Four - Pronged Approach

Marungko Approach/ Fuller Technic

Four Pronged Approach to

Beginning Reading Instruction
- Genuine Love for Reading

(GLR )
- Critical Thinking ( CT )
- Grammar and Oral Language
Development (GOLD)
- Transfer Stage ( Decoding and
encoding ) ( TS )

Genuine Love for Reading

Pictures and Drawings / Maps

-Actions
Context Clues
>Remember that it is important to use
childs context and experiences when
unlocking new words.
>Limit words to be unlocked to 3-5.
>Post unlocked words after word is
unlocked.
>Use new words in ordinary, everyday
conversation.
>Have the new words visible in a certain
corner of the classroom.

 To provide direction or purpose for listening to

the story.
Motivation Tandem
Motivation Question
Activation
of Prior Schema:
Tuning in to the
Taps the experience
of the students
Story
Motive question
>To activate the childrens background
Relates to the story and is parallel to the first
experience and stir up their interest.
question;
Usually deals with something at the beginning
of the story;
Is usually asked first after the story.

> Semantic Web

>
K-W-L
UseChart
the cover as a stimuli.
Prediction Chart

During Reading Activities

Maintain eye contact.
Mention the title, author and illustrator of the book.
Note the copyright of the book.
Track the print on the page.
Vary your tone, pitch and voice as you tell the story.
Encourage the kids to join in.
Pause at certain points for kids to internalize the
story.

> Check understanding by asking questions and

for them to develop predicting skills.
> Use puppetry.
Engage the kids movement. Let them act out
something or say something given a cue.

Critical Thinking ( CT )
Post Reading Activities Should Include
Discussion
- Setting
- Characters
- Characteristics/ Traits of Characters
- Prolem
- Solution

The Dimension Of Reading Comprehension

Level 1: Literal Level
> a low level of understanding by using only
directly stated in the text.
information

Level 2: Interpretation
> calls for answers that are not directly
stated in the text but are suggested or
implied.
Level 3: Evaluation ( Critical Reading )
> involves personal judgment about the
text by the reader, usually based on ones
experience.

Level 4: Integration ( Application to Self/ Life )

involves putting ones self in the place of
the character
reading is used for some practical purposes, for
values

clarification.
Level 5: Creative Reading
involves coming up with new ideas or
reproducing the text information in other
forms: dramatizing, writing another ending,
writing a letter, musical interpretation.