1. Pre-Kindergarten thru First Grade By Lisa Fiorenza
Reading Strategies
Pre-Kindergarten thru First Grade
By Lisa Fiorenza

2. How Literacy Develops
In young readers

3. How Literacy Develops in Young Readers
Phase 1: Awareness and Exploration.
Phase 2: Experimental Reading and Writing.
Phase 3: Early Reading and Writing.
Phase 4: Transitional Reading and Writing.
Phase 5: Independent and Productive Reading and Writing (Vacca et al, 2016).

4. Home literacy keys
In young readers

5. Home Literacy keys for Young Readers
parents should
Have conversations
Singing activities
Play allows narrative
Read and tell stories
Allow Children to write and draw
Have children write shopping list
Write to your child
Encourage card writing

6. Classroom literacy keys
For young readers

7. Classroom Literacy Keys
Make a book area that is inviting and fun.
Provide a listening center with headphones and books on CDs.
Have a computer area with a list of book sites.
Make a writing area with a variety of paper and word cards.

8. Speech and Print
For young readers

9. Speech and Print A print rich environment will have:
A variety of print materials such as books, menus, recipes, signs, and student work.
Text is shown throughout the classroom.
Print is easy to read and at children's eye level.
Word walls include familiar words children can read.
Names of students are printed on cubbies, desks, and other supplies.
Children are encouraged to write their names on paintings and drawings.
Print is in other languages.
Mailboxes are available for each child for home communication (Vacca et al, 2016, p.92)

10. Phonics
In young readers

11. Phonological Awareness
Rhyming: Ending sounds of words.
Alliteration:producing groups of words that begin with the same letter.
Sentence Segmenting: Understanding that sentences are composed of separate words.
Syllable blending and segmenting: blending syllables to make words by segmenting Words into syllables, segmenting words into sounds and blending them back together and manipulate the sounds to make new words.

12. Word Attacks
In young readers

13. Word Attacks Use Picture Clues Sound Out the Word
Look for Chunks in the Word
Sound out the word
Connect to a Word You Know
Reread the Sentence
(ReadingA-Z, 2016)

14. Parent Tips
for young readers

15. Parents tips for reading with their child
 Parents should have available a variety of different books, magazine, and newspapers in their homes.
Parents should show written language for many purposes.
Parents should be encouraging in their child's literacy.
(Vacca et al, 2016, p.93)

16. More Parent Tips Parents should read to children.
Parents should use rich in abstract vocabulary.
Parent should ask questions that make a child use language to express herself.
Parents should repeat and restate what the child says so the child can hear his or her own ideas.

17. More Parent Tips
The parent should give full attention and I contact when listening and speaking.
The parents should provide explanations for why the child needs to do something.
The parents should encourage conversation between themselves and their children.
(Vacca et al, 2016, p.93)

18. References I

19. Vacca, J; Vacca, R; Gove, M;Burkey; Lenhart. (2016). Reading and
Learning to Read (9th Edition). Pearson:Boston.
Reading and Word Attack Strategies.(2016) Retrieved
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