literacy Recipes
Here are some helpful recipes we use in our classroom to enhance our students' literacy program at the Stage 0: Foundations for Literacy level.
*These recipes are all embedded in our program plan. Please refer to our daily schedule for further details how the recipes are done in our classroom.*
*These recipes are all embedded in our program plan. Please refer to our daily schedule for further details how the recipes are done in our classroom.*
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Café Drama Centre
Developing Language and Vocabulary Through Play (Virtual Tour) An easy way to integrate literacy into real-life is at the drama centre. Students can practice writing procedures, build vocabulary, and oral language through pretend play. Weekly Plan: Learning Centres (Food Groups: Writing/Vocabulary Building) Curriculum Expectations: 1.2 Listen and respond to others for a variety of purposes. 1.5 Use language in various contexts to connect new experiences with what they already know. 4.3 Write simple messages. |
Morning Messages
Developing Concepts of Print, Word Recognition and Rhyming (Virtual Tour) An effective way for teachers to model and instruct reading and writing strategies is through morning messages. Teachers can help students explore the concept of print, text organization, vocabulary study, spelling, and word families. Weekly Plan: Morning Message (Food Groups: Concepts of Print/Writing Conventions/Vocabulary Building/Phonemic Awareness) Curriculum Expectations: 2.8 Demonstrate knowledge of most letters of the alphabet in different contexts. 4.2 Demonstrate an awareness that writing can convey ideas or messages. |
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Taking Letters Out of the Sound Bin
Building Awareness of Initial Phonemes (Virtual Tour) At Stage 0 of children's literacy development, there needs to be a greater emphasis on helping children understand phonics and learn letter sounds. This is a great activity for children to isolate specific letter sounds to help them build phonemic awareness. Weekly Plan: Daily Activity (Food Groups: Phonics/ Letter Sounds) Curriculum Expectations: 1.1 Explore sounds, rhythms, and language structures, with guidance and on their own. 1.11 Demonstrate an awareness that words can rhyme, can begin or end with the same sound, and are composed of phonemes that can be manipulated to create new words. |
Kindergarten Word Wall
Developing Print Awareness and Word Recognition (Virtual Tour) A helpful way to help kindergarten students develop letter and high-frequency word recognition is with a Word Wall. It is helpful to start with the students' names (include a picture), because their names both meaning and easy for them to recall. Slowly introduce high-frequency words, and ensure to place the Word Wall at a location where students can easily access and use. Weekly Plan: Morning Message/Learning Centres (Food Groups: Writing/Building Vocabulary) Curriculum Expectations: 1.7 Use specialized vocabulary for a variety of purposes 4.4 Begin to use classroom resources to support their writing. |
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The Hungry Hungry Rhyming Monster
Foundations for Phonemic Awareness It is important to teach rhyming as a way of helping children recognize sound structure in the spoken language. This helps children develop their phonemic awareness and understand word families through rhymes. Weekly Plan: Daily Activity (Food Groups: Phonics/Letter-Sounds) Curriculum Expectations: 1.11 Demonstrate an awareness that words can rhyme, can begin or end with the same sound, and are composed of phonemes that can be manipulated to create new words. |
All Virtual Tours retrieved from: www.litdiet.org
Curriculum Expectations retrieved from Ontario's Full-Day Early Learning –Kindergarten Program (Draft Version) 2010-2011
Curriculum Expectations retrieved from Ontario's Full-Day Early Learning –Kindergarten Program (Draft Version) 2010-2011