INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL AND TEST
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Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Multicultural
Perspective, 4th edition
by Janice Beaty, Linda Pratt
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CONTENTS
Instructor’s Resource Manual and Test Bank
Chapter 1: Foundations of Early Literacy ...................................................................... 1
Chapter 2: A Multicultural Perspective .......................................................................... 9
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Chapter 3: Language Emergence in Young Children….............................................. 17
Chapter 4: Music as a Natural Language ..................................................................... 24
Chapter 5: Speaking and Listening .............................................................................. 32
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Chapter 6: Art as a Natural Language .......................................................................... 41
Chapter 7: Becoming a Writer ..................................................................................... 48
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Chapter 8: How Reading Emerges ............................................................................... 56
Chapter 9: Home Book Experience .............................................................................. 64
Chapter 10: Becoming a Reader................................................................................... 72
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Appendix A: Answer Key ............................................................. 81
Appendix B: Handouts ................................................................. 90
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Chapter One
Foundations of Early Literacy
In This Chapter You Will Learn To:
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• Explain the meaning of early literacy.
• Describe examples of emergent literacy.
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• Describe early literacy skills identified by research.
• Discuss early childhood curriculum criteria.
• Assess children’s literacy achievements.
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• Demonstrate which technologies are appropriate for preschool programs.
Essential Content:
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1. Early literacy consists of
• Infant communication through crying, cooing, smiling, babbling.
• Toddler communication through imitating sounds and gestures.
• Preschool communicating through speaking and listening, scribbling and
writing, art activities, dramatic play, book reenactments, storytelling,
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singing, chanting, and recording.
2. Emergent literacy consists of
• Natural development of reading and writing, speaking and listening skills.
• Wide range of children’s literacy behaviors:
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o Listening to stories
o Discussing stories
o Making up stories
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o Pretending to read
o Retelling familiar stories
o Turning book pages at the right time
3. Goals for preschool:
• Enjoying listening to and discussing storybooks
• Understanding that print carries a message
• Engaging in reading and writing attempts
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• Identifying environmental print
• Playing rhyming games
• Identifying some letters
• Using known letters
4. Goals for kindergarten:
• Enjoy being read to and retelling stories
• Using descriptive language
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• Recognizing letter and sound matches
• Showing familiarity with rhymes and beginning sounds
• Understand left-to-right and top-to-bottom orientation
• Matching spoken words with written words
• Beginning to write alphabet letters and some words
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5. Emergent literacy activities:
• Interactive storybook reading
• Shared reading with Big Books
• Storytelling; flannel boards; puppets
• A print-rich environment
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• Pretend play; story reenactments
• Shared writing
• Drawing as writing; journal writing
• Letter recognition games
6. Core knowledge and skills:
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• Vocabulary development
• Phonological awareness
• Phonemic awareness
• Alphabet knowledge
• Print awareness
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7. Current early childhood curriculum criteria
NAEYC Curriculum Criteria: Books
• Read books in engaging manner
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• Read in individualized ways
• Allow them to explore books on their own
• Give access to various types of books
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• Read same book on repeated occasions
• Retell and reenact events in books together
• Engage in conversation about books
• Link books to other curriculum aspects
• Identify parts of books
• Differentiate print from pictures
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BANK
Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Multicultural
Perspective, 4th edition
by Janice Beaty, Linda Pratt
TE
ST
SO
LU
TI
O
N
, IUYTREW
CONTENTS
Instructor’s Resource Manual and Test Bank
Chapter 1: Foundations of Early Literacy ...................................................................... 1
Chapter 2: A Multicultural Perspective .......................................................................... 9
TE
Chapter 3: Language Emergence in Young Children….............................................. 17
Chapter 4: Music as a Natural Language ..................................................................... 24
Chapter 5: Speaking and Listening .............................................................................. 32
ST
Chapter 6: Art as a Natural Language .......................................................................... 41
Chapter 7: Becoming a Writer ..................................................................................... 48
SO
Chapter 8: How Reading Emerges ............................................................................... 56
Chapter 9: Home Book Experience .............................................................................. 64
Chapter 10: Becoming a Reader................................................................................... 72
LU
Appendix A: Answer Key ............................................................. 81
Appendix B: Handouts ................................................................. 90
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O
N
UYTREW
, IUYTREW
Chapter One
Foundations of Early Literacy
In This Chapter You Will Learn To:
TE
• Explain the meaning of early literacy.
• Describe examples of emergent literacy.
ST
• Describe early literacy skills identified by research.
• Discuss early childhood curriculum criteria.
• Assess children’s literacy achievements.
SO
• Demonstrate which technologies are appropriate for preschool programs.
Essential Content:
LU
1. Early literacy consists of
• Infant communication through crying, cooing, smiling, babbling.
• Toddler communication through imitating sounds and gestures.
• Preschool communicating through speaking and listening, scribbling and
writing, art activities, dramatic play, book reenactments, storytelling,
TI
singing, chanting, and recording.
2. Emergent literacy consists of
• Natural development of reading and writing, speaking and listening skills.
• Wide range of children’s literacy behaviors:
O
o Listening to stories
o Discussing stories
o Making up stories
N
o Pretending to read
o Retelling familiar stories
o Turning book pages at the right time
3. Goals for preschool:
• Enjoying listening to and discussing storybooks
• Understanding that print carries a message
• Engaging in reading and writing attempts
UYTREW
, IUYTREW
• Identifying environmental print
• Playing rhyming games
• Identifying some letters
• Using known letters
4. Goals for kindergarten:
• Enjoy being read to and retelling stories
• Using descriptive language
TE
• Recognizing letter and sound matches
• Showing familiarity with rhymes and beginning sounds
• Understand left-to-right and top-to-bottom orientation
• Matching spoken words with written words
• Beginning to write alphabet letters and some words
ST
5. Emergent literacy activities:
• Interactive storybook reading
• Shared reading with Big Books
• Storytelling; flannel boards; puppets
• A print-rich environment
SO
• Pretend play; story reenactments
• Shared writing
• Drawing as writing; journal writing
• Letter recognition games
6. Core knowledge and skills:
LU
• Vocabulary development
• Phonological awareness
• Phonemic awareness
• Alphabet knowledge
• Print awareness
TI
7. Current early childhood curriculum criteria
NAEYC Curriculum Criteria: Books
• Read books in engaging manner
O
• Read in individualized ways
• Allow them to explore books on their own
• Give access to various types of books
N
• Read same book on repeated occasions
• Retell and reenact events in books together
• Engage in conversation about books
• Link books to other curriculum aspects
• Identify parts of books
• Differentiate print from pictures
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