Pre-literacy skills lacking in children with SLI
Narrative ability
Phoneme-grapheme knowledge
Spelling knowledge
Word awareness
What is the goal of reading?
Comprehension
Why are children with SLI at risk?
Begin with less language ability
Poor comprehension skills
Poor metalinguistic skills
Slower linguistic/overall information processing skills
What processes effect reading development?
Phonological Awareness: analyzing the sound structure of language
Orthographic Awareness: Written language- how letters are formed and combined
Morphological Awareness: knowledge of the structure of words (good predictor of decoding skills)
Reading Comprehension
Deficits may not be evident early on when phonics is extremely important
Poor comprehension related to poor oral language skills
What are the 4 preschool target areas related to later reading development?
- Alphabet knowledge: names of letters
- Print and word awareness: how letters are formed
- Phonological Awareness: awareness of sounds
- Literate language: written conventions
What are “Embedded Approaches” of literacy development
Fostered through high-quality daily literary experiences and interactions with print in meaningful activities.
Give examples of Embedded approaches
- Morning message boards with words to count and segment sounds to blend into words.
- Sorting tasks by rhyming.
- Identifying beginning sounds with themed activities…
- Book sharing followed by questions
What are “Explicit/Direct Approaches” of literacy development?
Direct instruction of discrete skills
Give examples of Explicit approaches
- Taught in small groups/classroom
- May be necessary for students with LD: specialized instruction in word retrieval
