TERM 1
Reading Readiness
DEFINITION 1
Was thoughts to be a point in individual development
when children could be taught to read with the greatest
success rates
In practice, however, the concept of this often led to
teachers withholding reading/writing instruction from
young children until they were thought to have reached
this predetermined threshold
TERM 2
Emergent Literacy
DEFINITION 2
A term that implies children are becoming literate
beginning at birth and continue to develop as literate
beings throughout life
TERM 3
Concepts about Print
DEFINITION 3
Knowledge associated with printed language such as
directionality (reading left to right, top to bottom),
concepts of word or letter, book handling, voice-print
matching, and punctuation
TERM 4
Phonological Awareness
DEFINITION 4
An umbrella term that includes hearing and manipulating
parts of spoke language such as words, syllables,
rhyming elements in syllables, and alliteration.
TERM 5
Phonemic Awareness
DEFINITION 5
Refers to the ability to focus on and manipulate individual
sounds in spoken words
