team. (Can be also done with kanji or vocabulary.)
Board slaps (Vocabulary, Reading) L Brandis Split the class into two (or more) teams. Line the teams at the back of the class giving each team one fly swat. Write words on the board. (While you are doing this, or after you’ve finished give the Ss a few minutes to revise the meanings of the words.) Read the meaning of a word the first team to run and slap the word on the board gets a point. Extra: can review reading hiragana/kanji)
Run and erase Write vocabulary you wish to revise on the board. Divide the class into two teams. Allocate a runner for each team. Tt defines a word or shows a flashcard and the Ss then run to the board and erase (or draw a circle) around that word. The person to first do this gets a point. The team with the most points at the end is the winner.
Running Dictation Groups D Powell Pin up a piece of reading. Divide the class into teams of two or more. Allocate a scribe and a runner. The runner must run to the reading remember the first sentence then run back to their team. Tell the scribe the sentence who then writes it down. The teams then swap jobs. A new runner and a new scribe. Continue until the entire reading is complete. The first team to complete gets 5 points. Second gets 4 and so on. Then the Tt reads the script or puts a copy of it onto the OHT. Ss check what they have written. 1 point is allocated for each correct sentence or vocabulary. The group with the most points at the end wins.