HanenBuilding Emergent Literacy

What are emergent literacy skills?• Conversation• Vocabulary• Story comprehension• Language for thinking and learning• Print Knowledge• Phonological awareness

Turn book reading into a conversation• Read with children not to children• Turning book reading into a

conversation. Observe Wait Listen• Strive for 5• Ask questions/make comments

Make words

SPARKLEto build new vocabulary.

Select the right wordsStep it up……

“soggy” “wet”

“saturated”

Make new words sparkle throughout the day!!

Understanding the story behind the story.• Characters

• Setting

• Problem• Action

• Resolution

Using CASPR

• Use visual supports• Making thinking out loud comments• Questioning- Who? What? Where?

When? Why? Tell me more…• Highlight CSPAR in repeated readings

Help children use language to think and learn.

E’s & P’sExplain PredictExperiences PretendEmotions Problem SolveEvaluate Project

Promote E’s and P’s in every day conversation

Print KnowledgePOP

Point Out Print• Print is meaningful• Books are used in a specific way• Print includes letters, words, spaces and

punctuation

What and how much to pop• Front of book• Title, author, illustrator• Read left to right, top to bottom• Speech balloons• Illustrations• Words, spaces• Read print- not illustrations• Letters • Punctuation marks

Phonological Awareness

• Rhyming• Alliteration• Syllable Identification• Initial sound identificationListen- Find One Like It

“Studies show that children who participate frequently in extended conversations with adults have a better language

and literacy outcomes”.Weitzman and Greenberg 2010