Components of Literacy

EDU 280Fall 2014

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Creative Curriculum’s Literacy Components

• Literacy, Chapter 1

Literacy Vol. 3, Chapter 17

7 Components of Literacy

Literacy as a source of enjoyment Vocabulary and language Phonological awareness Knowledge of print Letters and words Comprehension Books and other texts

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Literacy as a source of enjoyment

• Goal for preschool emergent readers is to introduce them to the power and pleasure of literacy.– Role Models– Attractive and Inviting Library Area– Literacy Linked with Play– Choices– Challenging yet Achievable Experiences

Language

• A system of words with rules for their use

• Two areas of language:1. Receptive language2. Expressive language

• Children move through predictable stages of acquiring language but the pace is different from child to child

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Four Kinds of Vocabulary

1. Listening vocabulary

2. Speaking vocabulary

3. Reading vocabulary

4. Writing vocabulary

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Four basic ways children learn new words

1. Talking with peers and adults throughout the day, informally and in guided conversations

2. Songs, rhymes, fingerplays

3. Hearing new words to describe what they experience first hand

4. Listening to print read aloud and talking about new words

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Phonological Awareness

n Adults will understand and use strategies that include:ListeningRhymingAlliterationSentences and wordsSyllablesOnset & rimePhoneme

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Why are phonological awareness skills so important?

The ability to…

• Separate words into syllables or beats

• Recognize and generate rhymes

• Recognize and generate words that start or end with the same sound

• Blend words into sounds

• Segment words into sounds

Will eventually help children to…

• break down a word into parts to spell or decode it.

• use known words to decode new words. (e.g. Use catch for batch)

• learn to associate particular sounds with particular letters.

• “sound out” words. /n/ /a/ /p/ is nap

• spell words., for example- to hear 4 sounds in the word clap so they can spell it.

Bennett-Armistead, V.S., Duke, N. K., Moses, A.M. (2005). Literacy and the Youngest Learner

Knowledge of print

How print is organized and used to convey meaning:• Functions of print

• Forms of print

• Conventions of Print

Letters and words

• Involves more than reciting ABC song or recognizing individual letters

• Alphabetic principle– The idea that written

spellings correspond to spoken words

Comprehension

• The process of making meaning

• Goal of reading instruction

• Connecting what you read and hear with your experience

• Background knowledge– Provide many firsthand

experiences

Books and Other Texts

• Give children a variety of experiences with many different types or genres of books

• Help them develop concepts about books• Help them develop book handling skills• Children also learn that there are other

materials to read besides books.