CH 16 Flashcards
emergent literacy
reading and writing behaviours and concepts of young children that precede and develop into conventional literacy
the beginnings of literacy extend from _____
the time the child is born
when is the period of fastest language learning
first five years of life
an average adult’s vocabulary is ______
4000-5000 words
an average two y/o vocabulary is _______
200 words
average 4 y/o vocabulary is _______
2000 words
phonetics awareness
awareness of the smallest sounds that make up oral language
phonemes
smallest individual speech sounds
most important thing for an adult to consider when selecting a book for a child?
do you and the child want to read the book together
how does the child come to know how print works
by being read a story
what is the most important thing when reading to a young child
story meaning
what is an alphabetic writing system
writing system in which the symbols represent the sounds of speech
concepts about print
read left to right, space between words, series of words make up a sentence
Sulzby’s stages of learning to read
- attempts to govern by pictures
- stories not formed
- attempts governed by pictures
- stories formed
- refusing to read based on print awareness
- reading with strategies imbalanced
- reading independently
children’s earliest transcription
drawing and scribbling
public print
a child’s role of print that occurs in social situations and in the environment
environmental print
print in signs and logos
according to Kathleen Roskos, children adopt their pretend play from
life experiences
semantic knowledge
knowing about a topic
contextual awareness
knowing about texts
when might a child first be expected to know that there are different kinds of texts and know also the difference between texts that tell stories and texts that give information
k-gr 1
when might a child first be expected to know words that rhyme and know that texts convey meaning
before kindergarten
