Oral Language
It is the basis of reading, writing, inquiry and play.
What is Oral Language?
Students learn many letter recognition skills from this morning routine on the rug.
What is a morning message?
Boxes used to segment, blend and isolate sounds.
What are Elkonin Boxes?
An instructional practice where teachers, parents, and caregivers read texts aloud to children. The reader incorporates variations in pitch, tone, pace, volume, pauses, eye contact, questions, and comments to produce a fluent and enjoyable delivery.
What is a read-aloud?
Measures student comprehension in the process of learning a skill or acquiring new knowledge.
What is Formative assessment?
Name the Body Parts
Follow the Leader
Describing Leaves
Show & Tell
Finish the Story
What are examples of oral language development activities?
Students get up and write or find a letter on the morning message.
What is an interactive morning message?
The general appreciation of how language can be divided into its components.
What is Phonological awareness?
A transitional teaching approach that allows additional teacher support for students who require more literacy experiences in reading.
What is a small-group shared reading?
The teacher may give the student a worksheet to assess how many letters the student knows after they have been taught. The teacher does not help much because she needs to see what the child can demonstrate on their own.
What is Summative Assessment?
An important and unique context, providing opportunities to learn not afforded by other classroom activities.
What is mature make-believe play?
Include your greeting, practice a letter recognition skill, be interactive.
What is, how to create a morning message?
When the word is broken down into its smallest part or individual sound.
What is phonemic awareness?
Emergent Readers
Teacher reads text aloud
Echo read
Choral Read
Individual Read
Revisit text to focus on letters/sounds and words.
What is a small Group Shared Reading Routine?
Visual, visual, visual
Easy to group students according to need
Easy to share information with other teachers & administration
Simple to use
What are benefits of the Circle Charts?
Plan
Roles
Props
Extended Time
Language
Scenario
What PRoPELS play to new heights?
Discriminating letter shapes
Naming letters
Associating letters with sounds
Forming letters for writing
Sequencing letters
What is Letter Knowledge?
Words in Sentences
Onset-Rime
Syllables
Rhyme/Alliteration
Phonemic Awareness
What are skills that fall under the Phonological Awareness umbrella?
"Curly writing" (scribbles)
"ABC writing" (random letters)
"Book Writing" (conventional spelling)
What are 3 ways to write in kindergarten?
Provides intense sessions to experience multiple “doses” of anticipated outcomes. For example, identifying and using letters of the alphabet .
What is "Putting on the Blitz"?
Oral Language provides the foundation for developing these three skills.
What are social skills, self-regulation, and strong relationships.
The most important letter to learn.
What is the first letter of a student's name?
Isolation
Blending
Segmenting
Addition/Deletion/Substitution
What are skills that fall under phonemic awareness.
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension
What are the 5 Pillars of Early Literacy?
An effective approach to meeting the needs of all students.
What is differentiated instruction and assessment?