Essential Learnings for Introductory Session

 

Attitudes	Knowledge	Behavior
I can learn what young children need for later success in reading. I can become consciously competent in early literacy instruction. HeadsUp! Reading will present challenging-but- achievable goals for me.	Early literacy is the knowledge, skills and attributes that come before and lead up to conventional reading and writing. It includes: learning to communicate and listen, learning the sounds of spoken language, learning about letters and the words they make, learning about the world around you. The HeadsUp! Reading (HUR) mental model for promoting early literacy includes: curriculum, assessment, talking, playing, reading, writing and learning the code. Conscious competence is knowing "why I do what I do." An alphabet is a code for the sounds of language. Teachers can use a developmentally appropriate approach in promoting early literacy. The HUR website is www.HURonline.org	Can describe why early literacy is important. Can give examples of early literacy behaviors. Can describe the HUR mental model. Can explain the phrase, "learning the code."

 

Vocabulary Word	Early literacy
Myth	It is developmentally inappropriate to teach early literacy skills to young children.
Using Books with Children	Using books to teach the alphabet
Predictor	Understanding the code of the English alphabet is a predictor of later reading success.

 

Guest Faculty

Website Activities

Video Focus: Early Literacy Definition

Discussion Question: Share one new thing you learned from this week's class. How will the new knowledge impact your work with children?

Action Plan: Read a familiar story to a small group of children