1. Emergent/Beginning Literacy Skills Christine Ryall, Ph.D. IRC Mentor Collaborative

2. Concepts of Print

3. Layout Print Orientation Letters Words Punctuation Pictures Concepts of Print…with text

4. print carries a message there is a one to one correspondence between words read and printed text there are conventions of print

5. Left to right: Directionality Book parts: cover, spine, pages, words, punctuation, pictures Syntax…letters to words to sentences Function of illustrations Conventions of PRINT

6. Break down the foundation… Consider the vowels and consonants Alphabet Knowledge – Match Upper case – Match Lower case – Production…write them Concepts of Print

7. Develop concepts through practice, consistent help, repetition – many have limited experience – Environmental Print – Language Experience Explicit Instruction is needed

8. Letter Identification

9. one of the best predictors of reading success 26 letters 44 sounds Write, say, trace, search and find Use more than books… Use environmental print Letters

10. Reinforcement Lowercase letters Capital letters Varying font styles Varying representations???? Letters

11. Names Big Books Dictionaries Newspaper scavenger hunts Sandpaper, cereal, paint, Playdough, string, pipe cleaners Games…bingo! Letter-based activities

12. Phonemic Awareness

13. An important ingredient in learning to read NOT the same as phonics/letters Phonological awareness is a predictor of reading readiness. Stretch the sounds of word beginnings and endings…without letters…show objects and pictures. Phonemes

14. Blending Rhyming – Onset /c/ – Rime /at/ Segmenting – Elkonin boxes – Clapping – Body motion Sound processes

15. Say the sounds (not the letter) Blend them to make the word Say the word Write the letters Say the word Step by step…

16. Have FUN with sounds Clap the sounds in words and use manipulatives Sight Word Identification Skills to build on

17. Bridges to Vocabulary Sounds…face-to-face reproduction – Use mirrors, “sound phones,” modeling – SING familiar songs…talk about the words – Play the sort and identify objects game! – Use “pictures only” books to build discussion – Create word banks from familiar activities/locations – REPETITION