EmergentEarly Letter Name and Letter Name Writers and

Emergent/Early Letter Name and Letter Name Writers and Readers Rebecca L. Akers February 25, 2016 4: 00 -5: 30 PM Totaro Elementary School Brunswick County Public Schools

What is needed for a child to learn to write?

Access to writing materials and access to print—synchrony of literacy development (reading/writing/spelling)

Stages of Emergent Writing • • • Scribbles and drawing for writing Scribbles and letter-like forms Random letters (no directionality) Letter strings (no directionality) Some letter/sound match with consistent directionality

Scribbling, random marks

Representational drawing

Drawing distinct from writing and Mock Linear or Letter Like

Turn and Talk--Ideas for Name Writing

Letters, but no sound match

Components of Early Literacy Learning to Promote Writing • Concept sorts • Phonological awareness activities (listening for sounds, rhymes and jingles, alliteration and beginning sounds) • Alphabet knowledge (alphabet games and matching activities) • Letter-sound knowledge (beginning sound picture sorts) • Concept of Word in text (fingerpoint reading and tracking words)

From Emergent to Letter Name – Alphabetic Writing

Letter Name Spellers and Writers Use the literal names of the letters to write First, use beginning sounds Then, add first and last sounds (consonants) Next, include a medial vowel with the beginning and ending sound • Finally, spell short vowel patterns conventionally • •

“Getting there”—Early letter namealphabetic spelling • I lk hskpen • RUDF and DO NAT DSTRB GNYS AT WRK

Letter Name Spellers • Write how the consonants are sounded by where and how they are articulated in the mouth (jrv/drive; jrap/trap; chran/train) • braf/brave; bot/boat; yt/wait

Letter Name-Alphabetic Progression • f fn fan • p pt pat (pet) • g gk jk jok juk (junk)

Word Study for Letter Name Spellers • Focus is on the alphabetic principle of matching sounds to letters • The study of beginning sounds • Word banks • The study of ending sounds • The study of digraphs and blends • The study of word families to introduce short vowels (onset/rime)

Instructional Activities • Group experience stories (language experience) • Individual student dictations • Word banks of words that a student knows • Word hunts for beginning sounds • Initial sound bingo • Word family wheels/flip charts

Bibliography • Adams, Marilyn Jager, B. Foorman, I. Lundberg and T. Beeler (1998) Phonemic Awareness in Young Children • Bear, Donald, M. Invernizzi, S. Templeton, F. Johnston (1996) Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction • Bissex, Glynda (1985) Gnys at Wrk: A Child Learns to Write and Read • Ganske, Kathy (2000) Word Journeys: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction