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Why Families Matter! As your child’s primary caregiver you… Know your child better than anyone Are an expert on your child Have a great opportunity to demonstrate multiple purposes for literacy
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Promoting Literacy Skills at Home:Family Literacy Night
Agenda Why Families Matter Emergent Literacy
What, Why and How
Activity and Rotation Overview6 stations, 15 minutes per station
Why Families Matter!As your child’s primary caregiver you… Know your child better than anyone Are an expert on your child Have a great opportunity to demonstrate multiple purposes for
literacy
INGHAM ISD GoalGoal: 80% of students will reach the K readiness expectation for
phonological awareness as measured by TSGold objective 15 COR item N
Today’s Goal: Identify 1-3 phonemic awareness activities from Creative Curriculum you are going to implement in your classroom.
Key Components of Emergent Literacy
Component DescriptionPhonological Awareness Babies, toddlers and preschoolers can learn to have fun with sounds!
Figuring out words that rhyme, coming up with words that share a beginning sound, and saying silly words all help build a child’s phonological awareness; that is, the ability to notice, think about, and play with sounds in words. These skills will be used every time your child reads and writes! Can be done in the dark
Alphabetic Principal One strong predictor of success in reading is a child’s familiarity with the letters of the alphabet. This includes knowing a letter’s name, shape and sound. Most good alphabet activities help kids get practice in each area.
Awareness/Concepts of Print Print awareness is understanding that print is organized in a particular way — for example, knowing that print is read from left to right and top to bottom. It is knowing that words consist of letters and that spaces appear between words. Print awareness is a child's earliest introduction to literacy. Reading Rockets
Key Components of Emergent Literacy
Component DescriptionEarly Writing Development Children, even our youngest learners, enjoy putting
crayon to paper. What often starts as scribbling ends up being important clues to a child’s understanding that print carries meaning. Four-year olds often enjoy “writing” their name and other special words like Mom, Dad, love, and you. Helping your child develop writing readiness skills includes making the most out of everyday writing and providing lots of opportunity to practice! Reading Rockets
Oral Language SkillsVocabulary & Comprehension
Kids who hear more words spoken at home learn more words and enter school with better vocabularies. This larger vocabulary pays off exponentially as a child progresses through school. It’s never too soon to talk to your baby, and make it interesting! Reading Rockets
Practice StationsTech Center (Technology)I Hear You ( Phonological Awareness)What’s the Word ( Alphabetic Principle - Phonics) Talk to Me ( Vocabulary)I Understand (Comprehension & Concepts of Print)Let’s Write (Emergent Writing)
Tech Center Family Learning Connection – Scavenger Hunt APPS
I Hear You (Phonological Awareness) Listen Up! First Sound Last Sound
Picture Cards http://www.do2learn.com/picturecards/printcards/1inch/imagegridnoword/
clothesbodypartsnoword.htm
Phonemic Awareness-What
Phonemic Awareness Phonics Focuses on phonemes (sounds)
Focuses on phoneme(sound) / grapheme (letter or letters) associations
Deals with spoken language
Deals with written language
Auditory Visual and AuditoryStudents work with manipulating sounds and sounds in words
Students work with reading and spelling words using phoneme/grapheme associations
Hear the language See text representing the language 10
What’s the
difference?
What’s the word?! (Phonics)
• Super Hero Letter Match• Candyland Name Game• 15 Ways to use Magnetic Letters• Alphabet Poster Activities• Letter Card Activities• Letter Hunt
Vocabulary All About Me! I Spy Twenty Questions Categories Tell Me About It!
Variations Use pictures from your cell phone and follow the same process Place objects in a clear bag or jar
I Understand (Comprehension & Concepts of Print) Five Finger Retell Story/Finger Puppet Activity Comprehension Sticks Environmental Print Matching Game
Let’s Write (Emergent Writing) Create a placemat for each person in family Make cards for different special events Everywhere a sign (post signs for students at home and students can
copy and/or make own sign) Mixed Media
Finger painting Cans of water and different thicknesses of paintbrushes. Sponges, cotton swabs, toothpicks, toothbrushes and potato carvings are
other tools for mixed media writing activities. (Nina Makofsky)
ResourcesWord Play Fun
Busy Buzzing Bumblebees & Other Tongue Twisters Gooney Bird Greene
Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives
My Very First Mother Goose
On Beyond Zebra
Scranimals
Reading Rockets
Resources • Alphabet Books are useful to read because they:• Support oral language development• Help children learn letter sequence• Help children associate a sound with a letter• Can help children build vocabulary
Reading Rockets
Resources
Family Resources The Home Literacy Behavior Checklist Finding Great Books When You Don’t Have a Great BudgetInstructional Resources Readingrockets.org Florida Center for Reading Research Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing,
and Other Literacy Skills from Birth to 5 ,Scholastic, 2013. MDE PreK, Literacy & Math At Home Activities http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--69358--,00.html