1. Print Awareness Ann Morrison, Ph.D.

2. Print Awareness  Print has meaning  Only includes print, does not include the relationship between print and sound (Can be done with the ears closed)  Concepts About Print  Logograms  Graphemes

3. Concepts About Print  Directionality  Orientation  Punctuation  The role of pictures versus print  Return sweep  Concept of word, sentence

4. Logograms  Logos represent ideas  Does not include pictures

5. What Do These Mean?

6. Graphemes include  Punctuation  Chinese characters  Letters  Typographic ligatures  Numbers

7. Graphemes  B B B B  a a a a  g g g g  I I I I  Letter forms  Stay consistent with letter forms taught in school  Fonts at left: Franklin Gothic Book Apple Casual Chalkduster Constantina Italic