Reading and comprehensión skills in a 8M context

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This weekend, Álvar had to prepare for a school exam, which was a good excuse to read in English and practise our reading comprehension.

As always, we follow the school teacher's blog, which guides us in building grammatical knowledge and enriching our vocabulary.

When it comes to working on reading and comprehension skills, I recognise that my children are privileged because they have my husband and me to guide them in the process of understanding and practising this skill. It is true that in other families, parents also have this ability, but perhaps what is lacking is the dedication of time to help them. Or the belief that children learn on their own. We believe that in a non-English environment, we must strive to create moments of family work in English to guide them on the path of reading aloud, which is how we work on it.

We started from the premise that Álvar has been reading in English for some time, so he is quite familiar with the #Read&Imagine methodology from #Oxford. Even so, I looked for texts on the topics covered in this exam and we worked on three comprehension exercises:

Today we also recorded him so that he could listen to himself afterwards and realise his pronunciation. He made several mistakes, which he quickly detected.

Álvar's reading

In addition to these short readings, we have read a very cool historical book that also empowers women. Today, 8 March, is International Women's Day, and this is a very subtle way to learn about the past, to learn about American history, and to value the women who fought for THANKSGIVING DAY.