Emergent Literacy Final

Sight Vocabulary

Words that you cannot sound out “THE”, High frequency words that children need to recognize instantly.

Tier 1 - Vocabulary

Basic, everyday words used frequently in conversation and writing.

Tier 2 - Vocabulary

Slightly more advanced words that are used across various contexts and are essential for understanding texts and concepts.

Tier 3 - Vocabulary

Content Specific words that are specialized and used in particular fields or subjects, often related to academic content. EX: Photosynthesis

Phonemic Awareness

The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.

What are the easiest parts of a word to identify?

The beginning, and if it’s a 3 letter word its end.

What is the hardest part of a word to identify?

The middle or vowel sounds.

What are the concepts of print?

knowing how to hold a book, distinguishing between letters and words, and recognizing the direction in which text is read.

Book & Print awareness parts

author, illustrator, correct way to hold the book, front of book, title, illustrations, letters, words, which way to read, where to go after finishing a line, and where to go after finishing a page.

What questions do you ask when you asses each level of Phonological Awareness?

What are the parts of the Phonological Awareness continuum

words/sentences, syllables, onset rime, phoneme - listening, alliteration, & rhyming.

Segmenting

the ability to separate words into their component phonological groups.

Blending

Combining individual phonemes to make spoken words and putting onsets and rimes together in words.

manipulating

the ability to change phonemes in words to create new words or sounds.

Deletion

mentally removing parts of a word to make another word.

Accent

(or stress) the force a syllable is pronounced with. The primary accent is the one that receives the strongest and heaviest emphasis.

Digraphs

two different letters that represent a single phoneme

Grapheme

written symbols, the letters of the alphabet, that represent phonemes in a language.

Isolation

ability to identify where phonemes occur in a word, at the beginning, middle, or end.

Onset

the part of the syllable that comes before the vowel.

Phonemes

spoken sounds, the smallest unit of sound in words.

Phonics

the sound- symbol relationship relationships, when learning to read and spell.

Phonological Awareness

NO PRINT! The umbrella term that includes the study of speech sounds and how they are made.

Rhyming

the ability to recognize and generate words that have the same sound at the end.

Rime

the vowel and any consonants that come after it in a syllable.

Schwa

the vowel sound that occurs only in unaccented syllables

Substitution

changing words by replacing one sound with another

Easiest to hardest manipulating, segmenting, blending (these are not in order the answer IS)

Segmenting, blending, and manipulating.

How many phonemes are in “strength”

6

What syllable is stressed in the word “Captain”

The first syllable is stressed, pronounced CAP-tain.

what vowel phoneme is an unaccented syllable?

Schwa is the vowel sound represented by the symbol /ə/, often found in unstressed syllables within words.

Why are “Alliteration” & “Rhyming” outside of the triangle on the Phonological Awareness continuum?

Because they are relational skills

What is the onset and rime of the word “snap”?

“Sn” is the onset “ap” is the rime

What is the gap between high and low SES?

6000 Word gap

What is the richest form of language learning?

Conversation

What are the language building strategies?

Label, describe, explain, compare, and link

Label

Name objects, concepts and actions

Describe

Tell how something looks, sounds, tastes, feels, and smells

Explain

Tell how something works or why we do things

Compare

tell how items are the same or not

Link

make the connection between new objects, ideas, or concepts children already know or have experienced.

What are the emergent stages of writing?

Scribbling, drawing, linear scribbles, letter like forms, letter strings, invented spelling, conventional spelling.

What is invented spelling?

Phonetic spelling, sounding words out and writing what they hear.

Are the stages of emergent writing sequential?

No, they can go back and forth

What has research shown is critically important when reading aloud with the class?

That interaction is very important. Children and Teacher should talk and ask questions during reading.

What should you do BEFORE reading a book to the class?

Set a purpose for reading, discuss book concepts and key vocabulary.

What should you do DURING reading a book to the class?

Explain new things, stop for comments, predictions, and questions. Ask open ended questions.

What should you do AFTER reading a book to the class?

Plan to keep the students involved using story extension activities like a retelling activity.

How many times is reading aloud recommended in the classroom?

3 times per day

Is there a more effective way to engage students during read-alouds?

Yes, do it in small groups of 3-6 students to facilitate discussion and interaction.