Emergent Literacy and Concepts About Print

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Emergent Literacy and Concepts About Print
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Quick-Write How do emergent readers develop?

• Write as many emergent literacy skills as you can
  think of in 2 minutes.
• Then name at least two instructional methods you
  can use to foster these emergent literacy skills.
  

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Concepts About Print

• Marie Clays term for what emergent readers need
  to understand about how printed language works
  and represents language. Its basic components
  include
• Print carries a message (even if pretend
  reading)
• Books are organized, with a cover, title, and
  author
• Directionality Reading flows in a particular and
  consistent direction, left to right and top to
  bottom.
• Printed language consists of letters, words, and
  sentences (gradually learn to distinguish
  between)
• One-to-one matching More experienced readers
  begin to recognize matching or upper and lower
  case letters Concepts About Words gt Concepts
  About Letters

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Hannah

• What does Hannah know about print and how it
  works?

• Hannah knows

• Evidence

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Emergent Reading

• Concepts of Print (book orientation,
  directionality, print meaning purpose)
• Concepts of Word (things gt label objects gt
  combine to tell stories gt hold concept of word in
  their mind)
• Concepts of Alphabet (letter name, formation,
  special features, direction, isolated combined
  sound)

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Stages of Reading Development (RI Literacy Policy)

• Emergent Reader - preschool reading
  environmental print
• Beginning Reader - understanding of the alphabet
  and words (concepts of print)
• Transitional Reader - recognizing and
  manipulating within word differences
• Intermediate Reader - Fluency and
  problem-solving about the meaning
• Advanced Reader - Reading to learn

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Linking Stages of Reading and Writing Development
(Tompkins)

• Emergent Writer writing emerges from drawings
  directionality, name, 5-20 words
• Beginning Writer sentences and upper/lowercase
  spell phonetically, 20-50 words
• Fluent Writer uses writing process paragraphs,
  vocabulary, vowel patterns and word endings,
  punctuation

EMERGENT READER
BEGINNING READER
FLUENT READER
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Stages of Reading Development (RI Literacy Policy)

• Emergent Reader
• Beginning Reader
• Transitional Reader
• Intermediate Reader
• Advanced Reader -

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Meshing Stages of Reading Development (RI
Literacy Policy TOMPKINS)

• Emergent Reader
• Early Reader
• Transitional Reader
• Intermediate Reader
• Advanced Reader -

EMERGENT READER
FLUENT READER
BEGINNING READER
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Linking Stages of Reading and Writing Development
(Tompkins)

• Emergent Writer
• Beginning Writer
• Fluent Writer

EMERGENT READER
BEGINNING READER
FLUENT READER