Oral Reading Comprehension Practice

Quite often, students are asked to read aloud to the class or to a reading partner. Some students may display difficulty comprehending while reading aloud. They may understand what they read better when they read to themselves, or if they are being read to. Oral reading comprehension takes practice. Some students are so distracted by oral reading that it gets in the way of their comprehension. Following are some games designed to help students practice this skill.

Does my student or child have difficulty with oral reading comprehension? Look for these signs:

• cannot answer comprehension questions after reading orally
• substitutes illogical words and/or mispronounce many words
• omits, inserts, or repeats words or phrases
• exhibits weak word analysis skills (i.e....)
• does not pause at periods and/or commas
• reads word by word (sounds choppy)
• seldom self corrects errors
  

Guessing Vocabulary in Context 1
This is a multiple choice game. The user is given 10 sentences. Each sentence has one word that is underlined. The lesson is to select the best choice for the definition of the word--there are four possible answers for each vocabulary word.

Duck Hunt

The sentences in this game are short and simple. The words in red need to be defined. To select the correct definition, (there are two possible choices) the player has to shoot the duck displaying the number one or the number two.

Word Master

Fill in the blank. Get stuck? Click on the clue button for help! Don't know how to say a word? Click on "listen".