Reading
Print Concepts is an awareness of print in our everyday environment. It involves understanding the
difference between letters, words, punctuation and directionality. They include:
What is a letter
What is a word
What is a sentence
That there are spaces between words
That sentences start with capitals
What the various punctuation marks mean (. , ? ! "") and when they are used
That oral language can be written and then read
That print provides the reader with a message or information
Book Concepts Include Understanding:
That a book is for reading
The function and location of a book’s front, back, top, and bottom
How to hold a book properly
How to turn the pages properly
We read from left to right
Where to begin reading
The difference between print and pictures
Where to locate the title, author, and illustrator
Understand the difference between a story book and an informational text
Ways To Help Your Child
When reading with your child, point out the front cover, author/ illustrator and their roles, top and bottom of page, where you should begin reading, left to right tracking, etc..
Use your or your child's finger to point to the text while you read with your child
Re-read the text and point out print and book concepts in the story
When reading go on a scavenger hunt. Find letters, words, sentences, punctuation and capitals
Point out that there are many different reading materials such as story books, poems, newspapers, billboards, etc.
difference between letters, words, punctuation and directionality. They include:
What is a letter
What is a word
What is a sentence
That there are spaces between words
That sentences start with capitals
What the various punctuation marks mean (. , ? ! "") and when they are used
That oral language can be written and then read
That print provides the reader with a message or information
Book Concepts Include Understanding:
That a book is for reading
The function and location of a book’s front, back, top, and bottom
How to hold a book properly
How to turn the pages properly
We read from left to right
Where to begin reading
The difference between print and pictures
Where to locate the title, author, and illustrator
Understand the difference between a story book and an informational text
Ways To Help Your Child
When reading with your child, point out the front cover, author/ illustrator and their roles, top and bottom of page, where you should begin reading, left to right tracking, etc..
Use your or your child's finger to point to the text while you read with your child
Re-read the text and point out print and book concepts in the story
When reading go on a scavenger hunt. Find letters, words, sentences, punctuation and capitals
Point out that there are many different reading materials such as story books, poems, newspapers, billboards, etc.