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Penguins Love Colour      By: Sarah Aspinal

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Penguins Love Colour      By: Sarah Aspinal

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This book is about six little penguins who all love colour. Each one has a colour that they are named after and like to paint things that use that colour.

Students are curious about print in their own environments and pay attention to it a lot more (Pelletier, 2011). Therefore, I use this book because it allows for students to interact with environment print. Which in this book would be colour. Students are able to pick up the visual representation of the colour and connect it to the written form. Then when they just see the word, they are able to mentally make that connection.

Pelletier, J. (2011). Supporting Early Language and Literacy. What Works? Research into Practice, , 1–4.

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Penguins Love Colors - Digital Storytelling

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The Day the Crayons Quit By: Drew Daywalt

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The Day the Crayons Quit By: Drew Daywalt

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This story is about a boy named Duncan and how one day all of his crayons quit. They were upset with him because they were either not getting used at all or being used to much. So they each write a letter to him explaining how they feel.

Like with Penguins Love Colour, this book is also a great resource to make that connection with environmental text (Pelletier, 2011). This book goes a step further and shows students the different ways that they can use colour. Therefore, students are able to make connection to things based on their primary colour.

Pelletier, J. (2011). Supporting Early Language and Literacy. What Works? Research into Practice, , 1–4.

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Writing wands are wands that students can use to practice writting out letters. Students will hold out their wands and draw the letter in the air. These wands can easily be made by using straws and ribbon, fabric, or string.

This strategy/tool is part of the Powerful Printing Program developed by Rosalind Zimbalatti. This programs main helps students gain control of forming individual letters efficiently. The use of the writing wands support that control. The wands get students to learn the letters through kinetic movement, both large and small. It is a very easy tool to use and can be used at any time which enhances students learning time.

Zimbalatti, R. (2001). Powerful Printing. , 1–15.

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Going fishing boards are a tool that helps students learn their letters. Students will be given an oral promo such as bring all of the letters that touch the water to the dock. Then students would need to move down the letters g, j, p, q, and y.

This tool has many instructional benefits when teaching early literacy. One way is that it helps teach students about phonics. Students are able to bring down the letters that match the sounds. They can also put letters together that make a distinct sound like c and h. This is important for students to learn because they are able to sound out more words and it can help them grow as readers (Hornsby & Wilson, 2014).

Hornsby, D., & Wilson, L. (2014). Early Literacy is More Than Phonics. Practically Primary, 19(3), 12–15.

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What I Like About Me    By: All Zobel-Nolan

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What I Like About Me    By: All Zobel-Nolan

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This story is all about recognizing the different qualities that we all have. Whether that is curly hair, braces, freckles, etc. it teaches us to accept the qualities that make us special and unique.

This is a great book to have in the classroom because it shows diversity. Students are able to go through the book and find illustrations of kids that look like them. It is very important for children to feel a connection with literature and be able to see themselves in it. This helps the students get a rich learning experience.

Scheffel, T. (2018) Final Wrap Up. (Powerpoint Presentation).

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Puppets are great for when you are reading story to students. Each puppet can act out a characters part and gives the students a visual representation of the story. They are also great for students to use when they are reading/telling a story.

Using puppets supports early literacy skills as it allows the students to engage with play elements. I find that students learn best when they are able to play and be creative. Play and creativity allow for students to make meaningful connections to the words and sounds that they are engaging with.  Also puppets add an element of dramatic play which provides the students a "bridge" to printed writing (Pelletier, 2011).

Pelletier, J. (2011). Supporting Early Language and Literacy. What Works? Research into Practice, , 1–4.

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This song teach students the seven days of the week. It uses repetition to help students learn and remember the days. It also gets students to use their voices, hands, and feet.

Oral communication is a big part of developing students reading and writing ability (Christie, Richgels, Roskos, 2003). Therefore using songs to support literacy is a great tool. This song in particular uses repetition and tone to help students come familiar with key words and sounds that are important for them to learn.

Christie, J., Richgels, D., & Roskos, K. (2003). The Essentials of Early Literacy Instruction. National Association for the Education of Young Children, , 1–8.

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TheLearningStation - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes

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Days of the Week Song - 7 Days of the Week - Children's Songs by The Learning Station

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We All Count: A Book of Cree Numbers              By: Julie Flett

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We All Count: A Book of Cree Numbers              By: Julie Flett

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This book teaches students their numbers as well as teaches the numbers in Cree, which is an Indigenous language.

I believe that it is very important to incorporate multimodal literacy in my classroom. This is because it helps student realizes that there people have more than one way to communicate and express themselves .  Therefore, it is very important for students to learn about different the different communities within Canada. It is important to me to be able to teach my students to welcome diversity. This book incorporates a different culture and language.

Scheffel, T. (2018). Supporting English Language Learners. (Powerpoint Presentation)

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Sentence Building sets give students the opportunity to learn how to put words together. They learn how to correctly put words together that make sense and tell the reader something.

Building sentences is a major part of developing students writing skills. This tool helps support students growth in writing sentences. It helps support the idea of leaving spaces between words, which helps them understand where the boundaries of the word are (Cabell, Tortorelli, and Gerde, 2013).

Cabell, S., Tortorelli, L., & Gerde, H. (2013). How Do I Write...? The Reading Teacher, 66(8), 650–659.

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Play-doh is a great tool to use for early learners. It gets them to do something hands on while also supporting their growth in learning their letters.

Students need to learn their alphabet letter and the function of writing the letters to be able to investigate print that they will see in their daily lives (Christie, Richgels, Roskos, 2003). Therefore using Play-Doh is a great way to students familiar with their letters while also allowing them to have that creative outlet.

Christie, J., Richgels, D., & Roskos, K. (2003). The Essentials of Early Literacy Instruction. National Association for the Education of Young Children, , 1–8.