Book and Print Awareness: From A to Z

As NJoy {currently 4} and I have been working our way through my Reading the Alphabet curriculum, I have made it a point to focus on a book or print awareness skill that goes along with each letter of the alphabet.  As he reads his little readers or I read aloud to him, I mention and model these features and ask him to sometimes point them out as well.  {If you’re not sure what book and print awareness is, please check out this post.}

I thought I’d include all these skills in one post to help me stay better organized with my thoughts.  Many of these overlap, but that’s okay.  Reviewing these skills is a good thing, especially with a busy little boy!

A is for AUTHOR

B is for BACK of the book

C is for COVER {or CONSONANTS}

D is for DIRECTION of print {left to right}

E is for EXCLAMATION MARK

F is for FRONT of the book

G is for GO- start reading here {check out this simple tip}

H is for HANDLING of the book- top vs. bottom, right side-up vs. upside down

I is for ILLUSTRATOR/ILLUSTRATIONS

J is for JUST for fun {while we can read books for knowledge, we also read books for pleasure} JACKET (sometimes those library books come with jackets)

K is for KNOW my ABC’s and sounds

L is for LOWER CASE LETTERS

M is for MATCHING voice to print

N is for NUMBER of words on the page

O is for ORDER of the story {where is the beginning of the book, middle, end}

P is for PERIOD {or PUNCTUATION}

Q is for QUESTION MARK

R is for RETURN SWEEP {where to go at the end of the line}

S is for SENTENCE

T is for TITLE or TITLE PAGE

U is for UPPER CASE LETTERS

V is for VOICE matching print or VOWELS

W is for WORD

X is for eXtras {captions, quotation marks, title page, dedication page, etc.}

Y is for YOU can do it {ask your child to do it now, use this time to review things you’ve modeled}

Z is for ZOO {as in- you don’t live in a zoo, so treat your books with respect}

 

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~Becky