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What is reading ?

• It’s a process.

• We make sense of letters, pictures, charts, organization of text.

• The heart of reading is comprehension.

What is comprehension?

• Getting meaning from what we read.

Answer these questions:

a) What do you need to know in order to read?

b) What do you need to be able to do in order to be able to read.

c) What might get in the way of learning to read?

Framework for Reading

DECODING COMPREHENSION

Word Recognition Strategies

Fluency Academic Language Comprehension Strategies

Concepts of print

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Sight Words

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Background

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Syntax and Text

Structure

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onitoring

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extMOTIVATION (pleasure, purpose, joy, success)

ELD as needed

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Vocabulary,Grammar,

Spelling,& skills

Science, Math, Social studies, Art, Physical

Development, etc.

simultaneousimultaneouslysly

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Which does not mean early reading!!

Early Literacy

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Concepts about print (print awareness)

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(BOYS)Hello, girls, hello!Hello, girls, hello!Hello, girls, hello,Hello, hello, hello!

(GIRLS)Hello, boys, hello!Hello, boys, hello!Hello, boys, hello!Hello, hello, hello!

(BOYS AND GIRLS)Hello, Teacher, hello!Hello, Teacher, hello!Hello, Teacher, hello!Hello, hello, hello!

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interactive stories

animated songs and games area for parents

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All you really need is a good idea & a box!

…and probably some of these!

The website contains additional class and professional development resources to

support teachers, including:

Teacher training videos on areas such as Very Young Learners and Literacy.

Print and Play Pictures that can be used in language activities.

A School Readiness Handbook, highlighting activities in Hats On Top that are good indicators of school readiness, and checklists across various developmental areas.

A guide to using drama and puppets in the classroom.

Teacher resources including test builders and assessments, Make and Take sheets, Take Home activities, song lyrics and black line masters.

Monthly Planners

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Components

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Components

BabyBaby

SamSam

CassieCassie

DadDad

MomMom

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Language &Communication

Personal & SocialDevelopment

MathematicalThinking

Physical Development& Health

Discovery & Knowledgeof the World

Creative & ArtisticExpression

Language, Communication &Early Literacy

Social Studies

Math

Health

Science

Art

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