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Lectura
The literature selections in the
Antologías
are authentic pieces that cover a variety of
themes and genres culturally relevant to the
country that is studied in each unit. They
include informational and expository texts,
biographies, poetry, and ction.
The use of appropriate reading strategies
is essential for the development of reading
skills. Reading strategies are designed to
help students better understand the reading
selections before, during, and after they
read. Some useful strategies, for example, are
Echo Reading, Retelling, and Summarizing.
“
Echo Reading” is an easy-to-use strategy that
helps students learn uency, expression, and
reading at an appropriate rate. “Retelling”
helps students to tell the story using their
own words, and “Summarizing” helps them
to identify the main ideas of the story. A
detailed list of reading comprehension skills
and strategies can be found on pages 4–5.
Comprendo lo que leí
This one-page section has a series of
comprehension questions designed to
measure how well students understand the
selection. In addition, each series has one
critical thinking question to help students
to re ect on the selection and engage in
independent, higher-order thinking skills.
The use of reading comprehension skills and
strategies is recommended to help students
to better understand the selection before
answering the comprehension questions.
The
Annotated Edition
comes with an
answer key for this section.
Así se dice
This one-page section focuses on
phonics, words with variable spelling
forms (
ortografía dudosa
),
and vocabulary
development. Helpful grammar de nitions
are provided followed by activities.
The phonics activities help students to
understand the relationship between letters
and sounds. The variable spelling activities
give students an opportunity to practice
sounds that are similar or identical in
Spanish but have different spelling forms and
meaning, such as
casa
,
caza
.
The vocabulary
development activities help students to
understand new vocabulary and use it when
reading and writing. The
Annotated Edition
comes with an answer key for this section.
Así se escribe
The focus of this section is grammar
and spelling. Helpful grammar de nitions
are provided followed by activities. These
activities help students to understand the
function and application of grammatical and
spelling conventions in appropriate grade-
level contexts. The
Annotated Edition
comes
with an answer key for this section.
A escribir
The writing activity encourages students
to think, evaluate, and write about the
selection they just read. It can focus on
the selection, a part of the selection, or
expand upon the selection. The activity also
gives students an opportunity to practice
using the grammar and spelling functions
they have just learned in that unit. The
Annotated Edition
includes teacher/parent
prompts to further enhance the writing
experience. All activities in the
Antología
must be written on a separate notebook or
sheet of paper.
Program Overview