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Emergent Readers and Writers

Emergent Readers and Writers Emergent Readers/Writers

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Emergent Readers and Writers

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Emergent Readers/Writers

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Stage 1: Emergent Reading/Writing

What happens during this stage?• Children develop an interest in reading and writing• Acquire concepts about print• Develop book handling skills• Learn to identify letters of the alphabet• Develop handwriting skills• Learn to read and write some high frequency words

**This usually takes place in Kindergarten but some children do learn to read before they come to school**

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Pretend Reading

• When children come to school , their knowledge about written languageexpands quickly as they learn concepts about print and participate in meaningfulexperiences with reading and writing.

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Pretend Writing

Random letters placed on page

Letters start to move from left to right AND top to bottom

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Concepts About Print

• Print carries meaning• Reading/writing are used for a variety of purposes• Menus, Birthday cards, Stories

Teachers demonstrate the purposes of written language and provide opportunities for children to experiment with reading/writing:

• Post signs around the room Make a list of classroom rules• Put reading/writing materials in literacy centers Drawing/writing in journals

• Have children exchange messages Writing notes to parents• Read/write stories Label classroom items

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Concepts About Print Include:

Book orientation:• How to hold a book• Turn pages• Text carries the messageDirectionality Concepts:• Print goes from left to right• Print goes from top to bottom• Points to track wordsLetter and Word Concepts:• Points to any letter on a page• Points to a particular letter• Puts fingers around any word on a page• Puts fingers around a particular word• Puts fingers around any sentence on a page• Points to the first and last letters of a word• Points to a period or other punctuation mark• Points to a capital letter

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Practice Assessing Concepts About Print

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