D669 EARLY LITERACY METHODS - PART 2
Which skills relate to print awareness? - Answers - Understanding that print moves left
to right
Identifying letters on a page
Locating the front cover of a book
Identifying spaces in between words
Understanding that print moves left to right - Answers - Print awareness skills help
students understand that print is organized in a certain way and is an important skill to
build a foundation for reading.
Mr. Costa has gathered his class together for a read-aloud and would like to model an
understanding of concepts of print. What is one activity he should do before reading? -
Answers - Point out the front cover and the back cover of the book.
Promoting Print Awareness: While Reading - Answers - Ensure students understand
book organization, teaching them basics like reading left to right and top to bottom,
recognizing print
Read aloud from books with large, easy-to-read print and stories featuring predictable
words.
Use "big books"
Teach and practice print conventions such as left-to-right directionality
Teach proper book handling and reinforce book awareness.
Promoting Print Awareness: In the classroom - Answers - Label classroom objects to
reinforce print recognition.
Reinforce print conventions seen in classroom materials like signs, labels, posters, and
calendars.
Recognize letters in places outside of books
Ensure classroom decor is full of print.
Incorporate books, letters, songs, or rhymes in different parts of the curriculum.
Promoting Print Awareness: At Play - Answers - Encourage preschoolers to engage
with print through pretend activities like writing shopping lists, creating signs, composing
letters, or making cards.
, Recognize letters in places outside of books.
Play with letters of the alphabet in centers or during free play. Have things available like
letter fridge magnets in a play kitchen.
Include letters in art or sensory activities, like building letters with clay or finding letters
in a sensory bin.
Assess Print Awareness - Answers - Locate the front and back cover of the book.
Identify the title of the book.
Determine where to start reading.
Determine the direction in which to read and where to go at the end of a line.
Point out a letter.
Recognize capital and lowercase letters.
Identify a word.
Recognize the first and last word of a sentence.
Locate the first and last words on a page.
Identify punctuation marks.
Print Awareness - Answers - the understanding that printed text carries meaning,
including the recognition of words, letters, and the functions of various elements in a
book or written material
Letter Awareness - Answers - The understanding that letters are representations of
sounds
Book awareness - Answers - the understanding of how books work, including concepts
such as reading from left to right, turning pages, and recognizing the front and back
covers
Word Awareness - Answers - the recognition and understanding of individual words as
distinct units of language, including their sounds, meanings, and spellings
Concepts about print - Answers - the understanding of how printed materials, such as
books and other written texts, function and are structured
Say each sound. Which sounds do you make using only your teeth and lips? - Answers
- /f/
/v/
Say each sound. Which sounds are made with a stop (when you momentarily stop your
airflow to make a sound)? - Answers - /t/
/b/
Phonological Awareness - Answers - The ability to hear and manipulate the spoken
parts of words and sentences.
Which skills relate to print awareness? - Answers - Understanding that print moves left
to right
Identifying letters on a page
Locating the front cover of a book
Identifying spaces in between words
Understanding that print moves left to right - Answers - Print awareness skills help
students understand that print is organized in a certain way and is an important skill to
build a foundation for reading.
Mr. Costa has gathered his class together for a read-aloud and would like to model an
understanding of concepts of print. What is one activity he should do before reading? -
Answers - Point out the front cover and the back cover of the book.
Promoting Print Awareness: While Reading - Answers - Ensure students understand
book organization, teaching them basics like reading left to right and top to bottom,
recognizing print
Read aloud from books with large, easy-to-read print and stories featuring predictable
words.
Use "big books"
Teach and practice print conventions such as left-to-right directionality
Teach proper book handling and reinforce book awareness.
Promoting Print Awareness: In the classroom - Answers - Label classroom objects to
reinforce print recognition.
Reinforce print conventions seen in classroom materials like signs, labels, posters, and
calendars.
Recognize letters in places outside of books
Ensure classroom decor is full of print.
Incorporate books, letters, songs, or rhymes in different parts of the curriculum.
Promoting Print Awareness: At Play - Answers - Encourage preschoolers to engage
with print through pretend activities like writing shopping lists, creating signs, composing
letters, or making cards.
, Recognize letters in places outside of books.
Play with letters of the alphabet in centers or during free play. Have things available like
letter fridge magnets in a play kitchen.
Include letters in art or sensory activities, like building letters with clay or finding letters
in a sensory bin.
Assess Print Awareness - Answers - Locate the front and back cover of the book.
Identify the title of the book.
Determine where to start reading.
Determine the direction in which to read and where to go at the end of a line.
Point out a letter.
Recognize capital and lowercase letters.
Identify a word.
Recognize the first and last word of a sentence.
Locate the first and last words on a page.
Identify punctuation marks.
Print Awareness - Answers - the understanding that printed text carries meaning,
including the recognition of words, letters, and the functions of various elements in a
book or written material
Letter Awareness - Answers - The understanding that letters are representations of
sounds
Book awareness - Answers - the understanding of how books work, including concepts
such as reading from left to right, turning pages, and recognizing the front and back
covers
Word Awareness - Answers - the recognition and understanding of individual words as
distinct units of language, including their sounds, meanings, and spellings
Concepts about print - Answers - the understanding of how printed materials, such as
books and other written texts, function and are structured
Say each sound. Which sounds do you make using only your teeth and lips? - Answers
- /f/
/v/
Say each sound. Which sounds are made with a stop (when you momentarily stop your
airflow to make a sound)? - Answers - /t/
/b/
Phonological Awareness - Answers - The ability to hear and manipulate the spoken
parts of words and sentences.
