Everyday Literacy Listening and Speaking, Grade PreK

The perfect supplement to your core early reading program!<P>Everyday Literacy: Listening and Speaking, Grade PreK helps you support receptive and expressive language development in your early reading program with fun, focused daily lessons.<P>The 20 weekly units in grade PreK cover Early Reading First's Four Dimensions, including:<P>Oral Language:<P>* Using new vocabulary<BR>* Relating new vocabulary to prior knowledge<BR>* Identifying objects through receptive language<BR>* Developing auditory memory<BR>* Using descriptive language<BR>* Reciting short poems, rhymes, and songs<BR>* Describing the actions of characters in a story<BR>* Responding orally to simple questions<BR>* Listening for different purposes<BR>* Following directions<P>Phonological Awareness:<P>* Indentifying rhymes and rhyming sounds in familiar words<BR>* Beginning to attend to the beginning sounds in familiar words<BR>* Beginning to break words into syllables<BR>* Clapping along with each syllable<BR>* Identifying and counting phonemes<P>Comprehension:<P>* Making predictions<BR>* Making connections using illustrations, prior knowledge, and real-life experiences<BR>* Noting details<BR>* Recalling details<BR>* Identifying sequence of events<BR>* Distinguishing between real and make-believe<BR>* Determining cause and effect<P>Motor Skills:<P>* Developing small muscle coordination<BR>* Developing large muscle coordination