Transcript Literacy_Books_StoryTelling_1_.ppt

LITERACY
and
READING
Child Development II
READING FACTS:
 Learning to read requires a combination of
many SKILLS.
 A child’s success in learning to read is
affected more by reading related
experiences that a child has BEFORE
entering school than the reading related
experiences a child has AFTER he/she enters
school.
 Children who are READ to REGULARLY are
better readers.
Literacy is the ability to READ and WRITE.
Reading and writing are forms of COMMUNICATION.
Words are a form of COMMUNICATION.
Name 5 different sources you could use to
see words everyday:
 Signs
 Comic Strips
 Directions of food / labels / recipes
 Newspaper
 Directions for Toys
 Books
If a child can SEE other
people read they will learn that
READING is
IMPORTANT!
WHAT DO BOOKS TEACH?
Rhyming
Relationships
ECONOMICAL WAYS TO GET
BOOKS:
Gifts
Used Store
Yard & Garage Sales
Libraries
Trade / Children out grow
TYPES of BOOKS:
 Board Books
 is a type of book printed on thick paperboard.
Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of
paperboard thickness.
 Picture Books
 is a book in which the illustrations are as
important as (or even more important than) the
words in telling the story. Picture books are
generally 32 pages
TYPES of BOOKS:
 Picture Books Cont.
 long, although Little Golden Books are 24 pages.
In picture books, there are illustrations on every
page or on one of every pair of facing pages.
 Chapter Books
 Generally, a children's book that is long enough to
be split into chapters, yet not long enough or deep
enough to be identified as a novel, is known as a
"chapter book."
 (Pictures can be real, animated or sketched)
TYPES of BOOKS:
Chapter Books cont.
 Chapter books are often illustrated, but not
anywhere nearly as much as a picture book.
Chapter books tend to be particularly
popular with 7-10 year-olds as transitional
books between beginning reader books and
novels. Chapter books also tend to appeal to
reluctant readers of all ages.
PARTS of BOOK:
 Author: The writer of a book, article,
or other text.
 Illustrator: to explain or decorate (a
book, text, etc) with pictures
 Theme / Moral: a unifying or
dominant idea/of or relating to principles
of right and wrong in behavior
Story
Telling
CHARACTERISTICS of a
Good STORY TELLER:
Voice - Change tone & pitch
Facial Expression
Eye Contact
Speed - Slow Down
Volume - Loud enough for whole group
Speak Clearly
READ STORY BEFORE
TELLING!
Be FAMILIAR with story.
Know VOCABULARY in story.
Feel the FLOW of the story.
C.R.O.W.S.
C. Completion-Fill in the blanks/Rhyming Words
R. Retell-Child tells story in own words
O. Open-Ended-Child Responds “Tell me about…”
W. Wh-?’s- What-When-Where-Who & Why questions
S. Schema-Relate to the child’s life