Session Guide

Session 1 Domains of Literacy

Duration 1 hour
Key 1. There are 14 domains of literacy to be developed among
Understandings beginning readers
to be Developed
2. The 14 domains of literacy are:

2.1 Oral Language - refers to one’s knowledge and use

of the structure, meanings and uses of the language.
2.2 Phonological Awareness - involves work with
rhymes, syllables, onsets, and rimes.
Phonemic Awareness is the ability to notice, think
about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken
words.
2.3 Book and Print Orientation -
- Holding the book right side up
- Identifying the parts of a book: front and back
cover and its pages
- Knowing that a book has an author and an
illustrator and telling what they do
- Knowing where a story begins
- Flipping the pages of the book sequentially from
the front to the back
- Tracking the story line from left to right and from
top to bottom while the story is being read to them
- Making the correct return sweep
- Consistently looking at the left page first before
looking at the right page
- Realizing that the message of most books is in the
print and not the pictures
- Making one to one correspondence between
written and spoken words
- Telling that print in the form of words corresponds
to speech
- Recognizing that print messages represent spoken
language and convey meaning
- Differentiating individual letters from words.
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2.4 Alphabet Knowledge - The ability to recognize,
name, and sound out all the upper and lower case
letters of the alphabet.
Each letter of the alphabet
 - has a name
- has an upper and a lower case
- is written in a certain way
- has a distinct sound

2.5 Word Recognition - The ability to identify a written

word by sight or by deciphering the relationship
between the sounds of spoken language and the letters
in written language

2.6 Fluency - The ability to read orally with speed,

Accuracy and proper expression.

2.7 Spelling - being able to convert oral language

into printed language symbols.
2.8 Handwriting - The ability to form letters through
Manuscriopt cursive styles
2.9 Composing - being able to formulate ideas into
sentences or longer texts and represent them in the
conventional orthographic patterns of written
language.

2.10 Grammar Awareness - Knowledge of language

features and sentence structures in written language
2.11 Vocabulary Development – Knowledge of words
And their meanings in both oral and print
representations.
2.12 Reading Comprehension – A complex and active
Process in which vocabulary knowledge is a crucial
component and which requires an intentional and
thoughtful interaction between the reader and the
text.
2.13 Attitude toward Language, Literature and
Literacy - Having a sense of being a reader and
developing individual choices of and tastes for text to
read for various purposes such as for learning or for
pleasure.
2.14 Study Skills – A general term for techniques and
Strategies that help a person read or listen for
specific purposes with the intent to remember.

Learning At the end of the session, the participants will:

Objectives 1. Identify the 14 domains of literacy
2. Explain the different domains of literacy
 3. Appreciate the importance of understanding the different
literacy domains that need to be developed among beginning
readers.
Resources Powerpoint Presentation on 14 Domains of Literacy

Kindergarten to Grade 3 and 21st Century Literacies by Felicitas E.

Pado, University of the Philippines
Introductory Learning Activity and Domain Match
Activity
10 min 1. Ask for 12 volunteers.
2. 6 volunteers pick a sheet of paper describing a learning
activity.
3. The other 6 volunteers each picks a cartolina with literacy
domains written on it.
4. Each volunteer shows what they have picked and searches
for their perfect match of learning activity and domain
developed.

Literacy Domain Learning Activity

Vocabulary Teacher introduces a new word with
Development picture
Book and Print Learners are asked to point the
Orientation parts of a book: front and back
cover and its pages
Phonological Learners try to determine the
Awareness number of syllables in a word by
clapping their hands for every
syllable
Attitude toward Reading aloud to children everyday
language, literature
and Literacy
Handwriting Learners practice the correct strokes
in forming the letters of the alphabet
Alphabet Knowledge Children are taught letter names and
letter sounds
Activity 1 The 14 Domains of Literacy ….What do they mean?
15 mnutes
1. Form the participants into 8 groups.
2. Each group shall be given an envelope containing cartolina
strips with the domains of literacy written on it and other
strips of cartolina with the meanings of each doman.
3. The participants in each group post the cartolina stips on a
manila paper under its apporiate headings: Domains of
 Literacy and Meaning.
4. Each group has 10 minutes to prepare.
5. All groups post their outputs.
6. One group shall be asked to report which each group shall
have a representative to check their group’s output.
Analysis of Ask the following Questions:
Activity 1  How did you feel doing the activity?
5 min  What made your task easy?
 What made it difficult?
 Is it important to understand the different domains of literacy
in teaching beginning reading? Why?
Abstraction Using the Powerpoint presentation discuss the 14 domains of
20 min literacy
Application 1. Individually, reflect on any of the 14 domains of literacy.
5 min Think of how you have developed this domain in your
learning activities with your Grade 1 learners.
2. Ask at least 3 volunteers to share their teaching learning
experience.
Concluding 1. Review highlights of the presentation and let at least 1
Activity participant share his/her learning insights.
5 min 2. Present the quote “Literacy is not a luxury. It is a right and a
responsibility”.
Ask 2 or 3 volunteers to share his/her insight about the
quote.

Prepared by:

YOLANDA F. GARRIDO
Elementary School Principal