Lecture 3 - Theories of Literacy Flashcards
When does Literacy and Learning to read begin?
Before formal reading instruction in school
When is the Emergent Literacy Period?
Period before children go to school
What does Literacy Knowledge depend on?
Exposure to books
What is a Low Print Environment?
(3)
Little exposure to books
Few books
Very little literacy knowledge
What is a High Print Environment?
(4)
Large vocabulary
Many books
Environmental print available
Some decoding skills
What are Literacy Artifacts?
(5)
Alphabet blocks
Books
Slogans
Writing paper
Crayons
What is Joint Book Reading?
Parents/caregivers read to/with the child
When is a good time to start Joint Book Reading?
Why?
5-6 months (some begin before or after birth)
Can sit up and focus attention on books
What do children learn to do through Joint Book Reading before talking begins?
Learn to turn pages
Books are ______, label ______(3)_____ related to book and child’s life.
Rhythmic
Pictures, actions, events
What is the Focus of Joint Book Reading?
Meaning and comprehension (What does the child understand?)
Do parents ask children more questions (2-3 yrs old) when Joint Book Reading?
Yes
What questions can be asked during Joint Book Reading?
(3)
What explanations (What happened?)
Reason explanations (Why did it happen?)
Affective explanations (Feelings about what happened)
What do children learn about questions in Joint Book Reading?
(2)
How to answer questions about text
How to ask questions about text
What do children learn from adults’ answers provide during Joint Book Reading?
(2)
Conceptual knowledge
Reasoning skills
What else do children learn from book reading?
(3)
Letter names
Letter shapes
Letter sounds
What is the Alphabetic Principle?
Words consist of discrete sounds that are represented by letters in print.
What are the keys to reading?
(2)
Motivation
Interest
What is one of the first songs learned?
Alphabet Song
What do children learn after mastering letter names?
Letter shapes
What can be used to practice letter knowledge?
(2)
Magnetic letters
Keyboards
What two skills are important for reading?
Letter recognition accuracy
Letter recognition speed
Children who have letter recognition will have easier time learning _________ and _________.
Letter sounds
Spelling
What does learning sound-letter (phoneme-grapheme) correspondences depends on?
Letter knowledge
What will poor letter recognition affect?
(3)
Decoding
Comprehension
Frustration level
What do Rhyming Activities reflect?
(2)
Awareness of syllabic units
Onset –rimes (e.g., h – at, c-at)
What is Chall’s Stage 0? (2)
When does it occur? (2)
Pre literacy
Pre-Reading
Preschool
Birth-6 years
What is being learned in Chall’s Stage 0? (1+4)
Pre-reading/Literacy Socialization
Conventions of print
Read left-to-right
Words relate to sound
Graphemic symbols
What is Chall’s Stage 1? (2)
When does it occur? (2)
Initial Reading Decoding
Decoding
Preschool-Elementary School
6-7 years
What is being learned in Chall’s Stage 1?
(1+5)
Decoding stage
Alphabet
Words are made of letters
Letters represent sounds (phonemic awareness)
Sight words
Phonological awareness
What is Chall’s Stage 2? (2)
When does it occur? (2)
Confirmation of Fluency
Fluent Reading
Elementary School (2nd-3rd grade)
8-9 years
What is being learned in Chall’s Stage 2?
(1+3)
Confirmation of Fluency
Decoding fluency
Increasing reading rate
Using both phonological and sight word decoding
What is Chall’s Stage 3? (2)
When does it occur? (2)
Learning New Information
Fluent Reading
Elementary School-Middle School
9-13 years
What is being happening in Chall’s Stage 3?
(1+4)
Learning New Information from Reading
Comprehension becomes predominant
Fluency decreases (due to new words)
Reading to learn using underlying processes of decoding and semantic knowledge
Flexible use of both phonological and visual-lexical decoding