Literacy and the Youngest Learner

Literacy and the Youngest LearnerY--Concepts of Print--With students in lower elementary we begin with "understanding of how the book works." Beginning with parts of books-as we discuss and demonstrate by pointing out the cover; dust jacket; how to care for the book; how to turn the pages; we point to the words on the pages as we read a-loud.Y--Vocabulary--In the library during the read-aloud time we will pause during reading of the story if we have a word we feel the student may not understand and explain and discuss the meaning. Sometimes the students will ask us what the meaning is for a word. We feel by discussing meanings for new words and modeling good reading habits we will develop strong lifelong readers.Y--Listening and Reading Comprehension--During the read-along story time, in the library we pause and ask pertinent questions to see that the students are listening and know what the story is about. After the story we have some students explain what they think the story was telling. We also will ask some students to make up a different ending for the story.Brenda/SueShady Point Library