CH 16

Question 1

emergent literacy

Answer 1

reading and writing behaviours and concepts of young children that precede and develop into conventional literacy

Question 2

the beginnings of literacy extend from _____

Answer 2

the time the child is born

Question 3

when is the period of fastest language learning

Answer 3

first five years of life

Question 4

an average adult’s vocabulary is ______

Answer 4

4000-5000 words

Question 5

an average two y/o vocabulary is _______

Answer 5

200 words

Question 6

average 4 y/o vocabulary is _______

Answer 6

2000 words

Question 7

phonetics awareness

Answer 7

awareness of the smallest sounds that make up oral language

Question 8

phonemes

Answer 8

smallest individual speech sounds

Question 9

most important thing for an adult to consider when selecting a book for a child?

Answer 9

do you and the child want to read the book together

Question 10

how does the child come to know how print works

Answer 10

by being read a story

Question 11

what is the most important thing when reading to a young child

Answer 11

story meaning

Question 12

what is an alphabetic writing system

Answer 12

writing system in which the symbols represent the sounds of speech

Question 13

concepts about print

Answer 13

read left to right, space between words, series of words make up a sentence

Question 14

Sulzby’s stages of learning to read

Answer 14

• attempts to govern by pictures
• stories not formed
• attempts governed by pictures
• stories formed
• refusing to read based on print awareness
• reading with strategies imbalanced
• reading independently

Question 15

children’s earliest transcription

Answer 15

drawing and scribbling

Question 16

public print

Answer 16

a child’s role of print that occurs in social situations and in the environment

Question 17

environmental print

Answer 17

print in signs and logos

Question 18

according to Kathleen Roskos, children adopt their pretend play from

Answer 18

life experiences

Question 19

semantic knowledge

Answer 19

knowing about a topic

Question 20

contextual awareness

Answer 20

knowing about texts

Question 21

when might a child first be expected to know that there are different kinds of texts and know also the difference between texts that tell stories and texts that give information

Answer 21

k-gr 1

Question 22

when might a child first be expected to know words that rhyme and know that texts convey meaning

Answer 22

before kindergarten