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ROLL & READ

OVERVIEW: ACTIVITY OBJECTIVE:
Roll and Read is another Learners will able to build fluency in reading.
activity that turn boring reading
practice into an exciting, engaging

and more challenging game. MTRLS & PREPARATION PROCEDURE
Helping children show great
interest in language and having þ Game Board with six columns F Two children get a game
them build fluency with speed, drawn on it. Each column has board and a die. They may
accuracy, and proper expression set of 5 or more use the die to decide who

are important aspects in learning words/phrases/ sentences goes first.
how to read. depending on the teacher’s F Have the child to roll the die

Fluency is one of those preference. Put a star figure and let him read one
reading skills that requires a deep (based on your choice) before word/phrase/sentence from
understanding. It serves as a each word/phrase/ sentence. the rolled column. For

bridge that leads to comprehension Each face of the die is also
and to a lifelong love of reading. indicated on the lower part of example, when he rolls a 3,

In the process of learning to read, each column. The teacher may he must read a word/phrase/
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students develop oral language laminate the game board in sentence under the 3 column.
and phonemic awareness, learn to order to be used it in multiple F Each time a child reads a

apply the alphabetic principle to times.
increasingly complex words, word/phrase/sentence in that

become familiar with more and þ A die þ Erasable marker set, he colors/marks a star.
more high-frequency words, build REFERENCE: F The children take turns rolling
a large number of words that can F Fluency Sentences - Roll & Read FREEBIE. the die until board is all

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SUGGESTIONS & ADVICE

ü The activity can be utilized in the whole class by projecting the game board to an interactive board like a

white board, enough for everybody in the class to see it.
ü The teacher can prepare a compilation of game boards with different levels of difficulty, organizing them

from basic sight words up to complex sentences/ideas.
ü Make variations in using a die to other learning areas. The following are examples:

a. a. Roll, Read, and Pick Up. Aside from rolling and reading, children identify words associated to the given topic
eg. picking up and highlighting the verbs in a sentence.

b. b. Roll and Perform, where the teacher assigns a word and then a player completes a task/activity for the
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number he rolls. Tasks can be: Spell the word; Use the word in a sentence; Illustrate the word; Give a
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synonym of the word; Give an antonym of the word; Give a word that rhymes with the word.

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c. c. Roll and Read in Mathematics, where they read a numeral correctly.
d. d. Roll and Write, where they express the number words into symbols.
e. e. Roll and Solve, where children take turns in solving an equation or a word problem.
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