Activity Sheet, Lesson 1: What Reading Is - Mark Fullmer

Activity Sheet, Lesson 3: Factors Affecting Reading
Task 1: Fill up the chart, giving examples of each reading factor
Developmental Reading
Physical & Clinical Factors
Predictors of School Entry
Acquired Knowledge of
Literacy
Family-Based Factors
Hearing problems, eyesight, motor skills
School, Neighborhood, &
Community Factors
Task 2: Use the list above and recall Elena Cutiongco‟s 5 causes for problems in education. Then explain
the factors involved in each situation below:
Scenario
Sean is 10 years old. After school, he immediately
faces the computer and plays games. Whenever his
mom sees him, she always ignores what he‟s doing.
When the issuance of report cards come, Sean
receives poor marks in the major subjects,
particularly reading.
Mae is in Mr. Bernardo‟s Grade 5 class. She has had
difficulty in learning to read. Even in the second
grade she only reads about the preschool level.
When asked about the print materials she prefers to
read, she said she liked playing with dolls and
browsing fashion magazines. She also said that her
brothers play loud music and home.
Renz was more in Cebu and migrated to Manila. He
is now in Grade 4 and is reading in English at about
the 3 rd level. Although he can understand English
and uses it occasionally, he still prefers to speak
Filipino. His teachers in other subjects report that
Renz sometimes lags behind, not only in reading
but also in speaking, listening, and writing.
Kent comes from a dysfunctional family. In school,
his teachers always complain that he is mischievous
and that he oftentimes daydreams, too, during class
hours. He doesn‟t like to finish his seatwork. When
his mom is called for a conference, she exclaims
that at home he does not read.
When Raul was 5, his parents noticed that he could
hardly utter a word. He could not understand what
people were saying, either. When he was enrolled
as a preschooler, his teacher would normally send
him home since he could not cope with the
demands of his schoolwork.
Explanation
I think the two main problems in this example are (1)
the interest of kids in computer games today and (2)
family based factors. Sean does not have the proper
attitude for school yet, and his family is not helping
change that attitude.