¶ … Literacy Development This chapter is primarily concerning with the stages of development of literacy among students and notes the four stages including: (1) readiness for reading or pre-reading ages birth to six years of age; (2) the initial stage of reading or ages six to seven years of age; (3) the fluent stage of reading or ages seven to eight years of age; and (4) the reading to learn stage or ages nine to thirteen years of age. This chapter additionally relates the literacy experiences that a students gains in their home including their access to books and other print publications, the demonstrations of adult literacy behavior in the home, and adults who support student literacy through reading to the student or encouraging the student to read aloud. This chapter highlights the students experiences with reading in the environment other than the home to support literacy learning.

Emergent Literacy Strategies

This chapter focuses on the induction of environmental print into the classroom including the EP Alphabet chart, folders, walks, and dramatic play enabled...

Functional print connected with activities in the classroom including such as labels, lists, directions, schedules, calendars, messages, sign-in and sign-up lists, and inventory lists. Literature can be shared with children through the selection of good books, through use of library centers and effective strategies for reading stories. The family-focused reading strategies include such as book bags and classroom lending of books and literacy and play can be linked through dramatic play centers that are enriched with literacy and preparatory exercises as well as involvement in play by the teacher. Shared writing experiences can be successfully used in the form of the Language experience approach, group story-telling and reading, sharing of individual experiences and interactive writing.
Chapter 6: Teaching Early Reading and Writing

The primary focus of this chapter is phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, alphabet knowledge, instruction of phonics, awareness of print, early writing instruction and strategies used in teaching English language learners. Phonological…