Learning to read and write

Learning to read and write

1. Characteristics of letters (dots, tails, curves, crossbars)

2. The shape of significant letters e.g child's first letter

3. Uppercase and lower case of letters

4. the shape and length of words

5. LITERACY

   • Visual Language features of text
     • the effect of layout of words, pictures and captions
     • the way pictures can convey meaning
     • the meaning of signs and symbols (On keyboards as well)
   • Developing a sight vocabulary
     • At first recognise high freq. words and persona;l interest words
     • LEARNERS ACQUIRE VOCAB
       • through reading texts that have high frequency words
       • shared writing sessions where high frequency words are used
       • Repeated readings of easy and familiar books
       • Writing or dictating their own texts using bothe familiar and new vocab.
       • Adapting familiar texts into their own writing. Using vocab and structure.
       • Reading and writing notices labels.
       • Constructing charts with words with common sounds or spelling patterns
     • Have a storage of sight words helps student to read faster
       • Helps them to move on to other words and to store them as well.
   • ORAL LANGUAGE is key to literacy development
     • allow discussion after ssr.
   • READING ACCURATELY TAKES PRIORITY OVER READING FLUENTLY
     • Onset
       • start of word
     • rime
       • end part of the word
         • A writer who knows "lunch" is able to work out "munch" by using spelling pattern of how to write "unch" (rime
           • CHUNKING INFORMATION IS MUCH MORE SUCCESFUL THAN SOUNDING OUT WORD LETTER BY LETTER.