In the beginning, it's difficult to teach reading and focus attention to the book. For that, it can be a good idea to write on the board some sentences they need to read using a competition game.
Groupings
-Groups of 5 or more to do it more dynamic.
How can it be used?
-For reading
-To focus attention
-To assess reading
How to do it?
-You divide the class into 4 groups (creating too many groups will make the students lose interest on the development of the activity)
-You write a sentence and one person from the first group reads it. The whole group repeats it.
-After that, the student does what he/she has just read.
Example:
I did it with the flascards from the topic practising the positions "on", "in" and "under" in first grade. I wrote "The pool is on the box" and the students read it aloud and placed the flashcard with the pool on the box. (It is a good idea to read it with the whole class first so that students with difficulties had a bit of help and focus the attention of the whole class during the activity). If the student placed the flashcard correctly he got a point for the team. The winner is the team which gets more points. The team can get a sticker or a stamp.
