Emergent and Early Literacy

Phonological awareness

encompasses the ability to recognize individual phonemes, syllables, and words.

all about sounds, not letters or correct spellings.

Phonemic awareness

the ability to hear and use individual units of sounds, or phonemes.

Alphabetic knowledge

the ability to recognize, name, and form letters, letter recognition

Alphabetic Principle

the understanding that speech sounds (phonemes) are represented by graphemes made of letters. This understanding is the basis for phonics instruction.

Language Experience Approach (LEA)

a teaching strategy that connects oral language to writing and reading skills

begins with a discussion about an experience to help students remember more information and details. Next, the students write about the experience. After writing, the students have repeated opportunities to read their writing.