What Counts as Reading?

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📚 Part 1: Matching Activity

Instructions: Draw a line to match each reading activity with why someone might do it.

1. Reading a recipe

2. Reading street signs

3. Reading a comic book

4. Reading a text message

5. Reading a menu

6. Reading a story book

7. Reading game instructions

8. Reading a shopping list

A. To have fun and be entertained

B. To know where to go

C. To learn how to cook something

D. To talk with friends and family

E. To choose what to eat

F. To use imagination and enjoy a story

G. To learn how to play

H. To remember what to buy

1. Check all the things that count as reading:

Looking at pictures in a book

Reading words on a computer screen

Reading signs at the store

Looking at a map

Reading cereal boxes

Reading birthday cards

2. What is your favorite thing to read?

3. Name two places where you see words to read every day:

Place 1: ________________________

Place 2: ________________________

4. Why is reading important in our daily lives? Write 1-2 sentences.