Textbook :Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts: Early Literacy By Jeanne M. Machado

Read Chapter 14 and answer the following questions:

1. Define writing and print awareness.

2. List eight (8) things preschoolers might know about reading.

3. List the three (3) instructional approaches to printing.

4. List both positive and negative reasons for teaching or not teaching writing tool grip.

5. Briefly describe the three levels of writing development (page 380-381).

6. Define sight reading and alphabetic principle.

7. Define invented spelling.

8. List the five (5) identifiable stages of invented spelling.

9. List the sequence for print awareness.

10. List the sequence of a child's imitation of written forms.

11. List several goals of instruction for print awareness.

12. How does coordination and cognitive development relate to writing?

13. How does writing relate to exposure to books?

14. List four (4) components required to understand the alphabet.

15. What is the logical progression in learning about letters?

16. Describe ways to make the ABCs developmentally appropriate.

17. List and describe four (4) examples of materials common in print-immersion classrooms.

18. What should teachers consider about the printscript form they use?

19. Define orthographic awareness.

20. List seven (7) functional uses of print activities.

21. How should a teacher accept left-handed children and what accommodations should be made?

22. Pick five (5) chart ideas that are listed on page 400 and tell how you could use these charts.

23. Define interactive writing.

24. List eight (8) additional chart ideas and print awareness activities.