Learning Objectives

• Identify the three early literacy domains that form a foundation for literacy learning.
• Explain the relationship between the three early literacy domains.

Key Vocabulary

alphabetic principle
letter knowledge
phonological awareness
print awareness

Learning Objectives

• Identify the elements of print and book awareness.
• Be familiar with an effective instructional strategy for teaching print awareness.

Key Vocabulary

book conventions
conventions of print
functions of print
print awareness
print referencing

Learning Objectives

• Identify the components of letter recognition instruction.
• Explain how letter shapes can affect students’ learning of letter names.
• Explain how the properties of a letter’s name may affect students’ ability to learn its sound.
• Explain why the practice of spending the same amount of instructional time on each letter may not be effective.
• Be familiar with effective instructional strategies, practices, and activities for teaching letter recognition.

Key Vocabulary

continuous stroke
letter-name iconicity
letter-sound correspondence
lowercase letters
phonological similarity
uppercase letters

Learning Objectives

• Explain the relationship between phonological and phonemic awareness.
• Identify the developmental levels of phonological awareness, and provide examples of the skills within each level.
• Describe some general guidelines for phonological awareness instruction.
• Be familiar with effective instructional strategies, practices, and activities for teaching each level of phonological awareness.

Key Vocabulary

blending
body-coda
continuous sounds
Elkonin sound boxes
intrasyllable
onset-rime
phoneme
phonemic awareness
phonological awareness
segmentation
stop sounds
syllable