Characteristics
Literacy Diet
Concept about Print
Activities
General
100
pretend reading
What is reading from memory
100
vocabulary
What is learning new words
100
Marie Clay
What is the first person to develop an assessment for concept of print
100
read aloud
What is reading aloud to students to build vocabulary, concepts and oral language
100
RRWWT
What is read to, read with, write with, do word study, talk with
200
memory reading
What is an accurate recitation of the text accompanied by pointing
200
phonological awareness
What is the ability to manipulate sound
200
concept of word
What is words are composed of string of letters, words are separated by spaces
200
turn and talk
What is opportunities for oral interactions among students
200
daily management of emergent literacy
What is whole group, small group, literacy centers, and independent work
300
directionality
What is move left to right, top to bottom
300
concept about print
What is the consciousness of the many different ways we use print
300
directionality
What is print is oriented left to right with a return sweep and top to bottom
300
dialogic reading
What is retelling via specific prompts
300
emergent literacy development
What is vocabulary, language, and concept development; phonological awareness, alphabet and letter-sound knowledge, concepts about print, concepts about words
400
concept of word
What is the ability to fingerprint or track accurately words in print
400
alphabet knowledge
What is learning the letters of the alphabet
400
print referencing
What is another name for concept about print
400
concept book
What is a book about one concept
400
phonemic awareness
What is a subcategory of phonological awareness that refers to the ability to identify and reflect on small units of sound
500
prealphabetic phase of reading
What is reading by looking for nonalphabetic cues such as shape, signs or symbols
500
letter-sound knowledge
What is an understanding that letters attend to speech sounds
500
function of print & the form of print
What is concepts about print that teachers should teach
500
morning message
What is teacher and students compose sentences that contains pertinent information about school or home.
500
selecting target words
What is utility, concreteness, repetition, relatedness