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S is a 6 year old kindergartner who is almost 7. She started school late. She is one of six children. Her mother is concerned with her inability to do many things academically. She also struggles with communication.

She has already shown improvement with her writing skills. From writing just circles for her name to actually writing letters now. She seems eager to please and smiles often. She also gets confused easily, but doesn't necessarily know how to ask for help. She does well with routines and is friendly with other children. She follows directions and keeps her things organized. She learns best when she can see pictures or examples. She is still working on feeling confident doing tasks step-by-step and needs help expressing herself because she often uses short phrases. She is also building her fine motor skills. She knows many sounds, but she is still learning to match them to letters, and her phonemic awareness is developing.

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The entire room environment provides ways to increase language and literacy development. The children have access to writing materials such as pencils, markers, and crayons. There is an area with a bookshelf filled with books ranging in ability. Sight words are hung in an area in the room. A dramatic play area for communicating. When most people think of literacy development they think of reading itself. The teacher has stations that the children attend each day.

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S is developing her alphabet letter recognition knowledge. She has made progress in recognizing letters when she sees them. She is working on identifying them in words, not just when they stand alone.

This links to: Alphabet Knowledge/Letter Recognition

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S is looking at a book. She doesn't know most of the words but she tells her own story by looking at the pictures. She can use simple sentences to tell someone about what is happening. This links to: Print Motivation & Narrative Skills

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S is working on her phonemic awareness. She knows her sounds but not all of her letters. She can hear beginning sounds and sometimes blend them. She is able to segment very simple CVC words.

This links to Phonemic Awareness

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S is developing her writing skills and learning to form letters. Her fine motor skills are a challenge for her so this is a skill she is working on.

This links to: Emergent Writing & Alphabet knowledge

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S is working on her oral language and development by following the rhythm and directions in the song. One of her strengths is following directions.

This links to: Oral language & development

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S drawing is a way for her to express herself through pictures. While this picture looks like she is in the first stage of writing it shows her skills as an emergent writer at the beginning of the school year. This will be compared to her end of year drawing to see the progress as a writer.

This links to: Emergent Writing

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In literacy stations students are able to explore through reading, writing and hands on stations. Students rotate through the centers every 10 minutes. They do things like draw about the characters in the book, draw the setting, or their favorite part in the book. The students are able to become detectives and look for specific letters helping them work on their alphabet knowledge. There are pointers provided to help the students point to their words as they learn to read. A listening station is also provided where they can listen to songs and stories through headphones.