emerging into literacy chapter 4. emerging into literacy overview objectives key terms
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Emerging Into Literacy
Chapter 4
Emerging Into Literacy
Overview Objectives Key Terms
Fostering Young Children’s Interest In Literacy Concepts About Written Language
Purpose and Opportunities – pp. 162-163
Concept of a Word Environmental Print Literacy Play Centers
Fostering Young Children’s Interest In Literacy
Concepts About the Alphabet The Alphabetic Principle Letter Names
• Routines to Teach Alphabet – p. 168 Phonemic Awareness
• Manipulate spoken language – p. 169• 5 types of activities – p. 171
Fostering Young Children’s Interest In Literacy
Concepts About the Alphabet, contd. Phonics
•Consonants•Vowels•Rimes and Rhymes •Phonics Generalizations
Young Children Emerge Into Reading
Shared Reading Step by Step – p. 179 Predictable Books
• Repetition, Cumulative Sequence, Rhyme and Rhythm, Sequential Patterns
Big Books Cross-Age Reading Buddies Traveling Bags of Books
Young Children Emerge Into Reading
Language Experience Approach Step by Step – p. 187
1. Provide an experience.
Experience must be meaningful & in which all participated:school experiencebook read aloudfield trip
2. Talk about the experience.
Students & teacher discuss experience:to generate words/vocabularyto review the experienceto extend their understanding
Ask open-ended questions.
3. Record the dictation.
Teacher writes down child’s dictation:for individuals: in booklets or on sheets of paper.
for groups: on chart paper or using word processor.
3. Record the dictation (cont.).
About teacher’s writing:Write neatly using school’s style.
Preserve as much student language as possible.
Keep editing of word choice & grammar to a minimum.
3. Record the dictation (cont.).
For individuals:Take dictation until child finishes or hesitates.
When child hesitates, reread what has been written & encourage child to continue.
3. Record the dictation (cont.).
For groups:Children take turns dictating sentences.
After writing each sentence, teacher rereads it.
4. Read the text.
Teacher models reading & correct intonation by reading text aloud, pointing to each word.
Children read the text together.
4. Read the text (cont.).
Individuals may take turns reading.
Text may be copied & distributed to children.
5. Extend language abilities.
Language abilities may be reinforced through teacher-directed activities related to the dictation: phoneme-grapheme
correspondence punctuation: sentence markers
5. Extend language abilities (cont.).
capitalization: sentences, proper nouns
words/vocabulary
Young Children Emerge Into Writing
Introducing Young Children to Writing
Interactive Writing Step by Step – p. 192
Minilessons About Reading and Writing