Child written Flashcards
Children learn to read before they learn to…
write
Early reading enables young children to establish the …
Phoneme-grapheme correspondence
What is a phoneme?
The sounds
What is a grapheme?
The written symbols (letters)
What is the phonic approach?
Learning individual sounds and grouping them together to make words
What is the whole word approach?
learning how to write the word as a ‘whole’ word without knowing the understanding of different sounds
it is the older approach
What do children need to understand within the skills of reading?
1) relationships between written symbols(graphemes) and sounds(phonemes)
2) written texts are organised according to number of conventions e.g left to right, chapter headings, page numbers
What are the three key stages that help new readers to read?
1) chronological order
2)spoken language features
3)story grammar
What are examples of spoken language features?
alliteration, assonance, repetition, balanced sentences
What does Stein and Glenn’s story of grammar outline?
It outlines the basic structure of the books that children read
According to Stein and Glenn’s story grammar what do children develop a knowledge of?
they develop a knowledge of the basic structures of writing from the books they read with their parents.
If children have an MKO alongside them, what can this help the child develop?
Structured pieces of language
Explain the ‘setting’ feature within Stein and Glenn’s theory
Introduction of mail characters, as well as the time and place for the story action
Explain the ‘initiating event’ feature within Stein and Glenn’s theory
An action or happening hat sets up a problem or dilemma for the story
