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READINESS
Definition
A stage that the child transforms from being a nonreader to a reader.
The time at which a child is capable of learning to read.
Children who are in kindergarten and first grade are
just beginning to learn to read.
Before entering kindergarten or first grade, a student well prepared should be able
to:
o Read her name
o Recite the alphabet
o Recognize some or all of the letters in the alphabet
o Correspond some or all letters with their correct sound
o Make rhymes
o Hold a book right side up with the spine on the left, front cover showing
o Recognize that the progression of text is left to right, top to bottom
o Echo simple text that is read to them
o Recognize that text holds meaning
o Re-tell a favourite story
Goal-directed behaviour
In this stage, children use their motor capacities, such as grasping object, to
understand the world
Children at this stage also develop the ability to imitate (learn through observing)
o Preoperational (2 7)
Symbolic thought
Dominated by perception
Thinks combinatorically
References
Allphin, L. (2011). 10 Reading Readiness Skills for Kindergarten Kids |
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http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Pre_Kindergarten_Reading_Skills/
Eggen, P., & Kauchak, D. (2014). Educational Psychology Windows on Classrooms
(9th ed., p. 48). America: Pearson Education Limited.
Schifferdecker, S. (2007). Reading Readiness. Education.more4kids.info. Retrieved
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from
http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2702&context=reading
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