Read tabloid newspaper articles. Tabloid articles are short and punchy so even a beginner can understand what the article is about. Additionally, the images in the newspaper will help you understand the text.
Read comic books where the pictures will help you understand the text.
Read children's story-books with short stories which you can easily understand. Once you get the grasp of reading a foreign text, you can move onto reading longer, more elaborate texts.
Use a dictionary to translate the words you did not understand. Try to understand each word from the context of the story without using a dictionary.
Take notes of the words you did not understand using a note pad. Learn the words after reading the text.