Literacy Development Final Review.
Today the field of reading instruction seems to lack consensus concerning
best practices for teaching reading.
A collection of picture books that may help children with life problems, pain, and strong emotions is called a
bibliotherapy collection
When children arrive at kindergarten thinking they can write
both a and c their messages are more important than their print script form and they probably think they know more that they really do.
When children want a picture book reread immediately after it has just been read, the teacher should
both be pleased and do it if possible and worry about child capacity to sit through another reading.
If television viewing in a preschooler's home takes place, parents are urged to
both discuss it and monitor programs for appropriateness and quality
Dramatizing a picture book
both may be aided by props and costumes and enhances children's ability to remember story details.
The text recommends that teachers
both screen all books selected for school purchase and select books for children's special interests.
Children in preschool can learn about
both story beginnings and endings and about title pages in books
In speaking about fiction and nonfiction books to preschoolers, it is prudent to describe them
by saying one contains stories while the other usually does not.
At circle times, teacher will notice
differences in children's ability to focus and attend
Early childhood educators are not behaving as informed professionals if they
don't share with children's families the importance of children's self-control skills.
What characteristics may be more predictive of children's academic performance in their first grades of school, excluding their cognitive skills or family backgrounds
emotional, social skill, and self-regulation of behavior
Educators urge parents to
expect children to finish tasks
The speed and accuracy that individual children display in naming alphabet letters is called
fluency
Picture books dealing with the reality of young children's lives were published in quantity in
from 1970 to 2000
Latisha, age four, stops her grandma from entering an exit door next to an "enter" door. You suspect Latisha
has a sight word vocabulary.
Skill-and-drill instruction in alphabet letter formation
helps turn off some previously interested children.
Display areas are
important instructional areas.
Some federally funded programs have provided
integrated child and family education and supportive family services.
The language arts are
interrelated and interdependent.
Asking a number of questions such as "What was the cat's name?" in a book-reading time discussion
is discouraged in text
The genre of a book refers to
its category such as form or content.
Children playing "library" might be urged to
line up favorite books and sort them by subject.
Children from _____________ families are more dependent on school for their progress in literacy development.
low income
Sending or receiving written messages
may aid preschoolers' knowledge of print use.
A child who makes a big clay dog after hearing the picture book Clifford the Big Red Dog
may be symbolizing the experience
Books with talking animals
may confuse children if they cannot identify with the animals' message
A good technique at circle time is to first
mention each child's name.
When children make their own books and illustrations,
none of these answers.
A picture book dealing with how plants change sunlight into food is
nonfiction
If you ask a young child to give you a red ball and he brings a blue one, the child does not possess the word red in his
oral vocabulary.
The ability to notice and use critical features of graphic symbols in a written language is called
orthographic awareness.
Those who study research usually recommend that early literacy instruction in a preschool should concentrate on
phonemic awareness, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
A rebus chart has
pictures and print.
One way to encourage reading in the home is to
plan a family reading time
To increase use of the classroom book center, the teacher should
plan for times when he will be there.
A dramatic play kit for a classroom "supermarket" would include
play money, empty food cartons, play grocery cart.
The text recommends that before presenting a finger play to children, teachers should
practice and memorize it
A child's oral vocabulary is closely related to
reading comprehension and ease in learning to read
The most common occurrence of sight reading in preschoolers is
reading other's nametags
Noted early childhood experts worry that preschool reading-skill instruction activities may
reduce play time.
When a teacher says, "Charlette, you have a pet," at story time, he is probably trying to
relate the story to the children's lives.
Although there have been teacher efforts to enhance children's dramatic play skills, teachers are urged to
remain in the background unless child problems or safety is in question
Alphabet letters and numerals both are
representative symbols
To build child involvement and participation during a book-reading time, the teacher could invite children to
all the above
Understanding the functional uses of print
all the above
Of great concern to most educators is the idea that electronic and digital media use
all the above.
If a group time is stretching too long, the teacher
ask the children to move their whole body in some fun rather than exciting way before continuing for a few minutes more.
The best predictor of a child's first year reading achievement is
a preschooler's alphabet letter knowledge.
When a teacher writes an alphabet letter for a child, the letter should be
about 1 inch or higher
When left-handed children are using writing tools, teachers
accept the child's hand preference
When learning a finger play, children usually learn the ____ first.
actions or words
Multicultural books offer children opportunities to
all of the above
After book-reading times, discussions may
all of these answers
Big, oversized books are popular with preschool teachers because they
all of these answers
Children who need additional help and support to aid their language development should
all of these answers
Early childhood teachers find reading a picture book to a large preschool group means
all of these answers
Early readers probably come from families that
all of these answers
Experts urge teachers to be
all of these answers
In dramatic play scenarios, a child may
all of these answers
Picture books once read to children can be turned into
all of these answers
The alphabet principle involves an awareness that spoken language can be analyzed into
all of these answers
A deciding factor that settles whether all attending children have to be at circle time can be
all the above
Chants contain
rhythmic word patterns.
Working with preschoolers in a developmentally appropriate fashion to promote language arts involves a lot of
spontaneous and incidental teaching.
Educators investigate whether the illustrations in a picture book
support the story
Family members who read to young children should
talk about what the illustrations tell them.
Rereading favorite stories is a
task teachers perform with enthusiasm.
If circle time goes badly, it may be because
the setting was responsible and the teacher failed to observe certain child behaviors
Children's progress in elementary school is tied to
their ability to read
If conducting a group with 2 and 3 year olds their group participation may depend on
their feelings of trust and security.
If a teacher wants to correct child speech
they repeat what was said by saying it back correctly without undue attention.
Leaving one group activity and moving in an orderly fashion to the next is called
transitioning
If teachers are successful in making books attractive and rewarding to preschool children during read alouds, the children will probably
visit the classroom library
The size of a child's reading vocabulary refers to
words he recognizes in print.
