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Preventative

The document discusses the importance of early literacy development, highlighting that a significant percentage of students struggle with reading, particularly among low-income populations. It outlines necessary elements for fostering literacy, such as teacher read-alouds, phonics instruction, and a book-rich environment, as well as strategies for parents to support literacy at home. Early intervention is emphasized as crucial for helping struggling readers and writers achieve academic success.

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Preventative

The document discusses the importance of early literacy development, highlighting that a significant percentage of students struggle with reading, particularly among low-income populations. It outlines necessary elements for fostering literacy, such as teacher read-alouds, phonics instruction, and a book-rich environment, as well as strategies for parents to support literacy at home. Early intervention is emphasized as crucial for helping struggling readers and writers achieve academic success.

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Early Literacy

Development
Preventative Activity
Table of contents.
01 | Why and
Benefits

02 | What’s
needed

03 | Strategies
Why and Benefits
Why is literacy so important?
To learn to read is to
light a fire; every
syllable that is
spelled out is a
spark.
Victor Hugo
Did you know?

- Approximately 40% of students across the nation cannot read at a


basic level.
- Nearly 70% of low-income 4th grader students cannot read at a basic
level.
- 60% of the behavioral problems occur during reading assignments –
group or independently.
- More than 4 in 10 preschoolers, 5 in 10 toddlers, and 6 in 10 babies
are not read to regularly. (DOE 1999)
Early
literacy
impacts a
child’s
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future.
- Linked with academic achievement, reduced grade retention, higher graduation
rate, and enhanced productivity in adult life.
What’s needed
There are many little
ways to enlarge your
child’s world. Love of
books is the best of
all.
Jacqueline Kennedy
Elements for literacy

- Teacher read-alouds
- Shared reading - book-rich literate
environment
- Phonics instruction
- Reading comprehension
- Variety of instruction
reading/writing - Time for reading/writing
instruction
- Phonological awareness
instruction
Early
interventio
n good!
Evidence demonstrates the
effectiveness and benefits of
intervening early as soon as
possible for struggling readers and
writers.

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Strategies
So it is with children who
learn to read fluently and
well: they begin to take
flight into whole new
worlds as effortlessly as
young birds take to the
sky.
William James
Did you know? HOME MATTERS!

Did you know that literacy starts


at home?

Mom and dad play a huge role in


developing interest for reading
for young children.

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CC BY-SA-NC
- Literacy is • Joint reading (take turns
reading)
interrelated to • Drawing/singing
child’s physical, • Reciting
emotional, social, • Game playing
cognitive, and • Rhyming
language skills. • Nursery rhymes
- Predictors of early • Audiobooks
literacy is school • Tell stories
success in oral • Talk about everyday
language, experiences
alphabetic code, • Hang different prints
Dogs can smell
and print around house
feelings.
knowledge. • Show pictures
Thank
you!
Do you have any questions?

Emily Yang
[email protected]
du
reference
s
https://dropoutprevention.org/effective-strategies/early-literacy-d
evelopment/
https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/policy-politics-statistics/arti
cles/early-literacy-policy-and-practice-preschool-years
https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/read-together-support-ea
rly-literacy
https://improvingliteracy.org/brief/supporting-your-childs-literacy-
development-home/index.html

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