Week 6

Pretend Reading- A paraphrase or spontaneous retelling told by students as they turn the pages of a familiar story book.(Words Their Way, 6th Ed.)

Pretend reading is common when a child has heard a story several times. Students will sometimes pretend read based on the pictures in the book.  It is important for comprehension.











Memory Reading- An accurate recitation of text accompanied by fingerpoint reading. (Words Their Way, 6th Ed.)
Memory reading helps students correctly coordinate spoken language with print.









Language Experience Approach- An approach to teaching reading, in which students dictate to a teacher, who records their language. Dictated accounts can then be used as familiar reading materials. (Words Their Way, 6th Ed.)

The language experience approach is important to development because it helps develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.












Dialogic Reading-  An approach to reading aloud that is designed to stimulate oral language and dialogue while enhancing students' ability to retell stories. ( Words Their Way, 6th Ed.)




Dialogic reading enhances a students comprehension and oral language.











Interactive Read Aloud- A reading format to support emergent reading where the teacher reads aloud to the students and invites discussion and other participation. (Words Their Way, 6th Ed.)

Interactive read alouds are important to the development of listening and speaking skills.  Students also learn important skills such as inferences, making predictions, and asking questions.






Mock Linear- A kind of pretend writing where children beginning to write approximate the broader contours of the writing system, starting with linear arrangement of print. ( Words Their Way, 6th Ed.)

Mock linear shows how student grow from scribbles to drawings, then to markings that represent letters.











Alliteration- The occurrence in a phrase or line of speech of two or more words having the same beginning sound. (Words Their Way, 6th Ed.)

Example: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

Alliteration is an important literary device, often found in poetry.