Emergent Stages

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Emergent Stages

• RDG 360

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Characteristics

• Early Emergent-
• What they do correctly
• Write on the page
• Hold the writing implement
• What they use but confuse
• Drawing and scribbling for writing
• What is absent
• Sound-symbol correspondence
• directionality

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Characteristics

• Middle Emergent
• What they do correctly
• Horizontal movement across page
• Clear distinction between drawing and writing
• Lines and dots for writing
• Letterlike forms
• What students use but confuse
• Letters, numbers, and letterlike forms
• Writing may wrap from right to left at the end of
  the line
• What is absent
• Sound-symbol correspondence

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Characteristics

• Late Emergent
• What they do correctly
• Consistent directionality
• Some letter-sound match
• What students use but confuse
• Substitutions of letters that sound, feel and
  look alike B/p, D/b
• What is absent
• Complete sound/symbol correspondence
• Consistent spacing between words

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Learning to read and spell

• 3 Levels
• Global level of phrases and sentences
• Level of words within phrases
• Level of sounds and letters within syllables

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Phrase and sentence level

• Begin to understand how oral language translates
  to written language
• Can you go to the store?

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Words in Phrases

• Begin to understand units of meaning called
  words.
• We dont speak in words, but phrases.

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Sounds in syllables

• First begin to understand beginning sounds
• Once they understand this they begin to see
  things at the syllable level.

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Emergent reading

• Pretend reading- retelling based on pictures
• Memory reading-more accurate recitation of text
• Concept of word- separates emergent readers from
  letter-name alphabetic readers.
• Tracking

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Spelling/writing stages

• Sulzby
• Scribbling
• Drawing
• Letter-like
• Prephonetic
• Phonetic
• conventional

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Early Literacy Learning

• Must understand development and individual needs
• Need to build vocabulary
• Phonological awareness
• Alphabet knowledge
• Letter-sound knowledge
• Concept of word in print

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Word sorts in Emergent Stages

• Concept Sorts- help to develop vocabulary
• Use with read-alouds
• What kind of concept sorts can I do with this book

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Phonological Awareness

• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics
• Alphabetic Principle

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Letter-sound knowledge

• Continuant sounds
• Voiced sounds
• Unvoiced sounds
• unVoiced voiced
• P b
• Wh w
• F v
• Th(the) th (this)
• T d
• S z
• Sh
• Ch j
• K g
• H