Ch.+8+Choice+Questions

Please respond to two of the following questions/prompts with a brief paragraph and post them each as individual discussions.

1.) Explain why knowledge of the alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness are important skills in reading development. 2.) Defend the use of decodable texts as part of early literacy development. 3.) Provide examples of instructional activities that require the learner to select, classify and/or manipluate sounds and letters. 4.) Explain the following phrase: "Teach pattern recognition, not rule memorization." 5.) How can teachers determine a student's readiness for learning to read?

Once you have posted your own individual responses, your third post should be to respond to at least one other person's post. You may need to move to another task until others have had time to post.