Early Readers

Early Readers

1. Connections to Interactionist Theories

   • Bruner, constructivist (learners construct own concepts based on own knowledge)
   • Enactive mode - children earn about their own motor responses through their actions
   • Iconic mode - info stores in form of images (1-6 years old)
   • Symbolic mode - we can store info as symbols
   • Scaffolding
   • Vygotsky's MKO and their role in reading

2. Key Words

   • Phonological devices - line ends with rhyme to help children remember story
   • Rhythmic patterns - plosive, alliteration, makes text interactive
   • Repeated structures - can demostrate new vocab
   • Syntactical structures - repeated/ lexical choices signify what character might do
   • Graphology - show directionality and linearity of writing
   • Phoneme-grapheme correspondence - the sound which letters make

3. Jeanne Chall's Reading Stages

   • Stage 0: Pseudo reading/ Pre-reading
     • "Pretends" to read, turn pages, match stories to pics
     • 6 months - 6 years
   • Stage 1: Intial reading and decoding
     • Child learns phoneme-grapheme correspondence, can read with high frequency lexis
     • 6-7 years old
   • Stage 3: Confirmation and fluency
     • 7-8 years old
     • Child reads simple, familiar stories and selections with increasing fluency

4. 3 Types of Books for Children

   • Early readers - Adult reads to children
   • Graded readers - children's first experience of reading themselves
   • Free readers

5. What Young Readers need to Know

   • Are organised in particular ways
     • Differs depending on genre
   • Follow cultural conventions
   • Reflect relationship between written symbols and sounds
   • Have cohesion with different parts, interconnecting