Young children are believed to move through three broad stages of literacy development as they learn to read and write. These three stages are
a) sensorimotor, preoperational, and concrete operational.
b) readiness, preprimer, and primer.
c) readiness, emergent, and fluent.
d) emergent, beginning, and fluent.
Ques. 2Young children often begin to recognize and read familiar words they see such as the names of fast-food restaurants and toy stores and the logos on cereal boxes. This type of familiar print is referred to as
a) visual literacy.
b) frequency print.
c) environmental print.
d) morphemes.
Ques. 3The term emergent literacy was first used by
a) Marie Clay.
b) Maria Montessori.
c) Jean Piaget.
d) Lev Vygotsky.
Ques. 4When children learn that print is written and read from left to right and from top to bottom on a page, they are acquiring
a) directionality concepts.
b) letter and word concepts.
c) sight vocabulary.
d) phonemic awareness.
Ques. 5Of the following, the most appropriate instructional technique for emergent readers and writers is
a) Sustained Silent Reading.
b) Survey, Question, Read, Respond, Review (SQ3R).
c) Language Experience Approach.
d) Literature Circle.
Ques. 6Children are usually at the emergent stage of reading and writing in
a) pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.
b) second grade.
c) fourth grade.
d) middle school.
Ques. 7The goal of reading and writing instruction in the primary grades is to ensure that all children reach the fluent stage of reading by the
a) entrance to kindergarten.
b) end of first grade.
c) end of third grade.
d) twelfth grade.
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