Книга: Everyday Literacy. Reading & Writing, Grade PreK

The perfect supplement to your core early reading program! Everyday Literacy: Reading and Writing, Grade PreK helps you introduce students to the 26 letters of the alphabet while they practice important literacy skills. The 20 weekly units in grade PreK cover: Print Awareness: - Understand that illustrations carry meaning; - Begin to understand the print runs from left to right and top to bottom; - Understand that reading and writing are ways to communicate thoughts; - Begin to understand that speech can be written down; - Visually discriminate between letters; Phonological Awareness: - Begin to make letter-sound associations; - Begin to attend to the initial sound in familiar words; - Identify the initial sound of a spoken word; - Isolate the initial sound of a spoken word; - Identify words that begin with the same sound; Alphabet Knowledge: - Begin to associate letters with their names; - Begin to associate names with their shapes; - Identify uppercase and lowercase letters; Oral Language Development: - Recite short poems, rhymes, and songs; - Respond orally to simple questions; - Listen for different purposes; Writing: - Develop fine motor skills through drawing and tracing; - Write letters or letter-like shapes to produce words or ideas; - Dictate or produce "writing" to express thoughts; - Practice letter formation; - Print uppercase and lowercase letters; Comprehension: - Make connections using illustrations, prior knowledge, and real-life experiences; - Recognize main idea; - Recall details; - Make inferences and draw conclusions; - Identify sequence of events; - Compare and contrast; - Distinguish between real and make-believe; - Determine cause and effect; - Categorize and classify; - Make connections using illustrations;