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Now let’s see the five practices in action…

Now let’s see the five practices in action…. Today we will be using Jerry Pinkney’s Three Little Kittens. We’re going on a picture walk. We’re going to meet the three little kittens who lost their mittens. . Talking helps your child get ready to read. How to take a Picture Walk ….

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Now let’s see the five practices in action…

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  1. Now let’s see the five practices in action… Today we will be using Jerry Pinkney’s Three Little Kittens

  2. We’re going on a picture walk. We’re going to meet the three little kittens who lost their mittens. Talking helps your childget ready to read.

  3. How to take a Picture Walk… • Look at the cover. • Point out the title and author. • Talk about the cover illustration. • Ask children what they think the story is about. • “Walk” through the book, page by page. • Talk about the characters and predict what might happen to them. • Make a guess about how the book will end. • Talk about the meaning of words that your children may not know.

  4. This is the way we wash our mittens, Wash our mittens, wash our mittens, This is the way we wash our mittens, Early in the morning. This is the way we eat our pie, Eat our pie, eat our pie, This is the way we eat our pie, Early in the evening. This is the way we say yum-yum, Say yum-yum, say yum-yum, This is the way we say yum-yum, Every day at dinner. Singing helps your childget ready to read.

  5. F Y I Let’s read the Three Little Kittens Shared reading is the best way to help your child getready to read.

  6. Reading and writing go together. Making Marks Drawing and Writing Writing helps your childget ready to read. Name Writing Word Writing

  7. Writing Reading and writing go together. Let’s write our names on our mittens

  8. F Y I Let’s retell the story of the Three Little Kittens Playing helps your childget ready to read. • Possible props: • Felt board pieces • Puppets • Props in centers • Sequence cards

  9. F Y I Let’s Review…

  10. An awareness of Early Literacy Skills and Practices, helps you… Purposefully select books for read aloud. Integrate literacy activities throughout the day: TALK, SING, READ, WRITE, PLAY! Enhance those teachable moments. Use in tandem with ITERS, ELLCO and your curriculum to ensure books are appropriate and available for your children.

  11. Selecting Books Purposefully ELLCO Indicators Relevant topics Variety in difficulty levels Graphic element types: • Illustrations • Photographs • Cartoons • Other Age appropriate Multiple genres: • Fiction • poetry/rhyme • nonfiction • concept books Diversity ITERS-R Indicators People Race Age Ability Animals Familiar Objects Familiar Routines Nature/Science AND/OR ITERS-R= Infant Toddler Environmental Rating Scale- Revised. ELLCO= Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation

  12. Select Appropriate and Appealing Books Brightcolors Interactive Rhythmic writing Rhyming Simple plot Variety of forms Nonfiction too! Content that kids relate to Photographs

  13. Characteristics of Good Books Books for babies to 1 year: • Thick cardboard pages • Flexible cloth or vinyl pages • Small, chunky format • Simple, bright pictures or photos • Few or no words on a page • Themes that encourage sounds (farm animals, vehicles, etc.) Books for toddlers and twos: • Cardboard or thick paper pages • Repetition of words or phrases • Pictures that tell a story without words • A story told in a few, simple words • Nursery rhymes or rhyming words • Stories about familiar, everyday things • Simple concepts like colors or shapes Books for preschoolers: • Increasingly more complicated stories • Stories about different cultures and places • Folktales • Stories about issues children face (fears, separation, starting school) • Rhyming text or poetry • Humorous plots or characters • Non-fiction subjects • Color, letter or number themes

  14. Books are always available and at child’s level How do you display books?

  15. Books as Transition Tools Where can you add books to your day?

  16. Make Reading a Part of Your Daily Routine Where does reading fit into your routines?

  17. Not Just Books… Nursery Rhymes Flannel Boards Signing Music/Movement Fingerplays Puppets

  18. Important Virginia Resources http://www.earlychildhood.virginia.gov/documents/milestones.pdf http://www.smartbeginnings.org/Portals/5/PDFs/VSQI/Toolkit_7_5_11_2.pdf Virginia’s Foundation Blocks For Early Learning: Comprehensive Standards for Four Year Olds http://www.earlychildhood.virginia.gov/documents/Competencies.pdf

  19. Final Thoughts… Talk, Sing, Read, Writeand Play every day! Get a library card and have great materials always at your disposal! Get to know your local children’s librarians- they are a great resource! Krista Dawson 646-4147 Krista.dawson@richmondgov.com

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