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| knowing the names and shapes of the letters in the alphabet |
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Oversized books that allow for the sharing of print and
illustrations with children. |
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| Putting together individual sounds to make spoken words. |
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The use of letter-sound relationship
information to attempt to write words. |
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The view that literacy learning begins at birth and is
encouraged through participation with adults in meaningful reading and
writing activities. |
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Print that is a part of everyday life, such as signs,
billboards, labels, and business logos. |
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Efforts by young children to experiment with
writing by creating pretend and real letters and by organizing scribbles
and marks on paper |
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| The same as developmental spelling |
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Includes all the activities involved in speaking, listening,
reading, writing, and appreciating both spoken and written language. |
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The smallest parts of spoken language that combine to form
words. For example, the word hit is made up of three phonemes (/h/ /i/
/t/) and differs by one phoneme from the words pit, hip and hot. |
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The ability to notice and work with the individual
sounds in spoken language. |
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The understanding that spoken language is
made up of individual and separate sounds. In addition to phonemes,
phonological awareness activities can involve work with rhymes, words,
sentences, and syllables |
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Children’s attempts to “read” a book before they have
learned to read. Usually children pretend read a familiar book that they
have practically memorized. |
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| Knowing about print and books and how they are used. |
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| Taking spoken words apart sound by sound. |
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The language used in talking and listening; in contrast
to written language, which is the language used in writing and reading. |
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A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel
sound (e-vent, news-pa-per, pret-ty) |
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