CHAPTER 3: PRINT AWARENESS

Objectives

As a result of reading and studying this chapter students will be able to:

• Recognize that print awareness includes functions of print, conventions of print, and book conventions
• Recognize that children's ability to understand how print works comes through literacy-based interactions with adults and opportunities to apply their learning in a print-rich environment
• Identify the print knowledge/behaviors expected of a student by the end of Kindergarten
• Explain when and how print awareness should be assessed
• Give examples of formal and informal ways in which print awareness can be assessed
• Apply lessons for effective instruction of print awareness
• Identify intervention strategies for students who have difficulty with print awareness

Key Terms

• Functions of print
• Conventions of print
• Book conventions
• Print referencing

Assessment

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