Components+of+Literacy

Phonemic Awareness:

The ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words. An example of how beginning readers show us they have phonemic awareness is combining or blending the separate sounds of a word to say the word

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary refers to the words a reader knows. Listening vocabulary refers to the words a person knows when hearing them in oral speech. Speaking vocabulary refers to the words we use when we speak. Reading vocabulary refers to the words a person knows when seeing them in print. Writing vocabulary refers to the words we use in writing.

__**Comprehension- Some great comprehensive activites for students to do in the classroom:**__

VIDEO ON COMPREHENSION IN EARLY EDUCATION: []

__**-Literacy Circle with a book of choice-**__ A circle of students working together for projects and stories. The circle has 5-6 members, each consisting of a specific job. The jobs are as follows:

1. Discussion leader- Asks big questions, keep conversations rolling. 2. Connector- Connect the book in some way to anything. There are three forms. Text-Text (movies or books), Text-Self (connecting book to personal experience), Text-World (connecting text to anything in the world) 3. Predictor- Predict what will happen. How? Why? 4. Quote Person- Choose phrase, sentence, or a paragraph- anything with meaning. 5. Vocab Person- “Missionary”, How will you get students to remember the word/s? 6. Illustrator- Draws scenes or anything worth remembering.

Fluency:

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Phonics:

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**Literacy Matters—Reading and Writing in the Content Areas** This Literacy Matters overview page of the reading and writing in the content areas offers help with reading: questioning, reading expository text, vocabulary, how to read a textbook and reading and interpreting diverse materials. The writing section deals with writing to learn and writing to demonstrate knowledge. www.literacymatters.org/content/readandwrite/intro.htm

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