Deanna Racer – 653- Module 6

Concepts of Print
• When children realize a book is read from
front to back and left to right.
• Words are read not pictures.
• Sentences are made up of words and words
are made up of letters.
• There are spaces between words.
• Sentences begin with capital letters and end
with periods, question marks and exclamation
marks.

“Those who are more aware of print move into reading and writing
before
Stages in Reading
Deanna Racer – 653- Module 6
Words

Pre-alphabetic stage
Partial alphabetic stage
Full alphabetic stage
Consolidated alphabetic stage
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Phonics Skills
Ways to read a word
Predict what the word is
Sounded out the word
Chunk the word- find the parts you know
Read by analogy- when we compare the
word to one we know.
Recognized the word immediately

“ Phonics skills are essential for all readers. Most words

we read are sight words” ( Gunning, 2016, p. 171)
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References
 
Clay, M. M. (2014). By different paths to common outcomes: literacy
learning and teaching. Auckland, New Zealand: Global Education
Systems Ltd.

Gunning, T. G. (2016). Creating literacy instruction for all students.

Hoboken, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Reutzel, D. R., & Cooter, R. B. (2019). Teaching children to read: the

teacher
makes the difference. NY. NY: Pearson.