Graphophonemic System – Phonics• Symbol systems of oral and written language and the

relationship between them

• System of written language – orthographic system – how print is organized

• Spelling system• Letters• Words• Punctuation Marks• Phrases

• Phonics – Relationship between phonological and orthographic systems. What readers learn to understand as the complex relationship between how we talk and how language is organized in written texts.

Semantic Meaning

• Heart of language

• Relationships between language and meaning

• What words and phrases mean and how that changes

Syntactic System – Grammar

• Relationship of words, sentences, paragraphs• Word order• Tense• Number• Gender

• Where parts of speech go in a sentence• How we string words together to sound like

English• Structural rules of English

Pragmatic System – Language in Use

• Take into consideration the social, cultural, and historical context of language in use

• What we know about how and when to change language to particular social settings

• “Is your mother there?” (in a phone conversation) – implies “Is your mother at home? I’d like to speak to her.”