Emergent Reading

Emergent Literacy:
Development is acquired int the process of learning
Read to them, they learn! Don't withhold instruction, keep it appropriate but start reading early and modeling.

Components of Emergent Literacy
Development of oral language:
read alouds, talk, write, use the language children hear
Development of concepts of print
do they know how to hold the book, where the cover is, that the black marks hold meaning.
Development of alphabet knowledge
strong predictor of reading achievement but not causal [if kids don't know the names of the letters they can still learn to read!]
Discrete skill related to book experiences
Development of phonological and phonemic awarness
predictive of and casual for reading and writing achievement
can be explicitly taught
many kids enter school with this already.
Phonological awareness: the awareness of sounds in language. (language is made of sounds).
Phonemic awareness: the understanding that words can be divided in phonemes
Phonics: the matching of graphemes to phonemes. (actual letter sound)


Test Question:
Based on what you know about reading in general and the needs of emergent readers. Create a graphic about the dibbles vs. osela.
include four components of comprehension
reading info.