Week 5 study Guide Notes What are some developmentally appropriate teaching practices that build alphabet knowledge in preschool and kindergarten In order to teach alphabet knowledge teachers can use The alphabet song Alphabet flashcards Students names Alphabet books What are some developmentally appropriate teaching practices that help young children develop phonological awareness In order to teach phonological awareness teachers can Use rhyming Segmenting speech sounds Blending speech sounds Having printed letters What are the stages of emergent writing development in young children The stages of writing development breakdown into six pieces Writing through drawing Writing through scribbling Writing through letter like forms Writing by familiar units or letter strings Writing through invented spelling Writing through conventional spelling What are the features of a well designed classroom writing center Some well designed writing centers may include The typewriter Writing materials such as pencils crayons markers and other writing materials Paper Stamps tape stapler child safe scissors plus any other supplies the teacher sees necessary Box of magazine photos A file box with each child s name and photo on a card Envelopes from card shops Writing box for each Child made out of a box containing paper writing utensils literary related odds and ends and alphabet list A word list Dry erase boards chalkboards and Gelboard Blank books How do children s attempts at emergent writing help them develop phonological awareness By making up their own spelling children begin experimenting with the way letters work together in order to make up words That way when they are ready for real spelling they can comprehend Terms Alphabet Knowledge by learning to recognize alphabet letter names and sounds Beginner readers start to understand the principles of reading Phonological Awareness students understanding that spoken words are composed of individuals speeches downs That can be segmented blended and manipulated to form other spoken words Phonetic awareness is that conceptual foundation for readers blending the sounds of printed letters to read printed words Shared Writing when a few children read part or all of their writing and take comments and questions from their classmates after having finished a writing session Scaffolded Writing A child decides what sentence she wants to write and then the teacher draws lines to represent each word in the sentence The child rights each word to the best of her ability on the lines provided
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