Promoting Literacy Skills at Home:Family Literacy Night

Agenda Why Families Matter Emergent Literacy

What, Why and How

Activity and Rotation Overview6 stations, 15 minutes per station

Why Families Matter!As your child’s primary caregiver you… Know your child better than anyone Are an expert on your child Have a great opportunity to demonstrate multiple purposes for

literacy

INGHAM ISD GoalGoal: 80% of students will reach the K readiness expectation for

phonological awareness as measured by TSGold objective 15 COR item N

Today’s Goal: Identify 1-3 phonemic awareness activities from Creative Curriculum you are going to implement in your classroom.

Key Components of Emergent Literacy

Component DescriptionPhonological Awareness Babies, toddlers and preschoolers can learn to have fun with sounds!

Figuring out words that rhyme, coming up with words that share a beginning sound, and saying silly words all help build a child’s phonological awareness; that is, the ability to notice, think about, and play with sounds in words. These skills will be used every time your child reads and writes! Can be done in the dark

Alphabetic Principal One strong predictor of success in reading is a child’s familiarity with the letters of the alphabet. This includes knowing a letter’s name, shape and sound. Most good alphabet activities help kids get practice in each area.

Awareness/Concepts of Print Print awareness is understanding that print is organized in a particular way — for example, knowing that print is read from left to right and top to bottom. It is knowing that words consist of letters and that spaces appear between words. Print awareness is a child's earliest introduction to literacy. Reading Rockets

Key Components of Emergent Literacy

Component DescriptionEarly Writing Development Children, even our youngest learners, enjoy putting

crayon to paper. What often starts as scribbling ends up being important clues to a child’s understanding that print carries meaning. Four-year olds often enjoy “writing” their name and other special words like Mom, Dad, love, and you. Helping your child develop writing readiness skills includes making the most out of everyday writing and providing lots of opportunity to practice! Reading Rockets

Oral Language SkillsVocabulary & Comprehension

Kids who hear more words spoken at home learn more words and enter school with better vocabularies. This larger vocabulary pays off exponentially as a child progresses through school. It’s never too soon to talk to your baby, and make it interesting! Reading Rockets

Practice StationsTech Center (Technology)I Hear You ( Phonological Awareness)What’s the Word ( Alphabetic Principle - Phonics) Talk to Me ( Vocabulary)I Understand (Comprehension & Concepts of Print)Let’s Write (Emergent Writing)

Tech Center Family Learning Connection – Scavenger Hunt APPS

I Hear You (Phonological Awareness) Listen Up! First Sound Last Sound

Picture Cards http://www.do2learn.com/picturecards/printcards/1inch/imagegridnoword/

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Phonemic Awareness-What

Phonemic Awareness Phonics Focuses on phonemes (sounds)

Focuses on phoneme(sound) / grapheme (letter or letters) associations

Deals with spoken language

Deals with written language

Auditory Visual and AuditoryStudents work with manipulating sounds and sounds in words

Students work with reading and spelling words using phoneme/grapheme associations

Hear the language See text representing the language 10

What’s the

difference?

What’s the word?! (Phonics)

• Super Hero Letter Match• Candyland Name Game• 15 Ways to use Magnetic Letters• Alphabet Poster Activities• Letter Card Activities• Letter Hunt

Vocabulary All About Me! I Spy Twenty Questions Categories Tell Me About It!

Variations Use pictures from your cell phone and follow the same process Place objects in a clear bag or jar

I Understand (Comprehension & Concepts of Print) Five Finger Retell Story/Finger Puppet Activity Comprehension Sticks Environmental Print Matching Game

Let’s Write (Emergent Writing) Create a placemat for each person in family Make cards for different special events Everywhere a sign (post signs for students at home and students can

copy and/or make own sign) Mixed Media

Finger painting Cans of water and different thicknesses of paintbrushes. Sponges, cotton swabs, toothpicks, toothbrushes and potato carvings are

other tools for mixed media writing activities. (Nina Makofsky)

ResourcesWord Play Fun

Busy Buzzing Bumblebees & Other Tongue Twisters Gooney Bird Greene

Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives

My Very First Mother Goose

On Beyond Zebra

Scranimals

Reading Rockets

Resources • Alphabet Books are useful to read because they:• Support oral language development• Help children learn letter sequence• Help children associate a sound with a letter• Can help children build vocabulary

Reading Rockets

Resources

Family Resources The Home Literacy Behavior Checklist Finding Great Books When You Don’t Have a Great BudgetInstructional Resources Readingrockets.org Florida Center for Reading Research Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing,

and Other Literacy Skills from Birth to 5 ,Scholastic, 2013. MDE PreK, Literacy & Math At Home Activities http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--69358--,00.html