Chapter 10 Developing Literacy and How Children Write

Name ______Period_____ Chapter 10 Developing Literacy and How Children Write Literacy Study Questions and Vocabulary How Kids 1. What is reading? (Refer to page 306) Write 2. List several activities that help teach phonemic awareness. (Refer to page 321)

3. What is phonics? (Refer to page 313) 4. The IRA/NAEYC Statements says preschool children can make some letter-sound ______as a help in developing literacy. (Refer to page 310) 5. What age group are journals appropriate? (Refer to page 326) 6. To accurately assess literacy you need to know strategies for ______(Refer to page 336)

Chapter 10 Vocabulary 7. Emergent literacy (Refer to page 303)

8. Phonemic awareness (Refer to page 504)

9. Define the 6 stages of writing a. Scribbling stage b. Linear Repetitive Stage c. Random Letter Stage d Letter Name or Phonetic Writing Stage e Traditional Spelling Stage f. Conventional Spelling Stage

10. Shared reading (Refer to page 332) Answers to Chapter 10 Study Questions and Vocabulary

1. What is reading? (Refer to page 306) **gaining meaning from print** 2. List several activities that help teach phonemic awareness. (Refer to page 321) **clapping beats in names, complete the rhyming lines of nursery rhyme, reading books with rhyming words, reading alphabet books, list words with the same sound** 3. What is phonics? (Refer to page 313) **decode or sound out print symbols (c * a * t)** 4. The IRA/NAEYC Statements says preschool children can make some letter-sound ______as a help in developing literacy. (Refer to page 310) **matches** 5. What age group are journals appropriate? (Refer to page 326) **all age groups** 6. To accurately assess literacy you need to know strategies for ______(Refer to page 336) **observation**

Chapter 10 Vocabulary 7. Emergent literacy (Refer to page 303) **what a child knows about reading and writing at a given point in time.** 8. Phonemic awareness (Refer to page 504) **ability to examine language, separate from meaning and manipulate it’s component sounds (sounds of first letter of a word)** 9. Define the 6 stages of writing a. Scribbling stage **random marks on paper- shapes, lines** b. Linear Repetitive Stage **horizontal writing** c. Random Letter Stage **Use acceptable letters in random ways to record words.** d Letter Name or Phonetic Writing Stage **Write words how they sound (you is U) use invented spelling** e Traditional Spelling Stage ** Move to conventional spelling, but not totally correct.** f. Conventional Spelling Stage **Most structure is correct.** 10.Shared reading (Refer to page 332) **Teacher takes primary responsibility for the reading, but involves the children actively. (Children may pretend what the book will be about.)**