Session Four:
Reading and
Talking
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Starter Activity:
Trio Time
Brainstorming
Bonanza
What Word
Makes Sense?
Handshakes
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What Word Makes
Sense?
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Phonological
Awareness
What did you know about phonological
awareness before reading this article?
How would you describe phonological
awareness to a family member of a
kindergarten child?
Without looking at the article, how can
phonological awareness help children learn
to read?
Describe some phonological awareness
activities that children can experience.
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How do these connect to
Oral Language, Listening, &
Vocabulary Development?
Brainstorming
Bonanza
What Word
Makes Sense?
Handshakes
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Vocabulary
Experience: Tony
Chestnut
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Oral Language, Listening, &
Vocabulary Development
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Vocabulary
Experience: Put
Your Hands up in
the Air
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Phonological
Oral
Awareness Language
Read Aloud
The most important
activity for helping a
child succeed in school
is to read aloud with
him (Family Literacy
Foundation, 2002).
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Questions
CLOZE (fill in
the blank)
5W (who, what, where, when, why:
one word correct answer)
OPEN-ENDED (respond in own
words; many possible response)
CONNECTION
(related to person in some way)
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Practice:
Let’s Get Ready!
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Reflection Activity:
In the Basket
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