working with the youngest readers and writers
How Effective Teachers Support the Youngest Children’s Literacy Development
- Teachers foster young children’s interest in literacy and teach concepts about written language.
- Teachers understand that children move through the emergent, beginning, and fluent stages of literacy development.
- Teachers match instructional activities to children’s stages of reading and writing development.
- Teachers monitor children’s literacy development to ensure that they’re moving through the three stages, and they intervene when children aren’t making expected progress.