Attend a Children’s Literacy Event at a Local Bookstore or Public Library

Hours: 2

Review "Early Beginnings: Early Literacy Knowledge and Instruction." Visit a local bookstore or public library for a literacy event hosted for children. Observe who attends each event as well as the range of activities. All interactions must involve individual, small, or large groups of elementary-aged children.

Base your 250-500-word response on the Quick Reference Guide located on pages 14-15 of the “Early Beginnings” reading. Be sure to note and describe the specific reading instructional strategies the library/bookstore used related to phoneme awareness, syntax, semantics, phonics, fluency, meaning-based strategies, word recognition, comprehension monitoring, and/or text analysis and interpretation, .