M13 Road to Reading

Question 1

phonological awareness and print awareness.

Answer 1

are prerequisites to reading

Question 2

5 stages continuum of Print Awareness

Answer 2

Interest 
Conventions 
Function 
Forms 
Part/whole relationships

Question 3

the child attends to and shows interest in letters

Answer 3

Interest

Question 4

• the child understands that for our language, print moves from left to right and has organization

Answer 4

Conventions

Question 5

the child understands that print has meaning

Answer 5

Function

Question 6

the child understands that letters have names and that when organized in patterns, the patterns have meaning

Answer 6

Forms -

Question 7

• the child understands that letters make words

Answer 7

Part/whole relationships

Question 8

A child has print awareness when….

Answer 8

• they understand that the lines, circles, squiggles and crosses on a page represent words
• they understand that print has a purpose -signs, names, stories, choices, directions
• they understand that we ‘read’ from left to right

Question 9

cargivers role in print awareness includes:

Answer 9

By reading to children,
pointing out signs, words on a page
adults build the child’s understanding of the connection between the spoken word and the written word.

Question 10

a child’s awareness of the function of the written word develops in stages between (ages)

Answer 10

Between the preschool years and 1st grade,

Question 11

Stage 1 -
Age Range -
Skills:

Answer 11

The Decoding Stage
5-7 years (Kinder-1st grade)
letter /sound correspondence is established

Question 12

Stage 2 -
Age Range
Skills -

Answer 12

Fluency Stage
- 7-8 years (2nd -3rd grade)
Confidence and proficiency with familiar print increases;
They easily read high-frequency words;
Reading is fluent and progresses as they practice reading at their level;
The beginning of reading to learn

Question 13

Stage 3 -
Age Range -
Skills -

Answer 13

Reading to Learn Stage
9-14 years (4th-8th grade)
no longer learning to read but reading to learn; reading expands children’s vocabulary skills; independent reading skills develop.

Children begin to read personally selected material
And read for pleasure in addition for learning.

Question 14

Stage 4-
Age Range -

Skills -

Answer 14

Developing Viewpoints
14-18 years (high school)
manage complex concepts, ideas and texts;consideration of multiple viewpoints in comprehending text is possible

Question 15

Stage 5 -
Age -

Skills -

Answer 15

Construction and Reconstruction
18 years and into adulthood

individuals are selective about what they read; use of advanced cognitive processes to analyze, select, and construct meaning from text; consider points of view and determine what they believe based on evidence not just what they read