Language Arts and Early Literacy Flashcards

Which vocabulary instruction strategy is most effective in PreK?

Answer: Providing rich explanations and repeated encounters with new words in context

Young children learn vocabulary best through multiple exposures in meaningful contexts, conversation, and read-alouds.

A child who can produce and recognize rhymes is demonstrating which skill?

Answer: Phonological awareness at the rhyme level

Rhyme recognition and production are early phonological awareness skills at the onset-rime level, above syllables but below individual phonemes.

Retelling a story in sequence helps PreK children develop which comprehension skill?

Answer: Narrative structure and story grammar

Story retelling reinforces understanding of narrative elements—characters, setting, problem, solution—and sequential thinking.

Which practice supports dual language learners' literacy development in PreK?

Answer: Valuing and incorporating children's home languages while building English

Supporting home language while developing English honors children's linguistic assets and accelerates overall literacy growth.

The term 'print motivation' refers to:

Answer: A child's interest in and enjoyment of books and reading

Print motivation is one of the six early literacy skills identified in research, describing a child's excitement and interest in books.

A PreK teacher observes a child pointing to each word while 'reading' a memorized text. This behavior indicates:

Answer: The child is developing concept of word in print

Finger-pointing while reading a memorized text shows the child is mapping spoken words to printed words, an important emergent literacy milestone.